Dean Kalimniou looks at the clash between Western Christians and their Byzantine brothers, and explores the impact of the Crusaders on the Byzantine Empire  “They had taken up the Cross and sworn on it … they would pass over the lands of the Christians without shedding blood…Instead of defending [Christ’s] tomb, they …outraged the faithful who are members of Him. They …

BILL SHORTEN TO PULL TRIGGER ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Sydney Morning Herald – May 27, 2015 Political Correspondent – Mark Kenny Labor leader Bill Shorten will ratchet up the pace on same-sex marriage next week, forcing his own party and the Parliament to deal with the issue quickly via a private member’s bill to be co-sponsored by his deputy leader, Tanya …

St Andrew’s Grammar School in Dianella (WA) has joined Perth’s elite schools in creating a multi-million dollar modern sporting complex. In March 2015, the City of Stirling approved a $2 million gymnasium facility. The complex will be built next to an AFL size sports oval and the new Andrew and Maria Petrelis Amphitheatre. The Gymnasium caters for a range of …

April 19, 2015 Dan Flynn   As the Andrews government considers using the law to abolish the idea that a mother and father matter to a child, voices of people raised by same-sex-attracted people are starting to be heard. Heather Barwick, a former gay-marriage advocate turned children’s rights activist, was raised by two women. While she loved both and grew …

By Andreas C Chrysafis May, 2015 (No 74) © There is a strange steaming concoction being brewed deep inside the political cauldrons of conspiracy. The offer on the menu today is a little island nestled at the far end of the Eastern Mediterranean. While the masterminds are vying for a good table seat, the “food tasters” are nibbling away to …

NEOS KOSMOS Mark Robertson will stay with the school for another five years Oakleigh Grammar Principal, Mark Robertson, signed a five year contract this week following positive appraisal of his leadership at the school over the past four years. Appointed in 2011, Robertson’s initial role was to manage the successful implementation of Oakleigh Grammar’s 2011-2015 strategic plan, which included changes …

20 May 2015 Dean Kalimniou A Pontian friend relates a remarkable story whereby she once employed the assistance of a Turkish hairdresser in suburban north-west Melbourne for the purpose of taming her unruly tresses. Peering through the mirror, my friend noticed that her hairdresser had, pinned to her undershirt, a familiar triangular piece of cloth. “Do you know what that …

The principality of Theodoro 11 May 2015 Of the Empire of Trebizond or Trapezous, much has been written. As a multi-ethnic state situated in the Pontic region of the southern Black Sea, it was the terminus of the famed Silk Road and it was also the last Greek-speaking state to succumb to the Ottoman Empire. As a bridge between Europe …

An excerpt from a speech made by historian Dr Panayiotis Diamadis 5 Jun 2014 Panayiotis Diamadis The evidence from Australian sources is overwhelming: the fates of the indigenous Hellenic, Armenian and Assyrian peoples of Anatolia and eastern Thrace constitute a pre-determined plan aimed at their extermination. This plan, which resulted in the deaths of millions, developed and implemented by the …

The whole Gallipoli campaign was fought in an area where 35,000 Greek people were forcibly removed from their homes and many were killed 4 May 2015 “Australian soldiers, sailors and pilots saw columns of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek women and children being forced along the countryside in death marches. They saw their pitiful, bedraggled state. The homes, churches, monasteries and …