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The new administrative structure of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia

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MAKARIOS by God’s mercy, Archbishop of the Most Holy Archdiocese of Australia, Primate and Exarch of All Oceania, to the God-loving Bishops, the gracious clergy and monastic brotherhoods, to the Presidents of the honourable Administrative Committees and Philoptochos Associations, to the teachers and students in the Schools, to those who work in the philanthropic institutions and to all the Christ-loving plenitude of the Orthodox Church in Australia, grace and peace from our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Venerable Brother fellow Bishops and my beloved children,

As you already know, at the behest and commendation of His All Holiness, our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and at the recommendation of our own humble person, the Holy and Great Church of Christ, worthily and justly elevated their Graces in Australia, Bishop Seraphim of Apollonias and Bishop Nikandros of Doryleum, who laboured for many years in the vineyard of the Fifth Continent, to Metropolitans of Sevasteia and Eirinoupolis respectively. The intention of His All Holiness our Patriarch, but also our own, was to honour, in the same way, His Grace Bishop Ezekiel of Derbe, a brother worthy and respected in all things, by a similar such promotion. In contrast to the two aforementioned brother Hierarchs, who accepted this proposal of promotion at once, and voluntarily resigned from their administrative positions, His Grace Bishop Ezekiel declined, preferring rather to continue his ministry in Melbourne, “next to the new Archbishop”, as he stated repeatedly.

I personally congratulated the two aforementioned brothers on behalf of all of us, namely the gracious clergy and the devout flock of our Holy Archdiocese of Australia. I was present at their election and I advised both to continue to remain with us in Australia. In this regard, His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim of Sevasteia, formerly bishop of Apollonias, stated that he would continue to reside in his home in Sydney, whereas His Eminence Metropolitan Nikandros of Eirinoupolis stated that he would like to continue to dwell in the Archdiocesan residence in Adelaide, where he resided up till now. Permission for this was given wholeheartedly.

I am certain that the presence of the two fine brother Hierarchs in Australia is beneficial for our Church, and I firmly believe that only positive results are able to emerge from our good and brotherly collaboration. For this reason, I urge all of you to continue to invite the two brother Hierarchs to your parishes on your feast days, to your school and community events, as our own humble person will do, inviting the two fine and honourable Brothers to all significant events of our local Church. Honour, in like manner the aforementioned Hierarchs, and respect their immense past contribution here. I believe that their longstanding ecclesial experience, but also their love for the local Church are able to contribute positively to the advancement and successful progress of the godly aims and objectives of our Holy Archdiocese. I consider their presence to be invaluable to us.

Likewise, I would like to inform you that, within the framework of the administrative reorganisation of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, resulting from the vacancies in the administrative positions created from the promotion of the new brother Metropolitans, we undertook the following decisions:

A. The Very Reverend Archimandrite, Father EvagriosKoutouzis has been appointed the new Vicar-General (Πρωτοσύγκελλος) of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia. B. His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis has been appointed the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Brisbane. C. The Very Reverend Archimandrite, Father ElpidiosKaralis has been appointed the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Perth. D. The Very Reverend Archimandrite, Father SilouanFotineas has been appointed the Archiepiscopal Vicar of Adelaide. E. The Very Reverend Archimandrite, Father EvmeniosVasilopoulos has been appointed the Archiepiscopal Vicar of the newly established Archdiocesan district of Northcote in Victoria. F. The Very Reverend Archimandrite, Father ThalassiosVoultsidis has been appointed the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of St John in Perth. G. The Reverend Deacon, Father Athenagoras Karakonstandakis, recently made Archdeacon on the 27th October, has been appointed the Director of Finance. H. The Reverend Deacon, Father ChristophorosKrikelis has been appointed the Director of the Personal Office of the Archbishop. I. The Reverend Deacon, Father Stephanos Tinikasvili has been appointed Archivist.

The new co-workers of our Holy Archdiocese are distinguished for their ecclesial ethos, hard work, their dedication to the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the local Church, their self-sacrifice, their theological education, their spirituality and their love towards their fellow human beings. For this reason, we are certain that they will show themselves worthy of the expectations of the Church and their Shepherd.

My paternal wish and Archiepiscopal hope to all of you is that you support the abovementioned clergy in their difficult task, working with them for the glory of Christ and the advancement of the work of our Holy Archdiocese of Australia.

With these thoughts, wishing you strength from God in your god-loving ministry and in your life, I remain,

With much love in Christ and paternal blessings.

The Archbishop

† Makarios of Australia 3rd Encyclical, 28th October 2019 NOVEMBER 2019 The Greek Australian VEMA VEMA 3 /21 First inauguration for the Archbishop of Australia Archbishop of Australia announced permanent placement of a priest in Burbury

rchbishop Makarios of Australia presided at the inauguration of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Stylianos, Sts. Peter & Paul & St. Gregory of Palama in Sutherland Shire, Gymea, Sydney. he faithful of the small parish of St. Nicholas in Burbury of Western Australia He concelebrated the Divine Liturgy with Metropolitan Seraphim of Sevas- welcomed Archbishop Makarios to their village. Atia and Bishop Iakovos of Militoupolis. The Archbishop of Australia visited the parish and the faithful received him The Church was built in 1995 and was dedicated to Saint Stylianos, the Patron Saint of with great love. After the Divine Liturgy, which was officiated by Archbishop Archbishop Stylianos. The reconstruction works of the Church are now finished. TMakarios, a lunch was served for all who were present. Many priests, local authorities, and Members of Parliament attended the inaugura- The President of the Community, Aristides Papandroulakis, stressed that “today we tion. feel a great honour and blessing for having you here. We are living a historical mo- At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the Archbishop pointed out the importance of the in- ment since for the first time an Archbishop visits our humble parish. When we were auguration of the Church and thanked the two Protopriests, who were the benefactors informed that the Archbishop of Australia would visit us we thought it was a bad joke. and donors. Thank you. We will never forget your visit here.” The Archbishop, for his part, promised that he would soon ordain a new clergyman, who will be permanently placed in the parish of St. Nicholas to serve the needs of the faithful. He told them characteristically: “Your parish is not at its sunset. It is at its Hiking in Sydney to financially sunrise. You will soon have your own priest.” support the Welfare Centre of Archbishop Makarios visited St Basil’s the Archdiocese of Australia building site in Western Australia

rchbishop Makarios of Australia raised money for the needs of the Welfare Centre of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, in a peculiar way. s part of his visit to Western Australia, Archbishop Makarios of Australia All the interested parties took part in a hike that started from the Church of visited the site where the new St. Basil’s homes are being built to meet St. Nicholas in Sydney. This tradition is already known in Australia as “walk- the needs of the elderly people in need in that area. Aathon”. At the same time, a feast with traditional food and a lottery had been organized It should be mentioned that the foundation stone was laid by the Arch- in the churchyard. Abishop himself last July. This is a project that will not be community-based. Elder Archbishop Makarios, accompanied by Metropoliran Seraphim of Sebasteia and sever- people who will participate in the program will receive the care they need while al clergymen, led the hike in the area, followed by hundreds of faithful. staying at their home. The new building will be a creative space and host gather- Upon returning from the hike, the Archbishop thanked all those who participated and ings of elder people during the day. It will also cover the administrative needs of invited them to reiterate their effort the following year to strengthen this institution coordination. and to further assist the Archdiocese’s Welfare Centre. Work is progressing very quickly and the opening of buildings is expected to take place on Easter 2020. It should be noted that the Archbishop has already initiated The sum raised was $63,000. the process of building two more St Basil’s buildings in Sydney and Melbourne. 4 /22 VEMA The Greek Australian VEMA NOVEMBER 2019 ‘Greek Identity Throughout History’ at St Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church, Mascot

By Mario Baghos

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia and in the presence of the Very Revd Fr Evagri- os Koutouzis, Vicar-General of our holy Archdiocese, St Catherine’s held a successful event on Friday 1st of Novem- ber entitled ‘Greek Identity Throughout History.’ An initiative of the Revd Fr Athanasios Giatsios, our parish priest, the goal of this event was for eminent experts in Greek studies to take us on a journey through Greek cultural identity until today. The reason for this was twofold: to examine the continuities and discontinuities of Greek identity in order to highlight the ongoing signifi- cance of Hellenic culture and language Odyssey.’ Dr Pertsinides highlighted as- for today, and second: to demonstrate pects of Greek identity like hospitality that the Orthodox Church, which prior- and νόστος, love of family and truth as itises participation in God the Trinity fundamental aspects of Odysseus’ jour- exemplified in the saints (in other words ney home to Ithaca; aspects that reso- the transformation of the human person nate with Greeks to this day. Next, Dr for their eternal salvation), took the best Gil Davis (Director, Program for An- parts, in our case, of Greek culture, and cient Mediterranean Studies at Macqua- baptised them within its sacred frame- rie University), an expert numismatist work (this is the same for the Orthodox and ancient Greek historian, addressed Church in other cultural environments). ‘Ancient Greek democracy – an evolu- tionary process.’ In his presentation, Dr Davis described the evolution of Greek democracy and how it was not as straight-forward as we think.Attempt- ing to reach this form of government, the ancient Greek city-states were often oligarchical or lapsed into tyranny; still their insistence on democracy has given our society an ideal for which to strive. Moving from the classical and ancient Department of International Studies: Father Athanasios then highlighted period to the Orthodox Christian Roman Cultures & Languages at Macquarie the importance of Greek studies and of period, known conventionally as Byzan- University), who wrapped up the night’s encouraging young people to take up tium, Mr Dean Kalymniou (renowned proceedings by addressing – with refer- Greek language classes, and to study Greek-Australian poet, essayist, transla- ence to insights of the other speakers – ancient Greek, Byzantium, and Modern tor and journalist) spoke about ‘“What the importance of Greek Orthodoxy and Greece so that they can learn their his- Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?” language in maintaining Greek identity tory. And Father Evagrios, before closing Greek Identity During Byzantium.’ He in the diasporic communities through- with prayer, highlighted the importance showed that it was during Byzantium out the world. Dr Koromvokis’ topic was of God’s presence in the various aspects that Greeks called themselves Romans, entitled ‘Language and Identity: the of Greek identity throughout history and, contrary to the anti-Christian rhet- Case of the Greek Diaspora; what the covered in this event, discernible from oric that pervades popular culture and Research Says?’, and she aptly demon- the Christian gems of truth in Homer’s some scholarship, these Christian Ro- strated that the Church has a significant Odyssey to the present day. We thank mans in fact preserved the best aspects role in maintaining Greek language, Father Evagrios for his presence, togeth- of ancient Greek literature (likeTheIliad customs and traditions through its var- er with His Eminence for blessing the andTheOdyssey) while prioritising the ious activities, and that language main- event and the eminent speakers for their revelation of God the Trinity in our Lord tenance and identity formation – while insightful contributions. We also thank Jesus Christ as the truth. In Byzantium, fluid in the diaspora – are inextricably the representatives from the Macquarie Father Evagrios opened the event with the crass aspects of pagan society were linked and incredibly important. University Greek Association (MUGA) prayer, conveying the blessing of His jettisoned while the best – those that who attended; the Ladies Philoptochos Eminence along with a short introduc- were considered compatible with Chris- After the panel’s robust Q&A with the of our parish; Mr Chris Baghos for his tion.I then introduced our first speaker, tian civilisation – were perpetuated, es- audience, I reaffirmed the Church’s role technical support; Mr Yannis Dramiti- Dr Sonia Pertsinides (Lecturer and Con- pecially in the fields of literature, rheto- – which prioritises the salvation of all nos from KOSMOS newspaper for re- venor of Ancient Greek in the Centre for ric, art, and the sciences. This highlights people – as maintaining the best aspects cording and photographing this event, Classical Studies at the Australian Na- a consistency in Greek identity which of Greek culture precisely because it is along Ms Eirini Alligiannis, our parish tional University), who spoke about ‘Key was furthered by our final speaker, Dr above all cultures (while paradoxically photographer, whose photos accompany aspects of Greek identity in Homer’s Patricia Koromvokis (Lecturer in the transmitting the Gospel within them). this article. NOVEMBER 2019 The Greek Australian VEMA VEMA 5 /23 Aftermath of punishing financial crisis in Greece still affects birth rates

ight out of ten young couples in Greece would like to have a large family, but cannot afford one, according to a new study Econcerning the causes of infertility in the country, conducted in January-Feb- ruary 2019.

In brief, poverty experienced by Greek households is the biggest obstacle that reduces births, Greek newspaper “TA NEA” reported Sunday, citing the results of the study.

The research was carried out by the Department of Statistics and Insurance Science of the University of Piraeus in collaboration with HOPEgenesis, a non-profit organization in the field of “To sin and not repent medicine that addressesIssue the issue 28 of low is blasphemy against birth rates in Greece. the Lord”, Anonymous Low birth rates are characterized by ex - (52.9 percent) names the high fi- Of them, 89.7 percent stated that they they received financial incentives for perts as a “time bomb” on the founda- nancial cost of pregnancy (prenatal would have a child immediately if they the cost of the nursery. tions of Greece’s development prospects. screening and childbirth) and the up- were offered the cost of childbirth, while Portion 28.1 On love of God andbringing neighbor. of a child, as thedoes most not signif exalt -over86.3 others; percent does wouldnot speak start family-plan- The study sample consisted of 121 More specifically, one in two Greeks icant hurdles. against anyone; doesning not efforts envy; does even not tomorrow, provided adults, 25-35 years old, from the HOPE- According to Mother Helen: “The divine law slander; does not rejoice in the faults of others; genesis database who had expressed a requires us to love God supremely and our does not overlook a brother in need; is not desire to have a child. Participants re- neighbor as ourselves. Without the exercise of quick-tempered; does not seek to defraud; sided in remote and inaccessible areas this love the highest profession of faith is mere forgives always. In short, he regards all as his of Greece with a severe birth deficit. hypocrisy. brethren, and prays for their needs and for their Issue 32 salvation.” According to the scientists of the study, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy the birth deficit changes the size as well heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy Portion 28.3 On love of enemies. as the structure of the whole population. mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love According to Monk Damaskinus: “ Today, half of Greece’s population is thy neighbor as thyself. On these two over 43 years old, the population of peo- Portion commandments32.1 Virginity in hang the Old all the Covenant. law and the lifelong“He who virgins. remains The inspiritual love, remains evolution in ofMe, human and I ple over 65 years old exceeds that of prophets.” (Matt. 22:37-40). sexualityin him.” had (See reached 1 John a4:16). significant turning point.” children under 15 years old, and people According to Fr Josiah: “Perpetual virginity in the Old over 80 years old are the fastest-grow- Obedience to this divine law is essential, not Covenant was neither practiced nor known. It was PortionIf we love 32.3 others Choosing we remain the life with of Christ; Virginity. if we ing age group. simply beyondonly for man’s our salvation, reach. In but order also to forbe ourreestablished own have enmity with someone we have enmity happiness and the happiness of all with whom with God; for it says in Matthew: “If you forgive Meanwhile, the migration of young peo- on the earth,we are God connected. needed to bring His Kingdom close According to Fr Eusebius: “It is necessary to know men their trespasses, my heavenly Father will ple - mainly scientists - which is yet an- to man, and thus change man. As the Old Covenant that not all people can remain unmarried, living in forgive your trespasses. If you do not forgive, other consequence of the financial crisis history progressed,Where there we is dounion see with a number Christ thereof Holy is love. continence and virginity, save those who have been neither will my Father forgive you.” - accelerates population shrinkage. ProphetsWhatever who embraced other fruits lives weof virginitymay bear, and if inlove their be given this gift. Signs of this gift are the powerful desire, persons missing,foreshadowed they profit the comingnothing. age. Love They to God were and the yearning, and the zeal of the soul to live a life of If we give up the enmity we have towards our In Greece, births have been steadily de- essentiallyour proto-monks. neighbor is the The very Holy essence Prophets of ourElijah, virginity,Christian with brethren, the aim Godto be w devotedill also give wholly remission to the will of religion. No one can love Christ and not love clining since 2008, reaching, according Elisha, and Isaiah were ancient virgins who practiced a God.of our He sins, who andchooses we will this be life friends needs of to God. undertake But a to the Hellenic Statistical Authority’s height ofHis virtue children. at a time When when we no are one united was to practicing Christ we it.” constantwhoever struggle does not to submitwish to andchange put tothe death bad lustfulness have the mind of Christ. Purity and love shine (ELSTAT) recently published data, a his- withopinion fasting, he prayer,has towards and continence, his enemy inand order make to itremain forth in the character, meekness and truth toric low below 86,500 in 2018. Portion 32.2 Virginity in the New Covenant. puregood, of every shall notlust be sin.” saved. Thus, we should control the life. We drink in the love of Christ, forgive our enemies, so that the Lord forgives The natural balance (births/deaths) has as the branch draws nourishment from the our sins, and we inherit eternal life.” According to Fr Josiah: “God delayed the restoration of Written by Metaphrastis been negative since 2011, while the es- vine. If we are grafted into Christ we shall give Written by Metaphrastis virginity inevidence order to of avoid this facta disastrous by bearing result rich similarclusters to of a timate of the permanent population for

mother pullingliving fruit.”away her milk from a nursing infant and InIn thethe next IssueIssue we we will will speak speak about about Thoughts. Silence 2018 was 0.25 percent lower than the In the next Issue we will speak about Anger. introducing a new and tougher diet. Though virginity was previous year. the casePortion at the beginning 28.2 On love and of priorneighbor. to marriage, for the In this context, the Greek government above reason it was not reintroduced to mankind until has birth support high on the agen- da and is already promoting some first the appropriateAccording time. to AsSaint the Ephraim: Old Covenant “He who drew has to lovea measures - starting in 2020, with a bo- close, God’sof neighbor redemptive disregards plan for no mankind one; neither had advancedthe great and noble, nor the simple and poor. He nus of 2,000 euros (2,240 U.S. dollars) and had prepared mankind for a radical transformation. for every child born in Greece, based Signposts of this spiritual evolution appeared in the on socio-economic criteria (1 euro=1.12 presence of St. John the Baptist and the Holy Virgin U.S. dollars). Mary. Not coincidentally, both of them were unmarried,

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By Rev. Fr. Nicholas Stavropoulos

e can learn many things from older people because whatever they are, their personalities and Wcharacteristics, good and bad are ampli- fied in old age. Just like the very, very young, so too the very old cannot hide behind masks of politeness and civility like younger people can.Everything they are, good or bad, pours out freely, almost uncontrollably. Those who interact with the elderly will attest that every day with them is a school day, a day of learning. Some old people might teach us wisdom, understanding, patience, faith and glori- fication of God.

“Is not wisdom found amongst the aged? Does not longer life bring understanding?” Job 12:12

Old people have the benefit of having lived many years. They have seen more things, they have experienced more pain, they have made more mistakes, and they have enjoyed more successes than young people. Old people have had the time to accumulate wisdom and understanding. We can learn much from them if we listen and observe them.

“Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.” Job 32:7

We can learn from old people by seeing how patient and quiet they are. We can watch older people as they do things and we can copy them. We can listen to with and glorifying God. All other activ- one, everything can be stripped away of serenity and happiness, they may har- their stories and learn about how to bear ities may have some importance and rel- from us. Everything! Our beauty, our fit- bour bitterness, anger, sadness, regret suffering and how to navigate life. Older evance in life, but ultimately fade away ness, our capacity to work, our health, and worse of all, fear. They may find they people can teach us how to encounter sit- and the only things that are left in the our sharp intellect, our strength, our can no longer conceal the passions and uations and how to deal with other peo- later years are one’s connection with God family, our capacity to stand, to speak weaknesses that they oncehid, butdid not ple because they have done it so many and other people. Older people see the and even to eat. But one thing remains! bother controlling as young people. They times. Older people can especially teach hand of God in everyone and everything. One strength, one hope, one sweetness, tend to be angry with God, as if he is to us what not to do. They can teach us to one salvation, one God. blame for their current spiritual empti- distinguish between what matters in “My flesh and my heart may ness and their fear. life and what doesn’t matter. They know fail, but God is the strength of However, some old people can also be a what is important, and which activities my heart and my portion for ev- warning to us of what we might become One thing all older people say in com- are wasteful of life. er.”Psalm 73:26 if we do not take control of ourselves mon is “whatever you are going to do, do Primarily, if you spend time with faithful while we can, while we are young and it now, while you are young. Later you older people,they will teach you that only Finally, from pious older people, if we strong. will want to, but you will not be able to”. two things matter, loving and connecting watch carefully and with an open heart, If old people are not people of faith, in- Indeed, there is much that we can learn with other people and loving, connecting we learn that, as the years go by, one by stead of glorifying God and being people from old people. NOVEMBER 2019 The Greek Australian VEMA VEMA 9 /27

Letter from Maroubra

Asleep at the wheel! How does this compare with Jews, Mus- comparable other religions. This is an important omis- lims? sion in the Greek Orthodox landscape. The full-time Greek Orthodox colleges in Australia emanat- Even where they have been established, very few Greek ed from the desire to provide a Greek and Orthodox educa- Based on the census data, Jews have less than a quarter Orthodox children (6%) get a chance to attend a Greek tion within an Australian context. From time to time, it is the number of Greek Orthodox children aged 5-18 years, Orthodox college. Moreover, these are geared mainly to reasonable to ask some questions about the progress of this yet they have 18 schools compared to eight Greek Or- the middle-income groups. The official statistics indicate program of religious education. thodox. that children from poorer families are less able to enrol. There is no definitive way of addressing the issue but a Religion All children 5-18 Number There is the potential for our Colleges to become a socio- starting point is the public information on the Greek Or- years of schools cultural or socio-economic enclave. thodox colleges in Australia from the Federal Government’s I also examined the public mission statements of the My School website. Greek Orthodox 64,086 8 eight colleges. They say a great deal about their holistic Islam 145,116 36 emphasis or priorities. Two did not have a public mis- How many children attend Greek Ortho- sion statement on MySchool (so I went to their website). dox Colleges? Judaism 15,176 18 There were omissions in terms of religion, citizenship, Muslims have almost double the number of Greek Ortho- academic or personal objectives. Some schools did not Greek Orthodox colleges educate 3721 students. This is just dox children but have 36 schools – more than four times even mention the word “Orthodox” or religion was bur- under 6% of Greek Orthodox youth. as many pro-rata as Greek Orthodox. ied in a mass of other details. The actual number of students has not increased over the last eight years. If anything, there has been a slight de- What can we conclude? For organisations that in essence have a common pur- crease overall. pose, the question arises:“Why are the mission state- In essence it means that 94 in every 100 Greek Orthodox Some readers may point to increased enrolments or oth- ments so vastly different?” children will not attend a Greek Orthodox college. er achievements at a particular college. That is well and The potential aim of establishing the Greek Orthodox good but it is entirely irrelevant when considering Greek Colleges was to provide an opportunity for all Greek Or- Have the number of Greek Orthodox Col- Orthodox education as a whole. This report is not about thodox children to receive a Christian Orthodox upbring- leges increased over the last 15 years? a single college or an individual parish but about the to- ing. This has not been achieved even partially and in any tality. event has stalled over the last 30 years. No. The first Greek Orthodox College was established around Itis obvious that the overall development of Greek Or- 1979 and there are now eight Greek Orthodox schools in thodox education in Australia has lagged well behind The lack of development says a great deal about the ed- Australia. This is the same as the number in 2004. that of other religious groups. There has been very lit- ucational ethos of Greek Orthodox in Australia. It is a tle progress in establishing sad indictment of the extent to which Greek Orthodox new schools. After a burst value education that in the seven years since a similar of initial enthusiasm, the report was last undertaken that Muslim students have general response has been increased by 11,000 and Jewish students by 2,500 where- lukewarm. as Greek Orthodox numbers have fallen by 39! We have It is not clear that Greek fallen asleep at the wheel! Orthodox have recognised their educational respon- The views expressed are those of the author and not sibility to youth. Certainly, necessarily those of the VEMA or St Andrew’s Greek it falls well behind that of Orthodox Theological College

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ll human civilisations have had their love, but fight tooth-and-nail to reason and individualism could achieve movements, share in common is the rejec- their ‘15-minutes of fame’. These include the ancient Egyptians, allow homosexual couples to marry utopia. However, after the horrors of the tion of God. This may be the one common- Greeks and Incas, in more mod- because doing so ‘validates’their love. First World War, intellectuals once again ality that lead to all their failures. By hav- Aern times the British, Japanese and Amer- • Enforcing regime-like campaigns rebelled and rejected the authoritarian ra- ing no absolute truth means there can be icans. During their times of dominance in workplaces and schools to rid the tionalism of Modernism. This produced a no fixed sense of right and wrong, except they helped advance human development. world of discrimination against LGB- worldview that believed life was random, when it suits someone. This type of cus- Each of these societies relied on a world- TI+ groups within a generation, but irrational and meaningless – Existential- tomised moralism lacks any consistency view – a way of thinking to live and func- still yet to resolve long-standing ism. It taught that we exist, but needed to in truth, unlike the Church, which is why tion – which helped their civilisations flourish. This was the case with Christi- problems like homelessness. create our own meaning that was valuable much of society swings to extremes on anity which has contributed much to the • Claiming everyone has the right to only to ourselves. This movement then various moral issues. Believing truth is an arts, medicine, social welfare and science. live the life they want without inter- spurred rebellion against forces within illusion will result in a society of individ- However, especially in the last 60 years, ference but we allow abortion, even society which imposed meaning or col- uals feeling hollow and unfulfilled. Logic Western societies have taken an approach up to birth, preventing that human lective social norms on others. Through and progress is not enough to sustain the which seems to be leading humanity down life from being fully realised. art and social commentary it focussed human person. A living relationship with a painful path of self-destruction. We cur- on marginalized individuals or ‘victim God provides the strength, grace and love rently live in a Postmodernist Age which is guided by principles and ideals very dif- How did we come to this situation? To groups’. What was paramount was the in- which cannot be derived from logic. ferent to previous worldviews, religious understand we need to briefly review the dividual’s freedom. Then came about the orsecular. Today, our way of thinking has major intellectual movements over the latest rebellion: Postmodernism. It is clear Postmodernism is not the an- been steadily challenged and replaced by last 500 years. swer to human improvement. Having no an intellectual movement which is not In essence, all these intellectual move- consistency or concept of absolute truth only contradictory to the Christian Faith, Around the 1500s was the height of the ments, especially Postmodernism, are means nothing is certain, whether with but science and common sense. Renaissance, a period of intellectual re- a rebellion against the previous genera- regards to science or God. The fact Post- covery from the Dark Ages which plagued tion who rejected the generations before modernism has divorced the spiritual as- What is Postmodernism? Simply put, indi- Western Europe. Guided by pagan philos- them. Despite what pre-Postmodernist pect of humanity and removed any need viduals recreate arbitrary versions of the ophy and scientific investigation, learning intellectuals thought, human progress for God is an overwhelming reason why it world and selves which only makes sense and art flourished, but this was also the has not equated to human happiness. For will fail like its precedencies. What may to them. It challenges idealised rules and start of secular humanism. During the example, despite advances in science, be the next big intellectual movement af- places paramount importance on the indi- 1600 and 1700s came the Age of Enlight- such as the invention of nuclear power, ter Postmodernism? One hopes the next vidual to invent their own sense of mean- enment which taught that only through petroleum and plastic, they have resulted movement will be a spiritual one. ing and truth. Postmodernism holds there rationality, logic and science could hu- in catastrophic environmental problems. is no such thing as absolute truth; what manity progress and determine what was Postmodernism believes it can undo past 1Horatio Greenough may be true or right for one person may right and just, not God. Then came the wrongs and injustices by reinventing ev- + + + not be true or right for another. Postmod- Romantic Movement of the late-1700s erything, though so far it has led to much ernism operates like any other worldview which rejected the staleness and cold- conflict and division especially in regards Chris Vlahonasios is the owner of TRANS- – an influential method of thinking at its ness of common sense and scientific log- to social justice issues. Postmodernism is FIGURE MEDIA, an organisation dedicat- current time and adopted by educational ic, instead it promoted that emotions and contradictory, hypocritical and self-served to promoting, distributing, networking institutions, governments and artists. It feelings were important. This also meant ing. It promotes the suppression of and mentoring Orthodox filmmakers & has a massive impact on everything in- no longer looking back to the past for in- knowledge and opinion when it conflicts artists. cluding science, the arts, policy-maker spiration, but one’s own self-expression. with someone’s definition of that knowl- W: transfiguremedia.com sand society’s sense of morality. So, what Then, inspired by the Industrial Revolu- edge or opinion. It creates a society of are some examples of Postmodernist tion, came about Modernismwhich taught hyper-individualism. Instead of resolving thinking? “form follows function” and stressed a important issues, such as curing disease Photograph sourced: • A person can be against suicide, but minimalist approach to art and culture or eliminating hunger, we are reinventing www.uihere.com support euthanasia. by looking to new approaches to create gender. Such conflicts will only delay real • Heterosexual couples can be told things. Like the movements before it, human progress and advancement. Francis Berry marriage is an archaic and oppressive Modernism rejected any notion of spiritu- Title: Postmodern Elegy doctrine and not needed to certify ality and insisted its formulae of human What Postmodernism, as well as the other Watercolor, 2006 NOVEMBER 2019 The Greek Australian VEMA VEMA 11 /29 Important New Discoveries from Greece’s Ancient Antikythera Shipwreck

By Nick Kampouris - Oct 18, 2019

reece’s Ministry of Culture issued a statement on Friday informing the public about the new discoveries made recently at the wreck Gsite which once yielded the “Antikythera mechanism” off the island of Antikythera, south of the Peloponnesian peninsula. The statement noted that ”bones were collected, which now need to be analyzed, (as well as) olive kernels, and bronze nails from the ship as well as a bronze ring, whose use remains unknown.” Among the findings which were discov- ered were sections of the bodies of ancient amphorae, as well as the bases and the necks from the main bodies of the vases. The types of amphorae are identified as those which were typically used on the island of Kos and in Southern Italy in ancient times. The Greek Ministry noted ”This scientific mission of October 2019 completed the first five-year research program. Based on the results of the latest research, prepa- rations for the new five-year program, starting in May 2020, will begin immediately with the continuation of excavation research in various areas of the wreck, where there are good indications that impressive new findings will come to light.” out the delicate mission of recovering the This latest research at the famed ship- “The mission was concluded with great antiquities from the site which once un- wreck site was made possible by support success despite adverse weather condi- covered the unique type of ancient brass from the Athanasios Laskarides Public tions and the limited length of time for computing mechanism, known as the Benefit Foundation. the rescue research,” the Ministry added. “Antikythera machine,” which could pre- A large team of Greek scientists carried dict the positions of the stars. Source: greece.greekreporter.com Greece’s Tourism Revenues Up by 13.6% So Far in 2019 tourism industry endured from the By Nick Kampouris - Oct 22, 2019 Thomas Cook bankruptcy, the year could easily end with a positive balance in terms of income earned from tour- ccording to Bank of Greece data ism. on the country’s current account The total revenues over the first eight balance between January and months of this year were up by 1.58 August of 2019, revenues from Atourism rose by an impressive 13.6 per- billion euros over last year, totaling cent compared to the same period last 13,241 billion euros. year. There was also a 3.6 percent increase The most crucial factor in this increase recorded in arrivals of non-residents to seems to be the sharp increase in non- Greece over the same period. EU visitors to the country, primarily from the US and China, who on average In August of 2019 alone, the peak season spend much more than others. for Greek tourism, revenues increased Another reason for the impressive in- by 16.1 percent over those recorded in crease in revenues is thought to be the August of 2018, which was already a re- much larger number of visitors to the cord-breaking month for tourism revenue. city of Athens this year, which saw its The number of non-resident arrivals to share of the tourism pie increase appre- Greece grew by 11% in August compared ciably. to the year prior. gust were up by €579 million compared to These latest figures nurture hopes that In actual figures, revenues from this Au- August of 2018. despite the massive blow the Greek Source: greece.greekreporter.com ATHENSATHENSPLUSPLUS • FRIDAY, • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 19, 19, 2010 2010 TRAVELTRAVEL

ParnassosParnassos villagesvillagesATHENSPLUS • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010 ParnassosParnassos villages villages RunRun forfor thethe hillshills 12 /30 VEMA TRAVELThe Greek Australian VEMA NOVEMBER 2019 EasilyEasily accessible accessible from from Athens, Athens,Parnassos this this group group of of small smallParnassos communities communities villages villages Parnassos villages offersoffers opportunities opportunities for for hiking hiking or or just just sitting sitting back back and and admiring admiring nature nature BYBYHARISHARIS ARGYROPOULOS ARGYROPOULOS Run for the Runhills for the hills TheThe villages villagesonon the the northeastern northeastern side side of ofMount Mount Parnassos, Parnassos, some some 170 170 kilo- kilo- Easily accessibleEasily accessiblefrom Athens, from this Athens, group this of smallgroup communitiesof small communities offers metersmeters northwest northwest of ofAthens, Athens, are are a very a very opportunities for hiking or just sitting back and admiring nature interestinginteresting proposition proposition for for a weekend a weekend offers opportunities for hiking or just sitting back and admiring nature outing.outing. 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The foothills of the mountain, 170 kilometers northwest of Ath- houseshouses with with neoclassical neoclassical elements elements and and which look out over a huge plain, host ens, are a very interesting propo- some fine guesthouses, good eating Tsition for a weekend outing. The foothills archedarched gates. gates. It alsoIt also has has a wonderfula wonderful of the mountain, which look out over a churchchurch dedicated dedicated to tothe the Virgin Virgin Mary, Mary, places, historical sites and plenty of opportunities for mountain walks. huge plain, host some fine guesthouses, withwith old old frescoes, frescoes, several several ambient ambient good eating places, historical sites and Amfikleia is a lively and friendly vil- guesthousesguesthouses and and good good tavernas. tavernas. A A plenty of opportunities for mountain strollstroll to toits its upper upper reaches reaches will will be be re- re- lage – a listed traditional settlement walks. wardedwarded with with excellent excellent views views of ofthe the vil- vil- and home to at least 500 stone-built lagelage and and the the plain plain below. below. If youIf you come come houses with neoclassical elements and Amfikleia is a lively and friendly village – a byby train, train, check check out out the the old old diesel diesel en- en- arched gates. It also has a wonderful listed traditional settlement and home to at least 500 stone-built houses with neo- ginesgines at atthe the station. station. An An invigorating invigorating church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, classical elements and arched gates. It walk,walk, lasting lasting about about an an hour-and-a-half, hour-and-a-half, with old frescoes, several ambient guesthouses and good tavernas. 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