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.
Lily Ebert speaking on Yom HaShoah
Equally poignant was the testimony of Auschwitz survivor and one of ‘The Boys’ Ike Alterman who gave his testimony to his granddaughter Danni and told how he rebuilt his life and made his home in Manchester.
Amongst those to speak at the event were Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, the actress and campaigner against antisemitism Tracy Ann-Oberman and Sharon Bar-Li, the deputy ambassador of Israel.
Thousands lit candles for Yom HaShoah
Rabbi Mirvis spoke powerfully of the need to continue to speak about the “lessons of the Shoah” which he said were “perhaps more relevant today than ever before since the end of the Second World War.”