LEFKADIAN LIVE
Join the Lefkadians of Melbourne for a night of live Greek music, food and dancing. Tickets are $50, bookings are essential.
When: 14 May, 7:30pm
Where: Lefkadian Spiti, 124 Bell St, Coburg, VIC, 3058
Bookings & Info: Call Alexandra on 0409 531 089
MEMORIAL PRAYER SERVICE AND WREATH LAYING
The Pontian Coordinating Committee for the Commemoration of the Greek Genocide are holding a Memorial Prayer Service
for the victims of the Greek Genocide of Pontus.
When: 16 May, 11:00am
Where: Holy Cathedral of St Eustathios, 221 Dorcas St, South Melbourne, VIC, 3205
Info: Call 03 9380 4150
LECTURE: HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION AND GREECE SINCE 1821
To celebrate the Bicentenary of Greek Independence Day AHEPA Victoria is hosting lectures at Hellenic Museum, Melbourne. The lectures will be in English and will honour the Heroes instrumental to the success of the Greek War of Independence with speaker and president of AHEPA Victoria Inc. Peter Mercoulia.
ADVANCED SCREENING: KING OTTO
In the summer of 2004, audiences looked on in disbelief as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match or even scored a goal in a major tournament, took down the giants of world football to become the unlikeliest of European Champions. This is the film that takes a look at how this incredible event unfolded.
When: 15 May, 4:00pm
Where: New Farm Cinemas, 701 Brunswick St, New Farm, QLD, 4005
Bookings & Info: Cinema website
PANIYIRI GREEK FESTIVAL
Celebrate all things Greek at Paniyiri Greek Festival, Brisbane’s biggest Greek celebration, jam-packed with Zorba dancing, honey puff eating competitions, cooking demonstrations, markets stalls, rides, sideshow alley, fireworks and lots of delicious Greek food.
ADVANCED SCREENING: KING OTTO
In the summer of 2004, audiences looked on in disbelief as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match or even scored a goal in a major tournament, took down the giants of world football to become the unlikeliest of European Champions. This is the film that takes a look at how this incredible event unfolded.
When: 15 May, 4:00pm
Where: New Farm Cinemas, 701 Brunswick St, New Farm, QLD, 4005
Bookings & Info: Cinema website
PANIYIRI GREEK FESTIVAL
Celebrate all things Greek at Paniyiri Greek Festival, Brisbane’s biggest Greek celebration, jam-packed with Zorba dancing, honey puff eating competitions, cooking demonstrations, markets stalls, rides, sideshow alley, fireworks and lots of delicious Greek food.
NSW
PUBLIC FORUM DISCUSSION: THE LAST YEARS OF THE BYZANTIUM – BETWEEN ROME AND TREBIZOND
The Department of Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies at the University of Sydney in collaboration with St Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church at Mascot invite all to a pubic forum discussion between academic and critic Vrasidas Karalis and poet and solicitor Konstantinos Kalymnios on the last years of Byzantium between Rome and Trebizond.
When: Friday, 18 December, 7:00pm
Where: Greek Theatre Mantourideion, 36/142 Addison Road, Marrickville
VIC
LEFCADIAN BROTHERHOOD NEWS YEARS EVE DINNER DANCE
Bring in 2021 and help us celebrate what has been a pretty momentous year for us all at the Lefcadian Brotherhood in Coburg. To book a table, contact the club’s president Alexandra.