GOYANZ/Olympic Pre-Season Dance

www.goyanz.org.nz Issue No. 6 February 2001 GOYANZ Merger Complete GOYANZ/Olympic At the HYG public meeting that was held on December the 3rd last year it was unanimously voted to merge with GOYANZ. This merger Pre-Season Dance is now complete with the functions as well as membership list of HYG being fully incorporated into GOYANZ. The combined membership 10 March, 8pm total of the two groups now stands at 292 members, making GOYANZ The Cypriot Hall the second largest Association in the local Greek community. Park Road, Miramar The only change that has occurred for those of you who were members of HYG is the change in name. You are now members of GOYANZ bookings with any committee member rather then HYG. “Ta Matia tou Kosmo” has also been updated with all references to HYG being replaced with GOYANZ. The diagram below illustrates the updated structure of GOYANZ with Calender of Events 2001 its various sub-committees. Funding is available through various sponsors 10 March Olympic/GOYANZ Pre-Season Function and community trusts for a wide range of activites planned for the future. 17 March Greek Bazaar - Greek food, refreshments and entertainment - Hania St 18 March Cultural Evening - Hania St 19 March Professor Antony Vitalis to speak on Theodorakis - Hania St 21 March Taverna Evening - Parthenon Greek Community Centre 22 March Church Icon Display - Greek Church Cafenio Evening - Parthenon Greek Community Centre 23 March Church Icon Display - Greek Church GOYANZ/Olympic Committee 24 March Greek Orthodox Community Annual Dance - Parthenon Name Position Hm Ph mobile Greek Community Centre John Serepisos Chairman 3808003 025 717 552 25 March Greek Independence Day - Church Service / Wreath Paul Kotrotsos Vice Chairman 387-1110 025-991-110 Laying Basil Mitrakis Secretary 388-6668 021-671-043 01 April AHEPA Olympic Games - Newtown Park John Yiappos Treasurer 386-2281 025-279-0596 07 April 2001 Season Kicks-off for all divisions - includes Andrew Antonopoulos Committee member 476-0174 021-760-874 Premier, Reserves, Senior Wellington and Junior Basil Bouzoukis Committee member 388 9283 025-400-442 divisions George Kotrotsos Committee member 387-8167 025-207-3164 15 April Greek Easter - Commemorating the resurrection of John Servos Committee member 934-2446 021-548-821 Christ Chris Yiavasis Committee member 970-7085 025-614-6507 01 May Greek Labour Day Functions Sub-committee 04 June Miss GOYANZ Annual Dance - Queens Birthday George Bertos Committee member 381-9808 025-453-636 Weekend Nonda Hatzilamprou Committee member 383-6579 Peter Halikias Committee member 388-4689 025-452-156 15 August Assumption Day - Commemorating the bodily Thanasi Georgiou Committee member 388-6851 025-480-179 ascent of the Virgin Mary (Panayia) into heaven “Ta Matia tou Kosmou” & Greek Radio Sub-Committee 01 September OLYMPIC Prize Giving Function Petros Hahladakis Editor 384-3548 06 October U19 Soccer Tournament in Upper Hutt Stelios Manousakis Committee member 385-7222 20 October U19 Soccer Tournament in Napier - Labour Weekend Voula Kosmadakis Committee member 478-4331 28 October Greek National Holiday (OXI) Vivienne Varouhas Committee member

Regular Features • Editorial pg 2 • G-net, Sport pg 11 • Football pg 12 • News in Brief pg 3 • Aussie Beat pg 4 Special Features • Hellas Live pg 5 • GOYANZ Merger Complete pg 1 • Music Review pg 6 • New Year Messages pg 2 • Dear Thea, Horoscope pg 7 • IMNZ pg 8 • Religion pg 9 • Euro Replaces Greek Drachma pg 10 Athens News AgencyNewYear NewNewYearYearMessages MessagesMessages lthough this issue of our magazine is just a passing event Greek President-Expatriate Greeks-Message for many of you, it marks the one year anniversary since 22/12/2000 20:49:48 A the first issue of “Ta Matia” went out. Starting out with a mail list of just under 40, we are now sending President of the Republic Kostis Stephanopoulos on this magazine to over 300 people and with the help of Typography Friday addressed a message to expatriate Greeks on the by Design, a magazine which has a much-improved layout and occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays. design from the first issue that came out. “I would like to express my warmest wishes and the When we initially put together this magazine, the purpose of it was to inform Hellenic Youth of events happening in Wellington deepest feelings of love of all the Greek people for our as well as overseas. As the year progressed we worked towards expatriate brethren”, Stephanopoulos said. this by introducing the Hellas Live and the Aussie Beat section “We watch with satisfaction your progress and as well as reporting on events that had occurred within Wellington, such as the Glykeria Concert and the arrival of the prosperity in various sectors of your new homelands Olympic Flame. around the world with your ever lively national identity As always there are a number of people whose contribution to this and love for Greece”, he noted. magazine deserve mention. Stelios Kavaleros who spent countless The Greek president, finally, wished Greeks abroad a hours preparing the first four issues. Demetrius Christoforou, in “merry Christmas, a happy New Year, good health, his former capacity as Secretary of the Greek Orthoox Community, has given us his unflagging support, and continues to help as proof- prosperity and happiness. reader. We thank them both. We have also had our regular contributers, those people being Church - Archbishop’s New Year message Stelios Manousakis, Paul Kotrostsos and Voula Kosmadakis. On top of all this we also have Dear Thea. You know who you are 29/12/2000 15:30:30 and thanks for all the advice you have giving our readers for the past year. In a New Year message released on Friday, Archbishop And a final message to everyone who reads “Ta Matia”: get of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos stressed that involved! As we move into our second year the future of this the Greek Orthodox Church and traditions “were a magazine rests on you. If you want to contribute or just help out source of capital” for Greek people to use in solving in general (there is always something that needs to be done) then their everyday problems, while he urged that people get in touch with one of the Committee Members. emphasise efforts for the common good rather than Petros Hahladakis society’s failures as they appraised their own and others’ future in the new year.

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2 Drugs Haul-513 Kilos of Heroin-Four Arrests Connery call for Marbles’ return to Greece Dec 31 2000 Jan 25 2001 Athens police on Sunday seized 513 kilos of pure heroin which was in Visiting Greece for the first time, Sir Sean Connery has called for the possession of four Turks and destined for Spain. The heroin haul is the return of the Parthenon Marbles to their “rightful place” in time for biggest ever in Greece and one of the largest in Europe. the 2004 Olympic Games. The drugs, from Turkey, were found hidden in two tourist buses. The During his visit, the distinguished actor discussed the issue of the four Turks who were arrsted in Athens were the drivers and co-drivers Marbles — known in Britain as the Elgin marbles — with the Greek of the two tourist buses, while another six Turks were arrested in Turkey. Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos. He told Venizelos he was “confident that the British government will Greece-road accidents change its position” and the minister thanked Connery for his efforts on the matter. Dec 28 2000 Greece’s National Economy Ministry on Thursday announced an Athens calls for Olympic volunteers international tender to find an underwriter to draft and implement a communications strategy on road safety issues. Greek organisers of the 2004 Olympic Games have launched a world- More than 2,000 Greeks lose their lives and around 30,000 other are wide campaign to recruit 60,000 volunteers. seriously injured in an average of 20,000 road accidents each year in At a special ceremony in Athens, Prime Minister Costas Simitas called the country. on Greeks from all over the nation and the world to respond to the invitation. Military bill is due next month The work of volunteers was widely regarded as a main reason for the Jan 20 2001 success of last year’s Olympic Games in Sydney. The armed forces chief of staff have until February 12 to present their Greece’s volunteers will be able to submit applications as of September proposals regarding a Defense Ministry bill providing for a gradual this year. reduction in compulsory military service to coincide with an increase in the number of professional troops. The goal is to have military service reduced by two months per year by If you would like to become an member of 2003. Conscripts would then serve 12 months in the army, 14 months GOYANZ or have any enquiries about in the air force and 16 months in the navy. The bill provides for a total of 15,000 professional soldiers by 2003. Τα Ματια Του Κοσµου,

OA flight tests Spata Airport please contact: Jan 24 2001 Stelios Manousakis: (04-385 7222) The first Olympic Airways (OA) passenger jet to touch down at the or Voula Kosmadakis: (04-478 4331) new Athens airport at Spata landed yesterday. The Boeing 737-300, which made the short hop over Mt. Hymettus from the old Hellenikon or Petros Hahladakis: (04-384 3548) airport, carried Transport Minister Christos Verelis and OA chairman Dionyssis Kalofonos. or John Serepisos: (04-384 4679) The new airport is due to be opened officially on ‘within the month of or e-mail: [email protected] March.’

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3 Sapphic & Sensual Vicki Tzortzis

Its no use Reading Sappho’s poetry clearly implies that Sappho had more than Mother dear, I just a mere affection and admiration for women. Her poetry is littered can’t finish my with homoerotic imagery. So here we have a Greek woman who can be weaving considered as the first known woman author and founder of women’s You may literature!! She is practically the patron of lesbian lovers. And Greek! blame Aphrodite Her poetry is filled with intense imagery of love, desire, longing and soft as she is suffering. There are references to the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite, she has almost littered throughout her poetry. What else could be implied from such killed me with writing as:- love for that boy. Nothing can take its place in my mind, Sappho This beauty of girls. ost people reading this magazine have met or know of a gay Fragment 41 Greek, and the issues they have had to deal with in modern Mday society on a daily basis. Without making any major People do gossip generalisations, it seems that most Greeks of our parents generation are And they say about not particularly accepting of the homosexual community. It is not strange Leda, that she for us to hear stories of our gay friends being kicked out of home or once found an egg rejected by family members once they “come out of the closet”. Feeling hidden under that a family has become a “rezili” because of a member being gay, is wild hyacinths. not justified or appropriate, but it does happen, and will for some time. Fragment 13 Perhaps the irony in this situation is that our Greek history and literature When we think about Sappho’s legacy, are littered with homosexual eros. we need to think about her on a Alexander the Great and Hephasteion? different level, as opposed to just her Pausanias and Agathon? Philolaus and sexuality. A sociologist has stated Diocles? Constantine P. Cavafy (1863- “Sappho should be regarded primarily 1935)? Aristotle? There is evidence to as a poet with an important social suggest that this may be the case, but purpose and public function: that of an expert in history I am not. instilling sensual awareness and sexual self-esteem and of facilitating role One particular lesbian I would like to adjustment in young females coming focus on is the ever elegant Sappho. of age in a sexually segregated society”. Sappho was born in 612 BC and is The most important issue to remember often regarded as one of the greatest here is - Sappho celebrates women. female poets of all time. Plato even So here we have just one example of referred to her as the “Tenth muse”. where a key literary figure, albeit controversial one, also happens to be By being born at Mytiline, Lesbos, she contributed to the coining of gay. Ironic that this is the case, when over 2600 years after Sappho’s the term “lesbian” which was her sexual orientation. time, gay members of the Greek community still do not have The question is begging however- How do we actually know that Sappho freedom of expression. Perhaps a lot can be learned from the society was gay? Actually, how can we be sure of anything that happened over whereby Sappho lived. Lesvos at the time was markedly less misogynous 600 years before Christ was born? The crux of the argument that she than other Greek states, and where women mixed freely with men and was gay, was due to the belief that her poems and writing were from her were highly educated. A tolerant society such as this can be thought of own true experiences. It was said that she was married to a wealthy as being a far cry from what we have now. Perhaps Sappho was merchant named Cercolas, and also had a daughter named Cleis, but right when she quoted, “I think that someone will remember us in that still doesn’t do much to prove her sexual preference. another time.”

4 Living love through childbirth

Maria Verivaki

aving just recently had a baby myself, it is tragic to read about were embarrassed about - was publicised. All of them were given the so many child abuse cases in New Zealand every time I log choice of keeping their child and raising it with the aid of experienced Hon to the Web. The thought of torturing and beating children midwives. to their death is almost inconceivable in Greece, where children are The law protects mothers well in the case of pregnancy and childbirth. regarded as the continuation of a clan and the heirs of the Greek heritage, Working mothers are on paid leave for four months. This time period so that they too will have children and do likewise in the future. can be shared before and after the birth if the mother wishes. Once Greek children are leading very privileged lives at the moment. Poverty back to work, a mother is allowed to work reduced hours for two years levels in Greece are extremely low, although low wage-earning parents without any pay reduction. Some employers (especially in the state still exist, and they will have difficulty providing their children with system) allow their employees to take a whole year of paid leave instead more than their basic needs. Parents and of the aforementioned arrangement. On top society place a high emphasis on education; of all this, there are some maternal, child and Illegitimate children are still treated starting from a very early age, children are sent family benefits available, depending on the to music, dance, art and sports training classes. parents’ social security payments. The state education system is still free of with prejudice; since June 2000, Public hospitals are usually avoided for charge (including tertiary studies), but there childbirth because they are understaffed and are very few children who do not attend extra there have been three cases of not always very well maintained. It is also tuition classes for a wide range of school believed that doctors do not provide the subjects outside school hours. These lessons newborns being born in the mother’s appropriate care for the mother and child. are not free, but they are seen as absolutely Most women choose to have their baby necessary, so that students can increase their delivered in a private maternity clinic, which knowledge and skills before they sit university home without any assistance, and seem to abound all over Greece. I had my entrance examinations in the last two years of baby in the local public hospital in Hania. senior high school. then being thrown into a rubbish bin The hospital is new, having only been running Apart from their basic needs, children may be since September of last year. Since it was new, given a generous amount of pocket money, as on the street right after their birth. I didn’t have to contend with the problem of it is generally the case that children in bad maintenance and an unhygienic Greece do not work part-time or after school. This is partly due to the environment. However, I did feel that it was understaffed, and the doctors fact that jobs such as milk and newspaper rounds (typical occupations were overloaded with work. of a New Zealand child) do not exist in Greece. But it is also due to the A typical day for the gynecologists and obstetricians meant working number of hours a child is expected to spend at school, on homework thirty-six hour shifts with up to six surgical operations in one day. and in the tuition classes mentioned above. This full involvement in Since the new hospital opened, the maternity clinic has been working school and extra-curricular activities does not allow for much free time, to its full capacity. Newborn babies are not cared for by midwives; they and there is much pressure on children - from the start of primary are handed to their mothers from the day they are born (in private school to the end of high school - to do well at school, i.e. get high clinics, they are kept in a nursery), even when a mother has had a grades. Caesarean birth. It is practically impossible to care for a newborn when Of course, problems still exist in Greek society as they do anywhere in a mother is on an intravenous drip and a catheter tube. This is why the world. Illegitimate children are still treated with prejudice; since somebody from the mother’s family is required to stay in hospital until June 2000, there have been three cases of newborns being born in the the mother (and any patient in any ward for that matter) has recovered mother’s home without any assistance, and then being thrown into a to a point where she can look after herself and her child. The Prime rubbish bin on the street right after their birth. Incredibly, all three Minister of Greece, Mr Kostas Simitis, visited Hania hospital while I children survived (their cries were heard by passersby), and the mothers was still there. He promised to provide the funding for 160 new positions (easily tracked down from the traces of blood) were all treated with the in the public health service in Hania. We shall wait and see if this respect they deserved, especially since their plight - having a child they actually happens.

5 GREEK MUSIC - NEW RELEASES

Anna Vissi Notis Sfakiannakis Valandis Kravgi Polihroma & Entona Ligo Prin

Review

Yiannis Tassios Keti Garbi Sabrina Kostas Tambouridis with his CD Efiga have proved to Diskola I Efkola Ti Theloune Ta Matia Sou Boom Boom (CD SINGLE) - NZD25.00 be one of the biggest hits in and out of Greece in the beggining of 2001. With chart topping hits such as Efiga, and Hili Pou Kene and numerous others, this CD has reached Platinum status in record time. As with most Greek CD’s, this one features a variety of music types ranging from Laika, Zembekika and Tsiftetellia - something to appeal to everyones taste in music. The CD has already proven popular on the lucrative Australian, Canadian and US Greek music markets, with G. Alkaios Glykeria Lefteris Pantazis 3 of the songs already making it to the TOP 5 status Pro To Pilon Harama 2001 Eubdomo Ourano since its release early this year. I would say that this CD is worth getting even only if All NZD$42.00 unless stated otherwise. for the first two tracks, but once you keep listening, you Orders Close 25 March 2001, Call cant help but get hooked on the eastern rythems and dance beats which this CD provides in abundance. Stelios Manousakis on 021393035 For some, Tamouridis’ deep voice may put them off, but for others it just adds to the appeal of this CD. Listen out on HYG radio and decide for yourself. Hellenic Youth This is the second CD release from Tambouridis (his 1998 release was entitled Na Se Pistevo), and if his future Radio Program releases are as good as this one, he will cement his position as one of the rising male stars of Greek Music. Track Listing: Amartia - Hili pou kene - Efiga (na se Tune in and listen to the latest Greek music. xehaso) - Skorpia logia - Oti egine egine - Sto kalo (ke Every Sunday at 3.00pm - 3.30pm on na mou grafis) - Tha vgo sti pista na horepso - Osa Access Radio, 783, AM kathese ke les - Pos boris na xehnas - Pote den allaxes - Hasame

6 by Asterakia

• Dear Thea, this is the first time I have sent in a letter like this Aries Avoid playing sports and getting involved in dangerous asking for advice, but I am in desperate need of help. Last pastimes. This includes strolling up and down Courtney Place week I visited my boyfriend’s family for the first time and ate on a Saturday night. Do not leave the kanape (couch). some of his mother’s spanokopita. Unfortunately I got food poisoning which the doctor pinpointed to bad preparation of Taurus Beware of delightful people this month. They the feta. Should I let me boyfriend know? Vaso may coerce you into doing something “crazy” such as dancing tsifteteli in the middle of Lambton Quay in broad daylight. Greek Men are attached to their mother like bread and butter, especially since most of them rely on their mothers to cook, Gemini You are beginning to realise that one of your close clean and make their lunch for them until they get married off. friends does not share the same values as yourself. This If you really care about the relationship then let this one pass, revelation will come to surface when they describe the komboloi otherwise let him know about it and unless your boyfriend is hanging on your rear view mirror as a bunch of beads. over 30 you can guarantee the relationship will be over. Cancer This month you will meet someone who reminds you of a baklava – Sweet on the outside but nutty on the • Dear Thea my husband went and brought the new Playstation 2 last week and since then I have not been able to take him off it. inside. Stay away from this person, even your mother will He even forgot that it was the 3rd anniversary of the first day we not see through them. ever saw each other; how could he forget something like that? Leo What should I do? Maria As it is nearing the fasting season, food and entertainment will dominate your thoughts. Eat and drink Tell him that you know of another battery powered entertainment in moderation. system that you can use if he doesn’t turn off the playstation. I am sure he will get the hint and no doubt his new toy will be on Virgo Do you ever get the feeling that you’re being watched? top of the cupboard gathering dust before you can say horiatiki Well you are, and March is no exception. Greeks of all salata (Greek salad) shapes and sizes will pop up out of nowhere scrutinising your hair, clothes and friends. You cannot escape. There is no point trying. • Dear Thea, a few Saturday Nights ago I ran into an old boyfriend of mine in one of the local bars and we put on a bit of a welcome Libra The stars are detecting a hair product shortage in your back show. Unfortunately another guy that I like saw this life right now. It is an extremely serious situation that may performance and went off in a huff. What should I do? Vaggelio require resorting to natural substances such as salata dressings. Blame it on the alcohol. All the men I have caught doing the Scorpio A letter or phone call will surprise you in a very same thing do! pleasant way. Get out your highest stillettos or smartest suit as the stars reveal that you may be eating koufeta soon. • Dear Thea, I am a male and do not like these anti-male tones that you normally reply in. You make it sound as though all Sagittarius Although you may be oozing with self- men are idiots. What’s your problem, too many failed confidence today it isn’t wise to provoke any confrontations. relationships? Jim Despite what the logical outcome may be, remember that old Greek proverb: “Your mother is always right”. Acting Jim, I was taking your question seriously until I read your last against this may give rise to serious consequences. paragraph about the ‘too many failed relationships’. Your not the same Jim that I broke up with last year because you still Capricorn The moon in Apollo suggests a large sum of drive a Cortina (as I told you then and am telling you again, a money coming your way. Perhaps an unexpected inheritance Cortina is not a poor man’s substitute for a Ferrari) and have an ‘uncle Jesse’ from full house hair style. Get over me! Or at least or maybe your stocks will go up. Now is the time to use that get a haircut! highly developed Mediterranean intuition at the local TAB. Aquarius After a relaxing summer, your mind will be miles away, or should that be 16,000 kilometres away. Pull NOTE: ‘Dear Thea’ provides her advice in good humour. She does not accept any liability (nor does ‘Ta Matia tou kosmou’) if you actually out your hidden cash from that old kaltsa (sock) and start follow up on any of her advice. planning a trip back to the homeland. Pisces Communication is the name of the game this If you have a personal problem or an issue month as you will be susceptible to the most outrageous and you want our special Thea to help you out, koutsobolio (gossip). Your sign is the most gullible of the send her an e-mail at: 12 in the zodiac, so you must be cautious of what you may [email protected] hear through the “always-reliable” Greek grapevine. or send your mail to: Note: All these predictions were devised in good humour. “Ta Matia tou kosmou” Dear Thea, PO Box 6257, Wellington. takes no responsibility for any false hopes, fears or financial losses resulting from reliance upon them.

7 What exceptional has Orthodoxy in SCHEDULED PROGRAMME OF SERVICES relation with the rest Christendom? FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY By the Metropolitan Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox FOR Fr PANAYIOTIS Church - Very Reverend Dr Panayiotis Bouras

Friday 2/2/01 - The Presentation of Our Lord - Divine Liturgy rthodoxy is the truth of the Church, that is opposed to heresy - 9.00 a.m. - ST. ANDREWS CHURCH and takes place with every local Divine Service. Orthodoxy is Othe Apostolic Church, the only Church that preserves the truth Saturday 3/2/01 - Vespers - 6.00 p.m. - ST. ANDREWS CHURCH of the Holy Gospel immutable through centuries, without alterations and Sunday 4/2/01 - The Sunday of Telonis and Pharisee - Divine worldliness. Catholics excluded themselves and deviated from the truth of Liturgy - 9.00 a.m. - ST. ANDREWS CHURCH the Holy Gospel, as Protestants did later still, altering the faith, the life, the worship, the way of administration and the tradition of the “One, Holy, Tuesday 6/2/01 - Fotios Patriarch of Istanbul - Divine Liturgy - Catholic and Apostolic Church”. The measure of Orthodoxy is the 9.00 a.m. - ST. ANDREWS CHURCH experience of the Church, as it takes flesh within the life of the Saints and the Holy Fathers. The characteristics of Orthodoxy are: TRIODION BEGINS • The Apostolic continuation, the endless succession concerning the Saturday 10/2/01 - St Charalambos the Martyr - Divine Liturgy - teaching of the ordination the spiritual life, such as prayer, fast, modesty, 9.00 a.m. - ST ANDREWS CHURCH moderation, temperance, worship, the affectionate relationship, love and Saturday 10/2/01 - Vespers - 6.00 p.m. - ST. ANDREWS CHURCH unity between the members of the Orthodox Church • the devotion in tradition as a valuable inheritance of theology and culture Sunday 11/2/01 - The Sunday of the prodigal son - Divine Liturgy - which aims at the correct understanding of life 9.00 a.m. - ST. ANDREWS CHURCH • the wealth of the worship, the variety of the immeasurable sacramental, Saturday 17/2/01 - Saturday of the souls - Divine Liturgy - 9.00 a.m. praising and artistic characteristics - ST. ANDREWS CHURCH • the blood of its Martyrs, which gives to it support and strength to the Saturday 17/2/01 - Vespers - 6.00 p.m. - ST. ANDREWS CHURCH present day Sunday 18/2/01 - The Sunday of Meat Fare - Divine Liturgy - • its democratic regime, according to which the synod of the Bishops 10.00 a.m. - ST. NECTARIOS CHURCH PETONE makes decisions and not just one person • the eschatological destination, the engagement with the Kingdom of Saturday 24/2/01 - 1st & 2nd finding of the head of St. John the Heaven in this life and the transfiguration of the world. Baptist - Divine Liturgy - 9.00 a.m. - ST. ANDREWS CHURCH

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8 Saints are the hero’s of our faith CELEBRATIONS COMING UP IN Turks stormed in, attacked her and her friends with clubs and stones. THE MONTHS OF FEBUARY AND MARCH She died as a result of her injuries on Febuary 19th, 1589 at the age of 39. The Street where the Archdiocese is located is named in her honor. The Presentation of our Lord - Many years before the coming of Christ We celebrate her feast day on 19th Febuary. there lived a very pious and Saintly man named Simeon. Simeon was an intelligent Jewish scholar and assisted in the translations of the books of The Annunciation of the Theotokos - is celebrated on the 25th of the Old Testament. He prayed for the day that the Saviour would come March. It is the day that Archangel Gabriel was sent by God to the and deliver all of Israel(and the world) from Sin. One day when he was blessed Virgin Mary to announce that she would give birth to Jesus praying he heard the voice of God saying to him that he would not die Christ, who would save the world. The angel said: “Do not be afraid, until he had seen the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The bible informs us the Lord is with you, because God has chosen you among all the women that forty days after the birth of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary brought the in the world and in history”. Mary said: “let it be according to the will Christ child to the Temple for Presentation. This feast day is celebrated on of God”. She allowed herself to be an instrument of God. She let the the 2nd of Febuary. holy spirit come within her and her body, to bless and guide her. This feast day is very important for all Christians, because with her acceptance, St. Charalambos - Charalambos lived during the 2nd century in the all of mankind had a chance to be saved. In the Orthodox Church we town of Magnesia, in Asia Minor. He was have many hymns and prayers that remind us of ordained as a priest at a very young age and he this special event. We celebrate this special feast served his community with great zeal. He suffered day on the 25th of March. a lot during the reigh of the Governor Loukianos, because he refused to worship the idols of the TRIODION empire. Servius (the Roman Emperor) ordered This is the period which leads us into Great Lent. that he be brought to the city of Antioch, Syria and was tortured. The emperor ordered him to The Triodion starts of with: The 4th Sunday be beheaded but as he was about to be executed before lent with the Parable of “The pharasee he died. We celebrate his feast day on Febuary the and the Tax Collector”, which reminds us to 10th. imitate the humility of the tax collector, not the pride of the Pharasee...Refer to Luke 18: 10-14. St. Theodore - Theodore was a courageous man, The 3rd Sunday before lent with the parable of he lived in the 4th century, he was a soldier in the “The Prodigal son”, which reminds us of our Roman Legion called the “Tyrian Legion”. He great distance from God and our need for was one along with others chosen to be in this forgiveness....Refer to Luke 15: 11-32. legion because of the skill and bravery he had on the battlefield. He became a Christian while The second Sunday before Lent is “Meat Fare serving in the Army in Amasia, a city in Asia Minor. Sunday”, which Jesus teaches his disciples to be ready for the Last Judgement, by practising good works. From the following day(Monday) In 305AD, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Maximian there we don’t eat meat. Refer to Matthew 25: 31 - 46. was a terrible reign of terror against all Christians. When he learned that some of his soldiers were Christians, so he issued a decree ordering The Sunday before Lent is “Cheese Fare Sunday”, which Jesus exhorts all soldiers were to offer a sacrifice to the pagan gods. Theodore refused his followers to forgive one another and to fast in Truth...Refer to and burned the temple down. Execution was ordered. While waiting Matthew 6: 14-21. for his death he composed hymns and chanted them in prison. He was thrown into fire on Febuary 17th and his body was consumed by them. GREAT LENT He died without a mark on his body. Great lent begins on the following day(Monday). It is a period of great St. Philothea - Philothea lived during the 16th century in Athens, Greece. struggle of the passions. It is a period of preparation by reading, praying, She grew up in a Christian household. She was beautiful, wealthy and fasting, confession, attending various church services which give us the charmful. She was married at a very young age and before the age of 16 strength to continue our road which at the end we celebrate Holy was a widow. After her parents died she became a nun. She founded Week(Megali Evdomada) and with the Climax of Pascha(Easter) THE nunneries that offered the opportunity to work with weaving and other RESSURECTION OF OUR SAVIOUR THE LORD JESUS forms of handicraft for the benefit of the poor and the poverty striken. CHRIST. During the 16th century, all of Greece was under Turkish control. At We must remember that Easter being a movable feast, Great Lent may St. Andrew’s church, Athens during a vesper service, a group of young vary in terms of when it starts. This year it begins on Febuary 26th.

9 Athens News Agency Euro replaces Greek drachma, Europe’s oldest currency Jan 1 2001 The modern drachma was revived in the 1830s after Greece gained independence from Ottoman rule as the country’s new monarchy tried ATHENS — Europe’s oldest currency, the 2,650-year-old Greek to evoke the spirit of classical Greece. drachma, has endured war and turmoil. Yesterday, it finally met its match in the euro and was traded on the international market for the last time. After years of belt-tightening fiscal policies in the 1990s, Greece managed to overhaul its economy and bring it in line with the rest of Greece officially joins the European Union’s single Europe, gaining acceptance for participation in the currency Monday, and financial institutions will euro. It had been the only EU member wishing to begin trading in the euro Wednesday. join the Eurozone that initially failed to meet The Greek central bank spent money for the last single-currency requirements. time yesterday to fix the drachma at its central parity But with popular support for joining the euro rate, selling some $139.5 million to keep the running at 70 percent in Greece, mild nostalgia at drachma up. the loss of the drachma is tempered with feelings The drachma - meaning “handful” in ancient of pride for Greece’s economic success. Greek - was the standard silver coin of Greek “Today, I signed the last trading package in antiquity. It is believed to have been first drachmas, and I felt that was the end, that that minted in about 650 B.C. in what is now western was it,” said Panagiotis Alexakis, president of the Turkey, and was originally worth a handful of Athens Stock Exchange. “But we are entering a arrows. new era, it is a move for the best.” Produced separately by different city-states, the But while yesterday was the last day of international trading for the drachma was widely used in the ancient world. Spread by trade and drachma, the currency now in circulation still has a year’s worth of life. conquest - it was the coin of Alexander the Great - it has been found as far away as Afghanistan. It also served as the model for another coin, The euro will not be used for everyday transactions such as shopping the dirham, which is still used as an expression of currency in the Islamic until 2002. Officials aim to gradually phase out the drachma by March world today. 2002.

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11 February 19 2001 Hilton Petone Cup Game - Olympic A (3) v Seatoun(0) h/t 1-0 Scorers: S George (1), J Musgrove (1), I Cave (1) February 12 2001 Olympic started well knocking the ball around with confidence. The Olympic A (3) - Nth Wellington A (1) first goal arrived within 10 minutes, Simon George was on hand to Scorers: S. George (2), C. Christie (1) comfortably score with a header from 5 metres. Seatoun came back at North Wellington scored first just before half time (Polyanski) with a Olympic and controlled possession but the Olympic defence was well chip over the keeper after a quick break which caught the Olympic team organised. The first half finished quite even in the possession stakes but square across the back. Simon George equalised with a penalty early in Olympic created the better chances. the second half and Chris Christie scored about half way through the In the second half Olympic began to dominate and continued to create second half from a run down the left and cross by McMahon. Simon goal scoring opportunities. Jeff Sole had a header saved from a corner George scored the third from a similar cross from the left with a good and Jacky Chan had a side volley saved off the line by a defender after header from about six meters. Dave Ure and Carl Fenemore were subbed beating the Seatoun keeper. Finally after about 75 minutes Jason Musgrove at half time by Chris Christie and Steve McMahon and Daryl Pettit received the ball just outside the penalty area and danced his way around came off later in the game replaced by Basil Vrizonis. two defenders to slot the ball past a diving keeper. Then after 85 minutes Overall, Olympic totally outclassed Nth Wellington in this game. Olympic Iain Cave produced something special a 24 metre sweeping strike that were faster, fitter, stronger, more technical, individually better, and played sailed into the roof off the Seatoun net - 3 nil. A great finish that left a a great team game. However, it should serve as a warning to come that lot of smiles on the faces of the Olympic supporters and playing squad. the most critical department lacking in this game from Olympic was Overall a good solid performance against a useful Seatoun side. once again goal scoring. The first half was the classic game with Olympic retaining probably 80% possession, at least 8 easy chances and missing Game - Olympic B (8) v Wainiomata B (0) them all. North Wellington had basically no ball, had one break on goal Scorers: B Climo (2), G Knott (2), M Boley (2), J Mako-McKenna and scored. It was just a matter of time as Olympic were bound to put (1), M Halikias (1) the ball in the net eventually after so much domination. Christie and Olympic dominated this match from the start. It took around ten minutes McMahon made a big difference when they came on with their speed for the first goal but after that there were goals and more goals - five in and ability with the ball, especially McMahon who constantly ran at the the first half in fact. There were strong performances by Gary Knott, opposing defence down the left flank sending in dangerous crosses from Ben Climo and Adrian Clarke. Steve Dimakis had a quite day in goal as which two of the goals were scored. the opposition struggled to break through the Olympic defence. In the Overall, the coach must be very pleased with the team’s performance at second half Mickey Halikias scored his first goal for the club with a such an early stage of the season. A fairer reflection of the game would great shot and Ben Climo curled a free kick into the back of the have had a score line of 7 or 8 one if all the chances had been taken. Wainuiomata net from the edge of the penalty area. Although not scoring this week Liam ran off the ball well and created space for his team-mates Olympic B (9) - Nth Wellington B (0) to entertain the supporters. In the end they scored eight but it could Scorers: Liam Kerrisk (4), Ian Patterson (1), Garry Knott (1), Ben have easily been double figures. A good all round performance by the Climo (1), Michael Boley (1), Own Goal (1) team with the result reflecting the true nature of this game. Overall, the scoreline tells the story. Nth Wgtn B were outclassed and outgunned in every department. Olympic played sublime team football Upcoming Games (Hilton Petone Cup) very much in the continental style including superb finishing of most 26-02-2001 - 6pm, Petone Memorial Park chances that were created. It is always easy to take the foot off the Olympic A v Miramar Rangers A accelerator at half time with the score at 4-0, but the team showed purpose Olympic B v Upper Hutt B and discipline to continue the rout to the end and put the opposition to the sword. Something their first team counterparts have found difficulty in doing in the past. Wanted: More Junior Coaches to take young soccer players aged between 5 and 12 years old. Contact any committee member. A big round of applause for the Development Team.

Federation Reserve Team Manager Olympic requires a person to help with managment of Olympics 2nd team. This team is based around exciting young players which the For up-to-date scores, fixtures, news club is developing for the future. Contact any committee member for and views, check out the official further information. Olympic website: 3rd, 4th and Masters Teams Pre-Seson Training www.olympicafc.org.nz Begins Wednesday, 6pm 28 February at Sinclair Park. All Welcome!!