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The ceremony which took place at the Greek Centre, brought together community members, devoted volunteers, and priests from the Holy Church of "Annunciation of our Lady", "Holy Trinity" Church, "St. George" Church, Holy Church of "St. Eleftherios" and Holy Church of "St. Dimitrios".
Ambassador Georgios Papakostas was joined by wife Goha Badalyan and Greece's Consul General in Melbourne Emmanuel Kakavelakis.
The commemorative events on the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus continue onto Sydney this weekend as the community strives to honour all those who fell defending democracy 49 years ago.
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This year, Melbourne celebrates the 80th Battle of Crete anniversary early due to the pandemic. Australia’s Cretans don’t get to visit Greece in 2021, hence, this weekend the Pancretan Association of Australia and New Zealand, the Cretan Brotherhood of Melbourne and Battle of Crete Commemorative Council organised a series of events. The honorary guests for this year’s commemorative events were Archbishop of Australia Makarios and General Consul of Greece in Melbourne Emmanuel Kakavelakis. The celebrations began on Saturday at the Cretan Village’s ballroom at 90 Cathies Lane in Wantirn...