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“It was all for nothing, all my struggles, all my privations and I’m alone. I try to figure out the reason for this and each time, I am more and more at a loss.” – Nikos Syrmos DEAN KALIMNIOU My youthful recollection of pappou Niko is of an exceedingly tall old man, possessed of severe eyebrows perpetually pressed into a …

Marriage breakdowns shut out grandparents from seeing their grandchildren 22 May 2014 – Neos Kosmos Newspaper HELEN VELISSARIS Maria* hasn’t seen her granddaughter for more than a year. She sits, nervously crumpling the papers in her hands, trying to get the words out. Her granddaughter is the only living connection she has to her son. He passed away four years …

When pappou Manoli’s son discovered the cache of five dollar notes in his father’s shaving equipment, he contrived of a fitting way to ensure his father’s legacy

The Greek Orthodox Church, along with the Pontian and Epirotic community, rallies in support of Christian rights JOHN PYRROS – Neos Kosmos – 13 Aug 2014 A rally was held last week at Melbourne’s Federation Square demonstrating for action against the persecution of Iraq and Syria’s Christian minority. Around 3,000 people took to the rally, which was a means of …

An anonymous Greek Australian donor writes history for the Estia Foundation and the Greek community in Australia Neos Kosmos – 3 Oct 2013 MAJA JOVIC An unprecedented amount of $10 million was donated to Estia Foundation by a single donor, at its fundraising dinner last Friday. In what will stay written in the history of Australia’s philanthropic organisations and Greek …