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With the recently completed restoration of several columns in the Propylaia, the Athenian Acropolis now looks more like it did in Peri- in horrific Haiti quake cles’ day than it has in many centuries.

PAGE 14/32 Rescuers are racing against the clock to find survivors among thousands of corpses in quake-hit Haiti, as plane- loads of international aid began arriv- ing in the ruined nation. With officials warning the overall death toll may top 100,000, there were fears that desperate Haitians, already living in one of the world’s poorest na- tions, will soon fall prey to hunger and disease. The stench from rows of unclaimed rotting corpses began to hang over the capital Port-au-Prince, as the interna- tional aid operation led by the United Injured people sit along Nations and the United States swung Delmas road the day after into place. the earthquake struck Port- A planeload of 50 Chinese soldiers au-Prince (AP Photo/Jorge Scripture Lessons flew into the capital’s airport at first Cruz) light bringing with them three sniffer in schools dogs, swiftly followed by two teams of “People throughout the world want to been killed in Tuesday’s (12/1) 7.0 French firefighters also backed by help,” UN chief Ban Ki-moon said, as quake, in the worst disaster ever for start again in 2010 trained dogs. he also revealed that 36 UN staff had the global body. (Cont. p. 9/27) In February Scripture Teaching will again be- gin in State Schools of New South Wales. PAGE 4/22 Australia-born World traveler Kostas Mitsakis talks about riding around the globe on a Northern Drama motorcycle This Macedonian district boasts stunning forestland and rare natural habitats. PAGE 15/33 PAGE 17/35 The Greek Australian VEMA JANUARY 2010 2/20 TO BHMA

The memory and expense of 2004

As the new government of George Pa- Games. The estimated 10 billion euros that media were ghoulishly licking its lips at the rouj became the first man since the Flying pandreou scratches its collective scalp, it cost would come in handy. prospect of Munich-style terror strikes and Finn Paavo Nurmi back in 1924 to win gold wondering how it can possibly rescue The Games certainly were expensive, dirty bombs on the metro. in both the 1500 metres and the 5000 me- Greece from the economic tsunami that with Greece bearing the brunt of hosting The security bill alone for the Games tres while British athlete Kelly Holmes pro- has smashed up against its shores, there the first post-9/11 Olympics, a time when was rounded off at around one billion eu- duced a pair of barnstorming performanc- are doubtless many people who are point- paranoia was at the forefront of all west- ros, although the cost was probably much es to take gold in the 800 metres and the ing an accusing finger at the 2004 Olympic ern minds. In the leadup to the Games, the greater as potential visitors took the media 1500 metres. at their word and stayed away. One of the abiding memories will be the There were panics about how ready drama of the marathon, Paula Radcliff Athens would be for the Games as the city crumpling under the weight of her own ex- had a major facelift. It all cost money but it pectations and the viciousness of the did a lot to improve the look and tone of course and the Brazilian Venderlei de Lima the city - a lasting legacy. Not the same attacked by a nutty Irish priest while lead- can be said of all the venues, some of ing the men’s race. He recovered to take which, like the beach volleyball stadium the bronze and was later awarded the and most of the venues at Elliniko still lie in Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsman- disgraceful disuse. ship. The omens for the Games also looked Other images stick in the mind as well. pretty bleak when Kostas Kenteris, the The Iraqi football team finishing fourth, the 200metre gold medallist from Sydney in crowd delaying the 200 metres final be- 2000, and Katherina Thanou, the silver cause of the absence of Kenteris and the medallist in the 100 metres, were involved mere presence of four athletes from in a bizarre motorcycle accident on the eve Afghanistan. of the opening ceremony. It transpired they Twenty-two athlete were caught doping had failed to turn up for a doping test and during the Games, something that actually that the accident may have been a set up. drew praise from IOC chief Jacques They were ejected from the Games as Rogge. Greece was momentarily embarrassed. “These have been unforgettable dream But once the flame was lit - not by Kenteris Games,” he said. as anticipated but by Nikos Kaklamanakis - “These Games were held in peace and the mood lightened. brotherhood. These were the Games Athens was a dream to get around. The where it became increasingly difficult to roads were civilised as motorists respect- cheat and where clean athletes were bet- ed every traffic regulation in the book, the ter protected.” metro proved itself to be a wonderful Or they simply had smarter drugs. Olympic addition to city life and the new Rogge was equally effusive about airport coped comfortably with the mas- Greece and its organisation of the Games. sive increase in traffic. If some taxi drivers “The organisation was outstanding and exploited the visitors by overcharging most we had competitions in state-of-the-art kept strictly to the Olympic truce of not rip- venues. Security has been flawless. ping off passengers. “They really did a fantastic job. I am very, There was a gaiety about Athens which very happy about the Games. transferred itself to the sport. “We have discovered a new Greece. In the swimming pool Fish Boy Michael Greece was great for the Games.” Phelps collected six gold medals and had a Actually, it was not really a new Greece. memorable battle with Ian Thorpe in the The flaws remained the same, the charms 200 metres freestyle, the Australian barely altered since, well probably since emerging as the victor. Phelps made up for those first Games in 776BC. it in Beijing where he won eight golds, Yes, the bill was a big one and Greece is breaking Mark Spitz’s 1972 record of sev- still clearing up afterwards. But by heck it en golds in one Games. was one hell of a party. Of all the performances on the track two stand out. The Moroccan Hicham El Guer- ATHENS NEWS 11/01/2010

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courts’ time means the entire system, which already Blind justice suffers from the same indifference and bureaucracy of other public services, is undermined. Nevertheless, a bid to slash the backlog of thousands Our concept of blind justice, often depicted in the of cases appears to be a positive step. An effort to re- form of a blindfolded Lady Justice, owes much to the duce the number of people in pretrial detention also mythological figure of the goddess Dike, who repre- seems to make sense. sented the spirit of moral order and fair judgment in an- It should be a cause of shame for Greece that the av- cient Greece. Dike was a mortal who Zeus placed on erage pretrial detention there is one year - three times Earth to ensure justice prevailed. However, even the longer than in other European Union countries. Because supreme ancient god realized that keeping humans of failures to ensure that our system dispenses justice lawful was a fruitless task and he whisked Dike up to a swiftly and fairly, innocent people languish in jail and seat next to him on Mount Olympus. victims of crimes wait to see guilty parties punished. Doujon Zammit Were Dike to look down from that vantage point on The failings at all levels to ensure that victims and Greece’s justice system today, she would no doubt cov- suspects are treated fairly have been highlighted by the granted bail by a council of judges next week and that er her eyes in shame - but this is not the blind justice experience of a young Briton, Andrew Symeou. Symeou, he be put on trial soon so he can have a chance to that Greeks want. Justice Ministry officials told Athens 21, has been held in Greek jails for the last six months clear his name and for the Hiles family to get justice for Plus that the PASOK government has identified serious in connection with the killing of another British young- their dead son. In Greece, it seems that even this most shortcomings in Greece’s courts and prisons and is ster, Jonathon Hiles, on Zakynthos in July 2007. basic element of justice cannot be taken for granted. embarking on an effort to rectify them. Hiles was punched in a packed nightclub and died January will be an opportunity for the Greek justice There is concern that the government’s measures from head injuries two days later. Symeou denies being system to regain some credibility, as the trial of the two tackle the symptoms rather than the chronic problems in the nightclub at the time. There are serious doubts police officers involved in the shooting of teenager that cause them. For instance, although PASOK is con- about the evidence gathered by the island’s police link- Alexis Grigoropoulos and the case of the four nightclub sidering making changes to the way that judges are ap- ing him to the alleged crime. Claims that some witness- employees allegedly responsible for the fatal beating of pointed, it has yet to announce specific measures. es testified to Symeou’s involvement only after being Australian youngster Doujon Zammit have began this Equally, there has been no attempt to address Greeks’ assaulted have not been investigated. Symeou’s par- month. It is a chance for our judicial authorities to en- litigious nature, which often leads to lawsuits being filed ents have moved to Greece to be close to their son and sure we can look upon our justice system with some for the most trivial of reasons. The fact there is no to fight for justice. They are not asking for him to be in- pride rather than cover our eyes in disgust. mechanism to filter out cases that are a waste of the stantly cleared - they are simply asking that he be ATHENSPLUS

2010 – A YEAR OF INNUMERABLE SPIRITUAL OPPORTUNITIES “Brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught” (2 Thess 2:15) of Jesus Christ and in His Theophany at the baptism of of the Southern Hemisphere’s only tertiary Orthodox Jesus. Families got together to celebrate the great Theological College and eight Orthodox Day Schools. feasts with traditional foods and customs. Saint Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College I wonder though about the 529,400 Orthodox Chris- stands as a beacon for all the faithful, educating and tians in Australia (statistics from the ABS 2001 census preparing future priests and teachers and is a leading figures). academic institution known across the world. To my By PETER In many instances the great feasts and celebrations knowledge, no Orthodox Church can boast as many MAVROMMATIS * of the Church have been reduced to simple gatherings successful day schools in the diaspora as our Archdio- and just part of our annual religious observance. Mod- cese. With God’s Grace, Orthodox Religious Education ern Orthodox man gets excited about the Christmas will be provided in this great nation for years to come The beginning of a new year is always a time of re- lamb on the spit, the Easter soups and lambs, and div- and the Cross will stand in triumph in our churches and newed enthusiasm and hope, a time to reconsider ing into the water to retrieve the Holy Cross. The more schools for all time. Let us now also do likewise in the one’s life and an opportunity to ‘move forward’. In fact, ‘daring’ may even make the sign of the Cross on the lin- little church, our home. one of the key themes of our Holy Church’s hymnology tel of his front and back doors. This is a good thing! Let As we discussed earlier, we are all, to a greater or for the period of the Feasts of Nativity and Theophany is us now examine why we do these important things, lesser extent, concerned about the preservation of our the call for all to bear witness to Christ in our very be- why these things are in fact something to get excited religious and cultural identity. Let us all make an effort to ing, a call to become μάρτυρες to Christ through our about. Let us discover the beauty and richness in the discover what it means to be truly Christian Orthodox, words, thoughts and actions. This is highlighted by the Church’s symbols. The only problem though is that as whether Greek, Serbian or whoever we are. This is on- chanting of the Baptismal hymn “Those who have been soon as one begins to explain the symbolism in these ly possible in and through the Church. Only through the baptised into Christ, have put on Christ” in place of the rituals many nod off, not interested in the prototype but Sacraments of our Holy Church can we embody a true Thrice-Holy Hymn in the liturgies of this festal period. satisfied by blind observance of the symbol. We will re- Christian identity. We are thus invited to remember that through our bap- turn to this point later. Parents, we have a responsibility to raise our children tism we have in fact put on Christ, becoming adopted From the many family gatherings I attended over the to love and fear God. Let us bring them to the Church children of God. Holy Twelve Days, I gathered that preserving cultural and her institutions. Let us take them to the church serv- As I am certainly not in any position to offer spiritual traditions and religious Traditions was a key concern for ices, Sunday Schools, the Day and Afternoon Schools counsel, I would simply like everyone - myself included all. Interestingly though, in many cases it seems to be and Youth Groups. In this way, as they become wiser, - to undertake some self-examination in order to see to simply lip service and once the initial enthusiasm has they will love the Source of all wisdom: God. Only in this what extent we are in fact fulfilling our calling to be worn off, we forget all about both our faith and culture. way will our children be able to make sense of all the saints, given that we have just entered 2010. While almost everybody has an opinion about the re- otherwise possibly confusing rituals. Only in this way The forecast for the New Year is a positive one. With placement of religious education classes with secular can we expect them to face life’s challenges with con- God’s Grace alone, our nation’s economy is said to ethics classes (often vehemently opposing such a move) fidence. We are commanded by the great Apostle to have coped well with the financial crisis and is in the and while many more object to the idea of removing re- keep the traditions. Let us keep them! process of recovery and again, by God’s Grace alone, ligious symbols, especially the Cross, from public insti- we have stockpiled vaccines against H1N1 (colloquially tutions in some European Union states, the truth is that A blessed and prosperous 2010 to all! known as Swine Flu). Things are looking great! Aren’t many of us have removed both faith and religious sym- To comment, agree or disagree, visit http://peter- they? bols from our own lives and homes! mav.livejournal.com/ Over the Holy Twelve Days (Δωδεκαήμερον), our With regards to both of these issues, our Church here * Peter Mavrommatis is a teacher of Orthodox Studies and churches were again filled with the faithful who came to in Australia has stood against the tide, as the “voice of Personal Development at St Spyridon College Senior School Syd- celebrate and honour the revelation of God in the birth one crying in the wilderness” through the establishment ney. 4/22 TO BHMA The Greek Australian VEMA JANUARY 2010

SCRIPTURE LESSONS IN SCHOOLS START AGAIN IN 2010

In February this year Scripture Teach- is a regular weekly contact. The teaching on the black- ing will again begin in State Schools of is planned and systematic. There is op- board or on New South Wales. The Orthodox Church portunity for close interpersonal relation- the desk if is allocated around half an hour per ships. there is any week for religious instruction under State This is the way it is organised by one desk available. law. More than 120 teachers throughout teacher: “I have been teaching for ap- When all the the State will respond to this call to teach. proximately 3 ½ years as a scripture children are in Some have been teaching for over 40 teacher at a Public School. I currently the class I ask years and have contributed immensely to teach all grades, from Kindergarten to them to take the missionary work of our Church. Rev. Grade Six. My interest in teaching the Or- off their hats. I Father Constanine Varipatis is the repre- thodox Faith gives me great satisfaction, say to them sentative of the Archdiocese on Special knowing that children are learning about that we are Religious Education. He said that this ef- Christ and their faith - Orthodoxy. now converting fort takes place with the blessing of His “I attend every Friday as the designated the class into a church, and we start with Eminence, Archbiship Stylianos and under Greek Orthodox Scripture Teacher. The the Holy Spirit prayer usually. After the the supervision of His Grace Bishop curriculum material I use in the class- prayer I ask them a few questions about Seraphim. room is as compiled by the Greek Ortho- what they remembered from the previ- Many people of all walks and ages dox Archdiocese of Australia. I have also ous lesson. After the questions we con- take up this personal call to be a scrip- created my own individual teaching re- tinue with the new lesson. They do the ture teacher. There are many practical source to support the curriculum. The exercises given and I help them if they ways in which to make this happen. students range from 5 to 12 years and need me. Most of the children need help include both boys and girls; there are 31 but some do very good work....”. A labour of love She added: “I understand and acknowl- students comprised of Greek, Serbian If you have the inclination to teach One teacher with 16 years of experi- edge that the majority of the children and Russian backgrounds in my current young children and to help in this work of ence said: “For me, teaching Scripture is have very little contact with their Church classes....”. our Church then feel free to contact your a labour of love and I thoroughly enjoy it. and Christianity in general. I also under- parish Priest. You may also assist on a I know that as a Scripture teacher I have stand that many of them are from mixed Preparation casual basis or as a support teacher for a major responsibility and that I also marriages. In many cases I am the only Some preparation is required and large classes. need to lead by example. I need to al- contact they have with their Orthodox teaching materials are provided. Every Do not hesitate to become involved. It ways be on time and be well prepared faith. Therefore I have to be extra careful teacher will prepare in a different way could be one of the most important to make sure the children understand to show them the Christian way of life depending upon their circumstances. things that you will do in your life! and enjoy their Scripture classes. I pre- and to teach them forgiveness, love, un- One teacher with four years’ experi- pare the lessons as soon as I can each derstanding and other virtues. I try to do ence who teaches at two primary week to make sure I have a good under- this with a smile and always with love.” schools and on a variable basis at one standing of the lesson’s message. I al- high school described how she operates: Dr Jim Athanasou ways pray that God’s presence and guid- Weekly Class Groups “I am always first in class. I have two St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox ance will be with my classes and me.” At the infants and primary levels, there icons with me plus a Cross and put them Theological College Cyprus leaders launch marathon peace talks St Andrew’s

Rival Cypriot leaders on Monday the upper and lower houses in a launched a series of day-long talks federal Cyprus. Greek Orthodox Theological College in an accelerated UN-led drive to The Greek Cypriot side have la- try to reunify the island in 2010 af- belled the proposals as "unaccept- ANNOUNCEMENT OF EVENING CLASSES ter more than 35 years of division. able" even before Monday's talks. The Greek and Turkish Cypriot The prickly property rights chap- St Andrew’s Theological College is pleased to announce the introduction of evening course units in theological studies leaders say they are committed to ter will also figure on the agenda during 2010, commencing the week of Monday 22 February 2010. These units are credited towards graduate level pro- finding a solution this year, while at some stage, although the more grams of the Sydney College of Divinity: the Graduate Certificate in Arts, the Graduate Diploma of Arts and the Master the United Nations is hoping 2010 divisive issues of security and ter- of Arts (admissions criteria apply) will be the year for a Cyprus set- ritorial adjustments are being left The schedule of units for Semester 1, 2010, will be: tlement. to one side. After 16 months of sluggish ne- Christofias has ruled out a draft Mondays: Introduction to Pastoral Theology (Rev. Alan Galt) gotiations, President Demetris Chri- agreement at this stage, as both Tuesdays: Greek 1 (Dr Gregory Fox) stofias, a Greek Cypriot, and Turk- the Greek and Turkish Cypriot Wednesdays: Introduction to the Old Testament (Rev. Dr John El Karaan) ish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat sides are adamant that nothing is Thursdays: Introduction to Orthodox Theology (Dr Philip Kariatlis) are stepping up the pace in the agreed until everything is agreed. hope of securing a breakthrough. Any deal which emerges must The schedule of units for Semester 2, 2010, will be: In the middle of the month during be put before the Cypriot people in the break, Christofias is to fly to separate, simultaneous referenda. Mondays: Theory and Practice of Pastoral Counselling (Rev. Alan Galt) Athens for talks with the Greek Former Australian foreign minis- and Introduction to the New Testament (Dr Margaret Beirne) government on the progress made ter Alexander Downer is the UN Tuesdays: Greek 2 (Dr Gregory Fox) and Talat is expected to hold con- Special Envoy for Cyprus. His ap- tacts in Ankara about the next pointment in mid 2008 came as the Wednesdays: The Early Church (Dr Ken Parry) phase. UN renewed efforts for unification. Thursdays: Early Christian Patristic Theology (Rev. Dr Doru Costache) In the latest talks, the leaders will The peace talks were launched aim to "accelerate convergences" amid much optimism in September Classes are conducted over a 13-week semester and between 6:00-9:00pm each week. Units are open to qualified men on governance, power sharing, the 2008, but the two sides remain di- and women irrespective of religious affiliation. They may also be undertaken by university students as electives towards economy and EU issues. vided on the core issues. their own undergraduate or postgraduate degrees, subject to approval by their Faculty or Department. Governance and power sharing Cyprus has been split since Tuition fee per unit: Graduate Students ($920); Undergraduate Students ($820); Auditors ($430). FEE-HELP government top the agenda as the Turkish Turkish mainland troops seized loan scheme is available, subject to eligibility criteria. Students should enquire with the Registrar about the availability Cypriots have tabled new propos- and occupied its northern third in of scholarships. Applications for Semester 1, 2010, should be lodged by Friday 12 February 2010. Late applications als on a rotating presidency, veto 1974 in response to a Greek-led may be considered subject to the limitations of class sizes. rights, how votes should be coup aimed at uniting the island To apply, please visit http://www.sagotc.edu.au/admissions.html or contact the Registrar by telephone on (02) 9549 3101 weighted and on the makeup of with Greece. (AFP) or [email protected]. JANUARY 2010 The Greek Australian VEMA TO BHMA 5/23

Foreign college Shipwreck sleuth reveals ocean grave degrees to be given of 268 Australians lower status It took 67 years and cost taxpayers more than $4 mil- lion - but finally - the watery grave of 268 Australians has been found. in Greece After finding HMAS Sydney in 2008, renowned ship- wreck hunter David Mearns has hit the quinella by posi- Minister tries to aid university graduates tively identifying the Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Cen- taur (photo), over 80km off the coast of Brisbane, with ir- Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou drew a clear refutable high definition video footage. distinction between state universities and the foreign Mr Mearns told AAP that while he is elated, he is also colleges operating in Greece, noting that college gradu- overcome with feelings of relief. ates would not have the same professional rights as The crew of 34 aboard the government-owned Sea- their counterparts from universities, despite the threat horse Spirit took the first underwater footage of the of large fines from the European Commission, which Centaur at 2.50am (AEST) on Sunday 10 January during a wants all degrees to have equal status. six-hour mission to the wreck. tinguishable features; the ship's bright red cross, a dis- “Professional organizations and the relevant state The Centaur was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine tinctive star on the bow, and a corroded identification committee will have the right to ask [college graduates] off the Queensland coast during World War II on May 14, number 47. to pursue further studies or to gain some experience in 1943, with only 64 of the 332 people on board surviving. "It's a great relief for everybody, the sonar images our country before professional rights are granted,” the Over the next few days Mr Mearns and his crew plan were very clear to us... but we knew we needed to bring minister said. to revisit the wreck at least twice and lay a memorial back conclusive video-graphic proof," Mr Mearns said, The move provoked anger among the directors of pri- plaque for those who died in the disaster. while also admitting he has had just one hour's sleep in vate colleges in Greece, who remain in a state of legal The attack made the front pages of newspapers the past 33 hours. limbo as the government has yet to pass reforms re- around the world and was used by the Australian gov- The site is also protected under the Commonwealth's garding the operation of these institutions. One college ernment at the time as propaganda to "avenge" the 11 Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976. owner, Manolis Amaryiannakis, said the government nurses who died aboard. A marine biologist and marine geologist, and veteran was “taking a huge risk.” “It is trying to satisfy state uni- Mr Mearns found sonar footage of the Centaur wreck with more than 50 wreck discoveries to his name, Mr versities while violating basic principles of European on December 20 last year, 48km east of the southern tip Mearns holds the record for discovering the world's law, such as the freedom of EU citizens to relocate and of Moreton Island at a depth of 2,059 metres. deepest ever shipwreck the Rio Grande, found at 5,762 offer services in member states,” he said. However, he knew the family and friends of those metrs. In November, Diamantopoulou revoked 33 licenses who perished would never receive the closure they de- But he claims the Centaur, coupled with HMAS Sydney, which would have permitted the operation of 40 private served until conclusive evidence identifying the ship was has now become the jewel in this shipwreck hunter's colleges following doubts about the legality of the taken.For filming the Centaur, Mr Mearns sent a subma- crown. process by which they had been granted. rine robot named Remora 3 down to identify three dis- AAP The Greek Australian VEMA JANUARY 2010 6/24 TO BHMA

Glimpses of a Symbolic Anthropology Part Five: The Body as Communion

Revd Dr Doru Costache * people. The New Testament imagery of the Continuing the previous line of thought, the The second connotation is further illus- body as communion between Christ and Apostle indicates from the outset that trated by Ephesians 3:6, where the mystery The intention of this series is to prove the believers precisely builds upon this un- Christ is the head of his body, the Church of salvation is presented as the effectua- from within the ecclesial tradition that Or- derstanding. Thus, it reaffirms the positive (see Ephesians 1:22-3). There are two in- tion of the gentiles’ addition to God’s peo- thodoxy has no share in what secular peo- approach to the body characterising Chris- teresting aspects to point out here. First, ple “through the gospel”, becoming “mem- ple today designate as the Christian aver- tian anthropology, where it means more this organic relationship between Christ bers together [with the old Israel] of one sion to the body; furthermore, that from the than the biological side pertaining to the and the Church answers the fundamental body, and sharers together in the promise viewpoint of our tradition there is more human constitution. expectation of early Christians for the par- in Christ Jesus”. about the body than any secular mind can Throughout the Pauline literary corpus ticipation in the divine life (the way it is Or, given that a fundamental quality of conceive. the body consistently features as a phrased for instance by 2 Peter 1:4). As any living being, including the body, is to My previous article reviewed the main metaphor of the Church. For instance, in Christ’s body, immediately articulated with grow, the incorporation of humankind into anthropological consequences of the incar- his earliest letter preserved St Paul states: the head, God’s people receive the divine one body, Christ’s Church, is a prerequisite nation of God the Logos, concluding that “Just as each of us has one body with life directly and uninterruptedly (the idea is of humanity’s growth and coming of a ma- Christian anthropology cannot be correctly many members, and these members do developed in Ephesians 4:15-6). Second, as ture age characterised by spiritual devel- assessed outside the horizon of holiness not all have the same function, so in Christ Christ’s body, the Church is not merely an opment. In the Apostle’s own words (Eph- and the spiritual transformation. Before ex- we who are many form one body, and historical occurrence or solely a social re- esians 4:12-4), all the responsibilities and ploring the realm of this anthropology of each member belongs to all the others” ality, detached from the mystical reality of tasks fulfilled within the ecclesial milieu holiness though, some related notes are in (Romans 12:4-5). The image depicts God’s the kingdom. Moreover, within the salvific function so “that the body of Christ may be order. people as a body in which - within a com- economy, the Church is as necessary to built up until we all reach unity in the faith With the exception of the eucharistic di- munal context - each and everyone exer- Christ as Christ is to the Church; the head and in the knowledge of the Son of God mension, in the previous article I have not cises a function for the benefit of the w- cannot exist without the body. The aspect and become mature, attaining to the whole specifically referred to the body as a hole. Far from any pejorative connotation powerfully emerges in verse 23, where measure of the fullness of Christ”. means of communion between Christ and therefore, the body serves here as a pos- the Church is presented as “the fullness of Through and beyond these examples, it the believers, more precisely as an image itive term of comparison for the ecclesial him who fills everything in every way”. is obvious that for Christian anthropology of the Church. Nevertheless, this is per- dynamic and functional unity. Christ fills all things as a provident God the body encompasses various symbolic haps one of the most prominent features In the same vein, and developing this and head of the Church, bestowing his dimensions which are mostly ignored by of the New Testament imagery: Christ and positive approach, the Apostle explores at bountiful mercies upon each and everyone contemporary culture. In fact, the powerful the Christians constitute one body, the length the structure of the body in 1 according to their needs and envisaging imagery of the Church as a body may Church, the body functioning here as a Corinthians 12:12-27, showing his aware- their personal growth. However, the serve today as an inspirational paradigm, wonderful metaphor of communion or uni- ness of how things function within it. Fur- Church as Christ’s body is not a passive to be contemplated as a viable alternative ty. With reference to the following exam- ther elaborating on this topic, he maintains recipient of those mercies; instead it to the currently fractured humanity. ples, I am not interested in their ecclesio- that within the harmonious structure of the “adds” to the head the multilayered struc- logical aspects instead trying to unveil the body there is no superior and inferior, no- ture of the body, with the wide variety of anthropological significance of the body ble and shameful, the whole needing each gifts, tasks and works accomplished by * Revd Dr Doru Costache lectures in Patristics at imagery. of its different constituting parts. Thus, just Christians. St Andrew’s Theological College, Sydney In a previous article (see The Greek Aus- as the proper functioning of the body pre- tralian Vema, November 2009, page 5) I supposes the good condition of all its or- noted a very interesting use of the word gans, in the same way the Church (Christ’s “flesh” in Genesis 2:23 and 2 Kings body) cannot thrive without the contribution (Samuel) 5:1, where it designates the ge- of all its members. The last verse of the netic unity of a nation (i.e. the old Israel) passage, 27, summarises this idea quite and humankind in its entirety, respectively. clearly: “you are the body of Christ, and Beyond the various secondary connota- each one of you is a part of it”. tions, it is obvious that such scriptural pas- Perhaps the most important elaborations sages take “flesh” as suggesting an inti- around the theme are those in St Paul’s mate, or ontological, connection between very ecclesiological letter to the Ephesians.

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Visitor arrivals Airline complaints drop up 5.5pc The number of passengers complaining in Greece against airline companies over alleged violations of travellers’ rights, unreason- The Australian tourism industry able delays or flight cancellations, as well as overbooking and lug- has received a boost with new gage damages dropped by 13 percent in 2009 compared to the figures showing a rise in short- previous year. term visitor arrivals. According to Civil Aviation Authority figures released on January The latest visitor arrival figures 4, officials received 556 complaints in 2009. The majority (360) con- released by the Australian Bureau cern flight cancellations, delays and overbookings. The remaining of Statistics on Tuesday show a 196 complaints concerned lost or damaged luggage. Three-quar- rise of 1.1 per cent over the month ters (417) of the complaints were resolved in favour of the pas- from October to November 2009. senger. Penalties were imposed on nine carriers that refused to The figure of 478,600 arrivals in comply. November 2009 was 5.5 per cent higher than in November 2008. The highest percentage increas- es in arrivals were recorded by Malaysia (19.4 per cent), closely followed by the United States (19.2 per cent). A School of Academic Excellence However, Japanese visitor num- bers fell 10.7 per cent over the 12 ‘Enrolling for 2010’ months to November 2009. AAP

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Announcement of Evening Classes

St Andrew’s Theological College is pleased to announce the introduction of evening course units in theological studies during 2010, commencing the week of Monday 22 February 2010. These units are credited towards graduate level programs of the Sydney College of Divinity: the Graduate Certificate in Arts, the Graduate Di- ploma of Arts and the Master of Arts (admissions criteria apply). Some units have pre-requisites.

The schedule of units for Semester 1, 2010, will be:

Mondays: Introduction to Pastoral Theology (Rev. Alan Galt) Tuesdays: Greek 1 (Dr Gregory Fox) Wednesdays: Introduction to the Old Testament (Rev. Dr John El Karaan) Thursdays: Introduction to Orthodox Theology (Dr Philip Kariatlis)

The schedule of units for Semester 2, 2010, will be:

Mondays: Theory and Practice of Pastoral Counselling (Rev. Alan Galt) and Introduction to the New Testament (Dr Margaret Beirne) Tuesdays: Greek 2 (Dr Gregory Fox) Wednesdays: The Early Church (Dr Ken Parry) Thursdays: Early Christian Patristic Theology (Rev. Dr Doru Costache)

Classes are conducted over a 13-week semester and between 6:00-9:00pm each week. Units are open to qualified men and women irrespective of religious affilia- tion. They may also be undertaken by university students as electives towards their own undergraduate or postgraduate degrees, subject to approval by their Faculty or Department.

Tuition fee per unit: Graduate Students ($920); Undergraduate Students ($820); Auditors ($430). FEE-HELP government loan scheme is available, subject to eligibil- ity criteria. Students should enquire with the Registrar about the availability of scholarships. Applications for Semester 1, 2010, should be lodged by Friday 12 Campus: February 2010. Applications for Semester 2, 2010, should be lodged by Friday 242 Cleveland St 16 July 2010. Late applications may be considered subject to the limitations of Redfern NSW 2016 class sizes.

Website:

www.sagotc.edu.au To apply, please visit http://www.sagotc.edu.au/admissions.html or contact the Registrar by telephone on (02) 9549 3100 or [email protected].

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100,000 feared dead in horrific Haiti quake

Cont. from page 1/19 disaster. Former US president Bill Clinton, a United Nations special envoy to Haiti, warned of an unprecedented humanitarian “One of our biggest challenges will be to disaster. help them to help Haiti to the utmost,” he “Early estimates indicate that nearly said, adding UN members states have re- three million people - almost a third of sponded with “an outpouring of support Haiti‘s population - may need aid, making and assistance.” this one of the great humanitarian emer- Rescue teams from France, China, the gencies in the history of the Americas,” he United States, the Dominican Republic and wrote in an op-ed published in The Wash- Venezuela were already on the ground, he ington Post. said. Food, water and shelter are all in des- AFP perate need, as scores of people began erecting makeshift tents from sheets and Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia awnings in a city square. Schools, hospitals, hotels, ministries and ST IOANNIS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH the presidential palace lie in ruins and celebrating 50 years: 1960 - 2010 people caked in blood and dust pleaded for help, next to the bodies of the dead dumped in the grounds of the damaged 11 Hassal St, PARRAMATTA, NSW 2150 main hospital. Parish Priest: Fr Dimitri Kokkinos, ph.: 0418 298197, hm (02) 9740 8888, A global charity warned that two million email: [email protected] www.stioannis.org children may be at risk following the dis- aster as they struggle to cope alone, many sleeping next to corpses. Reflecting the grim mood in the impover- ished capital city of two million, totally un- prepared to cope with a tragedy of this magnitude, a preacher warned in Creole about the end of the world. US President Barack Obama sought to lift up a despairing people, who through the long nights since the quake have at times united in prayer and song. “To the people of Haiti, we say clearly and with conviction, you will not be forsak- rd en, you will not be forgotten,” he said. Tuesday 23 February, 2010 Washington is sending ships, helicop- Theoretical Foundations for Good Parenting ters, planes, rescue teams, a floating hos- (An important lecture that will lay foundations for the subsequent more practical sessions) pital and more than 5,000 troops. The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier was to arrive later in the day with destroyers Tuesday 2nd March, 2010 and more Coast Guard ships en route and 5000 troops on stand-by. Parenting: Practical Aspects Meanwhile, a special US rescue team (Communication, Self esteem, Decision Making, Parental Expectations, etc) from Virginia and their sniffer dogs were combing the rubble in Port-au-Prince. th There were shouts of joy as one man was Tuesday 9 March, 2010 miraculously pulled out alive and in good Parenting: Practical Aspects shape from the remains of the UN com- pound where some 150 are still missing. (Discipline, Sibling Rivalry, etc) It was a rare moment of hope, among deepening despair. th With every hour crucial, international Tuesday 16 March, 2010 rescue teams were using heavy lifting Parenting: Our Orthodox Church’s Perspective gear and sniffer dogs to search the ruins, (How to help our children become spiritually healthy) as well as distributing desperately-needed medicines, food and water. “The priority is to find survivors,” said Elisabeth Byrs, a spokeswoman for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Hu- All sessions 7pm (sharp) till 8.30pm, manitarian Affairs. in the Church hall of St Ioannis, 11 Hassall St, Parramatta “We are working against the clock.” But the US Federal Aviation Authority said There will be a lecture, then refreshments, then your questions to a panel. the airspace had been closed Thursday af- Child minding will be available in the playgroup area under the hall. ternoon because it was saturated, and Haiti asked countries not to authorize any No fees. more flights to Port-au-Prince for now. Casualty figures were impossible to cal- culate, although Haitian Prime Minister Speakers and Panel: Jean-Max Bellerive said the final death toll x Deacon and Dr George Liangas, Greek Orthodox Deacon and Psychiatry registrar could be “well over 100,000.” specializing in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who x Maria Petrohilos, Psychologist , Greek Welfare Centre canceled an Asia trip and returned to Dr John Psaromatis, GP and President of Greek Orthodox Christian Society Washington, said the death toll would x reach “tens of thousands.” x Presvitera and Dr Thekla Kokkinos, Career Medical Officer, St John of God Private The earthquake was the latest tragedy to Psychiatric Hospital hammer Haiti, already scarred by years of x Fr and Dr Dimitri Kokkinos, Parish Priest, St Ioannis unrest, crime, political tumult and natural The Greek Australian VEMA 10/28 TO BHMA TO BHMA 11/29

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It’s your choice whether to keep smoking or not. De- Smoking can reduce fertility in both men and women. started, you need a plan! Your doctor will discuss your ciding what to do involves weighing up both sides of Smoking when pregnant is a great concern. It can cause nicotine dependence and discuss your smoking pattern the matter. You need to consider the good and the not- miscarriage and the baby is likely to be born premature and habit. Think about your smoking! When, where and so-good aspects of smoking to make an informed deci- or be underweight. why you smoke? Are you an ‘automatic smoker’? Do sion. you light cigarettes without thinking about it? WEIGH UP THE PROS AND CONS If this occurs, you have a well-practised habit! But THE POSITIVE THINGS don’t worry, with hard work you too can give up smok- ABOUT SMOKING So, now you know there are positive and negative ing! Keep a diary, writing down every cigarette you things about smoking. It’s time for you to weigh up in y- smoke over a 24 hour period. This is a good way to be- We all know that you smoke because you find it en- our own mind your feelings about smoking. A good start gin breaking your old habit! joyable and you find it relaxing. It goes well with a drink. is to write down the ‘advantages’ and ‘disadvantages’ In your diary record: It peps you up! It helps you keep your weight down! It about smoking, and in the process list everything you 1. the time each cigarette is smoked calms your nerves when you’re under pressure or have like about smoking and then everything you dislike 2. your mood at the time deadlines to meet. Smoking keeps you awake when you about smoking. Spend time considering which side is 3. the situation you are in feel sleepy. Smoking stops the boredom. It simply gives more important to you in the long term. 4. a possible substitute for each cigarette , for exam- you something to do to pass the time, for example, ple, a piece of fruit, a walk, a glass of water. while you wait for a train or bus. You know smoking TIME TO QUIT If you are on the telephone and need to do something helps you think! When you’re trying to figure out a prob- with your hands, doodle on a pad with a pencil. Think lem or complete a job, a cigarette can help you get over After weighing up the pros and cons, you may come about what you can do instead of smoking! this hurdle. Smoking boosts your confidence. It gives to the decision to ‘quit’, but you may have concerns It is not easy to give up smoking. It requires hard you something to do with your hands when you might about quitting. work. Set your ‘Quit Date’ ! Prepare before you quit! feel a bit socially awkward! I know you are concerned that you have tried to quit Make small changes in your smoking habit! Reduce the before and failed. number of cigarettes you smoke each day! Smoke only THE NEGATIVE THINGS Well, most people have to attempt to quit several half of each cigarette! Start your first cigarette later in ABOUT SMOKING times before they reach their non-smoking goal. Treat the morning! Each time you feel like a cigarette, delay each setback as a learning experience. Show your having it! Start making small changes to your smoking You know the negative things about smoking. You friends that you can do it! pattern today! know that regular smokers are hooked on their habit! I know that you’re concerned that you’re motivated, The decision is yours to talk to your doctor today Nicotine is the drug in tobacco that causes the addiction! but when you are with your friends, and they smoke, about smoking cessation. Ask your doctor about the If you smoke in the first half hour of waking up, your they will make you feel like a cigarette as well. Be drugs which can assist is smoking cessation and if you addiction to nicotine may be strong. ready for your friend’s reactions. have tried to stop smoking before ask about the class Smokers often have cravings for a cigarette which in- Some will try to undermine your efforts because they of drugs known as nicotinic acetylcholine-receptor par- creases during stress. Not only do you smoke for pleas- have their own guilt about smoking and this helps them tial agonists. Most doctors are keen to help their pa- ure, but you smoke to relieve the cravings; that is you feel better! Others will make fun of your efforts for sim- tients stop smoking! smoke to relieve the unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. ilar reasons! Sometimes you may need to avoid these Smoking can easily become quite a habit, particularly if people for the first few weeks, but alternatively you can * The information given in this article is of a general nature and it is strongly linked with daily activities such as drinking challenge them to join you! readers should seek advice from their own medical practitioner coffee or alcohol or using the telephone. Some friends will support and encourage you and before embarking on any treatment. JANUARY 2010 14/32 TO BHMA The Greek Australian VEMA Archaeology Acropolis destructions Barbarians, bombs & licensed burglars With the recently completed restoration the suppliants. When all were slain, they of several columns in the Propylaia and a plundered the temple and fired every part section of its finely coffered ceiling as well of the Acropolis.” as the ongoing reconstructions of the Archaeologist Jeffrey Hurwit continues Parthenon’s north colonnade and the Tem- the story in “The Acropolis in the Age of ple of Athena Nike, the Athenian Acropolis Pericles.” “The Persians missed almost now looks more like it did in Pericles’ day nothing. They demolished the citadel walls than it has in many centuries. But to reveal and burned shrines and temples. They the Acropolis’ 5th-century BC monuments smashed vases and terracotta dedications. and former landscape, modern authorities They pushed over reliefs and inscriptions and restorers beginning in the 19th centu- and mutilated and toppled marble statues. ry have had to remove nearly all architec- They carted off bronze ones to be melted tural traces of the hill’s subsequent, fasci- down for their valuable metal or to show nating history of occupation, alteration, off as trophies back in Persia.” The Persian neglect and abuse. invasion was plainly a disaster but ulti- In contrast to the relative calm in building mately it led to the preservation of many activity that immediately followed the unique, invaluable examples of Greek Ar- Acropolis’ extensive Classical embellish- chaic and early Classical sculpture, which ment, during which the Rock’s celebrated were thrown down by the Persians and structures remained largely unchanged for later buried as the Athenians tidied up. nearly 1,000 years, subsequent centuries - Another wartime conflagration in AD 267, between the Christian remodeling of the at the hands of the Heruli, led to the wood- Parthenon in the 6th century AD and the en roof and marble tiles of the Periclean start of modern restorations in the 1830s - Parthenon having to be replaced. Later, the were characterized by reuse, destruction Parthenon underwent more extensive and overbuilding. By the time the Greek changes in the 6th century, when it was Republic was formally established in 1832 converted into a Christian church. The and the idea of resurrecting the Acropolis A penned sketch by artillary officer Giacomo Verneda of mortars being fired at the Acropolis eastern entrance was closed and the during the Venetians’ 1687 bombardment, housed at the Museum of the City of Athens. as a national symbol began to be imple- sculptured frieze above damaged with the mented, the natural outcrop had become a installation of an apse; three windows cluttered mass of ancient ruins, medieval many as 200 redtile - roofed houses - ma- through a maze of narrow alleyways. All of were cut through the frieze on the north and Ottoman Turkish fortifications and as ny with tiny, walled courtyards - accessed this material had to be picked through, tar- and south sides; and many of the pagan images on the exterior metopes were de- geted for preservation or demolished and removed. Through this final chapter of de- faced. Under the aegis of THE GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AUSTRALIA and struction, which continued into the early The Franks in the 13th century added a in conjunction with SCOUTS AUSTRALIA decades of the 20th century, the Acropolis bell tower to the Parthenon-cathedral’s was at last cleared, while the marble west porch - still visible today - and incor-

structures of its 5th-century BC phase porated the Propylaia into a multistory cas- were exposed as stark reminders of the tle that served as a residence and fortified great cultural and sociopolitical achieve- entrance to the Acropolis. ments of Classical Athens. When the Ottoman Turks seized Athens Greek archaeology has both gained and in 1456, the Acropolis became the lofty lost from the long record of destructions seat of the Turkish officials and garrison. revealed on the Acropolis. Knowledge of The Parthenon was transformed into a Greece’s past has come to light - with mosque and its bell tower into a tall some destructive events actually having minaret. The Erechtheion, also a church preserved important evidence for religious since the 7th century, now accommodated practices, artistic trends and political de- a harem. velopments - while other information or Events in the 1600s proved particularly artistic and architectural works were oblit- destructive for the ancient Acropolis. Gun- erated or marred forever. The first great powder stored by the Turks in the Propyla- calamity to strike the Acropolis was per- ia castle was ignited by a lightning strike in haps the Persian invasion of 480 BC, when 1640, destroying part of the Classical gate- King Xerxes penetrated right to the hill’s way. In September 1687, an intense Vene- foot, installing his base camp on the Are- tian bombardment (see box) once again ND opagus. damaged the Propylaia and blew apart the 2 BELMORE GREEK CUB & JOEY SCOUTS During the siege that followed, Persian Parthenon - both of which were employed archers fired flaming arrows onto the as powder stores. A metal fragment of a ENROLMENTS for 2010 NOW Acropolis. Athenian defenders in turn rolled Venetian bomb, picked up from the stones down the western slopes but dis- Parthenon’s ruins by a British traveler in the 19th century and eventually deposited Parents & children are welcome to astrously ignored the opposite eastern cliffs. Herodotus, the 5th-century BC histo- with Eton College, can now be seen in the see and learn new things, have lots of fun, rian, describes how the Persians took ad- British Museum. make new friends, and be part of a team, vantage of this Athenian oversight and fi- It rests alongside the more celebrated whilst promoting our Greek culture, nally entered the Acropolis: sculptural souvenirs of Lord Elgin and other language and our Greek Orthodox faith “In front of the Acropolis but behind the antiquarians that took advantage of Ot- gates and the common ascent - where no toman neglect and disregard for Greece’s On every Friday evening of school terms 6.00pm watch was kept and no one would have antiquities in the centuries preceding the Last meeting for 2009 on Friday 4/12/2009. thought it possible that any foot of man Greek Revolution. First meeting for 2010 on Friday 5 /2/2010 could climb - a few soldiers mounted from The rich story of the Acropolis in post- at the 2nd Belmore Scout Hall the Sanctuary of Aglauros... As soon as the Classical and more recent times would the Athenians saw them upon the summit, make a fascinating addition to the Acropo- 8 Lark Street, Belmore (near All Saints Greek Orthodox church) some threw themselves headlong from the lis Museum, where, aside from a video For Information and details contact: wall and so perished, while others fled for presentation, little mention can be found of Mr Alexander Papadimitriou, Member of the Group Committee refuge to the inner part of the temple. the Rock’s later colorful history. Phone: 0410455673 - Email: [email protected] The Persians rushed to the gates and opened them, after which they massacred ATHENSPLUS JANUARY 2010 The Greek Australian VEMA TO BHMA 15/33

Discovering the essence of life Kostas Mitsakis World traveler talks to Athens Plus about riding around the globe on a motorcycle

BY SOULTANA KALLIGAS up thinking a lot about loved ones, my kid, friends that are back home and that can be hard. In 25 years, Kostas Mitsakis has visited 101 countries on a motorcycle and written Have you ever been tempted not 12 books about his travels - and he isn’t to come back? near done. The 45-year-old physical edu- No. Whether on a journey alone or with cation teacher has ridden on the Silk Road, Olga, it’s always been about collecting ex- followed Alexander the Great’s footsteps periences and then returning and prepar- into India and even been around the world ing for the next trip. Even when we consid- in 80 days. Until the birth of his child three ered teaching abroad, we decided against years ago, Mitsakis had been accompa- it. We are rooted here, we like it and we nied on every trip by his wife, Olga Pa- see it as a home base for our adventures. padogianni, also an educator. Seeking “to materialize the romantic How do you get by with the lan- dreams of youth,” as they state on their guage barrier? website, they began with small trips We’ve often had trouble finding some- around Greece and eventually ventured to one who can understand us and help us the ends of the Earth armed with good with a problem, so patience and gesturing chemistry, physical endurance and signifi- last years means that we can take longer do. He just hadn’t calculated our speed play a major role. cant financial aid from their eventual spon- trips. properly and the bullet only scraped her sors, which ranged from BMW, Lufthansa helmet. What’s the most useful thing you and Kathimerini in the past to KTM, Canon How long does it take to plan a can have with you when you’re and Ethnos daily plus a host of others cur- journey? When you nearly lose your life, traveling? rently. About six months. Some trips take less what is it that still makes the A woman. And a camera. If I don’t bring Continuing alone for now, the Australia- time but since we mostly travel in develop- traveling worth it? a camera, I feel as though I never made born, Athens-based adventurer talked to ing countries on which there isn’t much in- Well, that’s why we had a child right af- the trip in the first place. Paradoxically, if I Athens Plus about how the guy next door formation, we have to be methodical in ter that. But seriously, you don’t think about don’t take a picture of a particular image goes about becoming a modern-day ex- collecting it - contacting embassies and that when you are in the situation. We that struck me, I can’t forget about it. plorer. Greek communities, if there are any - so aren’t leisure tourists in the sense of get- Sometimes I turn around but there are that all the pieces of the puzzle can come ting together with friends every year and some images that, if you miss the chance, You have been to more than half together and the road can open up. taking a tour. For us, it’s a way of life that are gone - and then I curse myself for not of the roughly 195 countries in pushes us to the limits: We constantly want having stopped for a minute to take a pic- the world. How did it all begin? Some of the places you have visit- more. It’s a bit like extreme sports: The ture. It never was about seeing as many ed are considered dangerous des- adrenaline is rushing and you want some- countries as possible but if by the end of tinations. Were you ever in a situ- thing even more challenging to be satis- What do you get out of it all? our lives we can reach the 195 mark, we ation that made you feel uncom- fied. And that is how Olga feels too, or she Friends, memories and a lot of things will have been lucky. In order to travel, I fortable or unsafe? wouldn’t participate in these trips. that aren’t clear until some time has think you have to have an inner need to Yes. In 1998, we were in southeast Su- passed. For example, I never watch discover the world; for us this manifested dan during the civil war; despite the advice Does it ever get lonely? movies - my travels are movies in them- itself first as wandering within Greece, we had received to avoid the area, it was Of course, when I am traveling alone - selves. I don’t like living others’ lives. I like then Europe and, as our questions about the only way to get to Ethiopia. The alterna- from the first to the last kilometer. Besides, living my own, creating my own scenarios, what else was out there broadened, we tive was to travel by air but we preferred by definition, motorcycles are a lonely my own story. I make my life more beauti- opened our minds and took off. The fact to drive through Sudan. What we experi- means of transportation. But the loneliness ful by applying to it the things I have seen that it was on a motorcycle was because enced there was tragic. The village where is hardest to handle at the end of the day, around the world; perspective is gained by – we enjoyed riding it could have also all we stayed overnight was bombed. We in the hotel, when you want to talk about seeing people who live in poverty and get been done by Jeep, for example. spent four hours lying facedown on the the day’s experiences. Can you imagine by with a lot less than we do. What is nec- mud floor of our hut, waiting for the bullets spending 45 days in Siberia and not having essary and what is not - the essence of Many people would love to be and explosions to stop. Half the guards of anyone to talk to? When you finally do find things, if you will - is made clear. able to travel as much as you but the village were killed, so it was pure luck someone, you utter at least 7.358 words in the financial implications are that we didn’t die as well. Then in 2005, the first 10 minutes. Seriously though, I end ATHENSPLUS restrictive. How do you do it? driving through Afghanistan on the route It is restrictive for us, as well. We aren’t between Kabul and Kandahar, Olga was independently wealthy, we’re civil ser- shot by a sniper on the helmet - the mark vants. We try to save some money each is still visible. The United Nations had For the bibliophiles…. year by limiting our spending on things we warned us not to take that route. I saw the believe are not necessary. Of course, the sniper positioned in a high spot and heard fact that we have been sponsored in the a knock. He didn’t really miss; they never Francesco’s Venice, and Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage. ΕΛΛΗΝΑΣ ΥΔΡΑΥΛΙΚΟΣ (Both published by the BBC)

Both titles appear in book form and as DVD’s. Many may have already seen the shows on ABC television, but for those amongst you who have missed them, the SPECIALISINGIN DVDs are available from ABC stores, and the books may be purchased from online sites such as Amazon or directly from the BBC. The two formats are complimentary, - HOT & COLD WATER but there is no need to purchase both books and DVDs. However, your home library, and evening television watching will be all the more rewarding if you add these to - EXTENSIONS RENOVATIONS your collections. Many Greeks have some Venetian blood flowing through their veins, and many - BLOCKED DRAINS, TOILETS parts of Greece still bear witness to Venetian occupation. Francesco Da Mosto, a Ve- - LEAKY TAPS, PIPES netian, is proud of his ancestory but is not blind to history. His eye for beauty and his love of people shines through as he takes the reader/viewer along with him as he - GAS, REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE journeys through his beloved city, or as he travels from Venice to Istanbul following his ancestors’ trade routes. And his Greek pronunciation is quite good, too! Extremely informative and enjoyable. A.C. JANUARY 2009 16/34 TO BHMA The Greek Australian VEMA

SOLVING DIFFICULTIES IN BIBLE TRANSLATION AND PUBLICATION IN THE LANGUAGES OF VANUATU

By Gregory Fox* to Big Nambas tongue twisters like [apa- of an earlier translation, was able to secure 4. Publication p’γβp’lt] ‘they will soon join together’ or quite a number of these for Mark’s Gospel I remember a former Vila bookshop man- 1. Introduction [ipap’χpχspndr] ‘he will shortly crush them and the Acts of the Apostles. There are plen- ager bemoaning the fact that the Bislama Some years ago, Malcolm Muggeridge to death’. ty of examples of which I give a few: New Testament didn’t come out more (1976:12), in his typically acidulous way, Professor John Lynch outlined the pho- nɨniiatɨβaan testimony quickly and that the day had been won by referred to the new English translations of netics of the coastal dialect of the Lenakel nɨpɨRíenaan belief the Good News Bible in English. The person the Bible saying, “each, as it seems to me, language of West Tanna in a masterly way, in question had very little real idea of what stylistically speaking, more flat and unprof- and we have found his analysis a great help nakɨLeaan theft was involved. We ourselves encountered itable than the last...”. in coping with the exigencies of an inland nakhartɨtaan slander similar complaints from Fila Islanders who The more I am involved in translation, version of the same. Time and time again, expected in 1976 that the New Testament specially as I look at my efforts in the early we have found his observations to be accu- The Big Nambas language has its nomi- would be completed within six months, or at 1970’s, I realise the difficulty and complex- rate. nalisers- [na~n-] and the suffix [-iεn]. The the latest in a year or two. Seventeen years ity of the task. Instead of producing some- The mission orthography of sixty odd first nominaliser gives us such words as was closer to the time taken from initial thing which reflects the beauty and glory of years ago did not adequately represent the [narp] ‘hitting device’ and [na.lu] ‘shotgun eliciting of the language to publication. We the original, we are in danger of coming up phonology, and it has been challenging and cartridge’, hardly appropriate for a message had almost no previous literature from with something of the nature of a stewed encouraging to find an answer to our per- of peace and love! The word ‘love’ itself which to work. strawberry. plexities. gave us some problems, as it always does. The publication of a vernacular document A translator of a previous generation pro- The more I am involved in learning new There is a word vtmien but the word from in a previously unwritten language is a mas- duced a Vanuatu language New Testament languages the more care I take in the early which it is formed is the verb ‘to laugh’, ‘to sive task. which was only comprehensible to the lo- stages of articulatory and acoustic phonet- burst into laughter’. And we needed not on- The more one learns of the vocabulary, id- cals if it was read alongside the Authorised ics. I seem to be gazing down the throats of ly ‘love’, but ‘grace’, ‘mercy’, ‘loving-kind- ioms, and syntax of a language, the more Version of the Bible. informants sometimes! One of the most im- ness’ and more. one’s earlier efforts look paltry. I imagine Codrington (1972:vii), in his work The portant pieces of advice I have received There were also technical terms which that my wife Helen and I would have re- Melanesians, made the following statement, about phonetics and language in general is gave us difficulties, terms which did not vised the Fila New Testament about six quoting Fison, a missionary to Fiji: to realise that I am not the teacher in this re- have an exact parallel in the Oceanic cul- times since it was first typed onto a comput- When a European has been living for two gard, but that I am the humble pupil. There tures with which we were engaged. Words er. The computer has proven to be a great or three years among savages (sic), he is are no rewards in bible translation these such as ‘Holy Spirit’ gave us pause; there assistance in making global changes in our sure to be fully convinced that he knows all days for second rate phonetics. were plenty of spirits around, but we did not translations, especially the search and re- about them; when he has been ten years or want a malevolent one! Problems also arose place modes. so among them, if he be an observant man, 3. Vocabulary with weights and measures, trees and even We had problems too in presenting a man- he finds that he knows very little about them In the area of vocabulary, we as transla- the precious stones of the Apocalypse. uscript to the typist, who did not know the and so begins to learn. tors encountered difficulties on Fila Island The Bislama tends to be somewhat peri- language, in a form that was unambiguous. Bible Translation is a long and difficult of a kind we didn’t encounter on Malakula phrastic, whereas on occasions our own We had to correct her errors as well as our task and even the distinguished and elegant or Tanna. The existence of a settled ecclesi- translations tended to be elliptical. own. Authorised Version of the Bible (also called astical culture enabled us to elicit instant vo- When it was absolutely necessary, we re- Consistency was a major problem. If the the King James Version) required a number cabulary from the senior pundits, but often sorted to transliteration for words like spelling of a word was changed in one of revisions from 1611 to 1769, when it at- these words were meaningless to those un- ‘yeast’, ‘sycamore’, and ‘chrysoprase’, but place, it had to be changed throughout the tained the form used by churches today. Af- der 55 years of age. In other words we were we would hope that the number of such vo- whole document. If we chose a different ter 220 years there has been an attempt to presented with hoary archaisms, which were cabulary items would not exceed a few rendering for the word high priest, it had to eliminate the archaisms and the occasional quite useless to us as contemporary commu- dozen for the whole New Testament. If it be changed passim. howler and keep the beauty. This has given nicators. Our most respected authority used was possible to find a term in Bislama, it We feel that one of the nobler acts of the us the New King James Version (sometimes many Pango-Erakorisms in his Fila lan- was possible to find a word in the vernacu- Fila Islanders has been the underwriting of called the Revised Authorised Version), guage which might have been understand- lar as well. the major cost of the printing of the Fila Is- which I believe would not fall victim to able at the time of the Second World War, land New Testament. The Ifira Land Trust Muggeridge’s strictures. but were no use to the people we were try- 3. Literacy gave us 750,000 vatu (about AUS$9000) for I would like in this paper to focus atten- ing to instruct. We eventually had to take his Among the Fila Islanders this has proved this, so that it could now be distributed free tion on some of the difficulties a person translation of Mark’s Gospel to another to be no problem and we presented them to the respective households. We realise that translating the New Testament into the lan- man, who passed away in 1992 at the age of with the completed New Testament in 1993, despite our most careful efforts, perfection guages of Vanuatu would face. My experi- 60, so that we might get it into a form that with the reasonable assumption that they eludes us. ence is drawn from team translation work was understandable to the present genera- will be able to cope with it. We have not The Big Nambas New Testament had half into three languages over the past forty tion. composed primers or arranged special liter- a verse missing in John’s Gospel, for which years, into the languages of the Big Nambas One of the most difficult problems was acy classes. we created a printed sticker to make good of North West Malekula; that of Ifira Island, rendering the clause: ‘he said to him’. Our The situation among the big Nambas the lacuna. Subsequent revision of the work which makes Vila Harbour more placid, at Erakorising informant said it was tuangk proved quite different and it was very diffi- has revealed further errors and omissions. least from a naval point of view, and an in- kateia, but this gave us problems for two cult teaching men over 40 years of age how We plan to publish a second edition of the land dialect of Lenakel, West Tanna, spoken reasons. Words in Atara (language of) Ifira to cope with reading. The only diacritic they Big Nambas NT to be printed in conjunction at Lounapkiko. The difficulties are to be do not characteristically end in a consonant, had learnt to manage was the trigger on a with selected portions of the Old Testament. considered under four headings: phonetics, so a word like tuagk would sound strange twelve-gauge shotgun. After two years of It is a wearying work, but it is rewarding vocabulary, literacy and publication. and also the younger generation either daily teaching, we found that these men work, because of the response of the indige- would not understand it or would think it were able to deal with the simplest of nous people, and it is a great pleasure to be 2. Phonetics was connected with the clause tuage eia primers and certainly not with the complex- able briefly to share something of our in- There are plenty of phonetic traps for the (‘he left him’). Young people tend to say ities of the Big Nambas New Testament. We sights with a wider readership. unwary in all three languages that we have tokua neia, but this was considered bar- found that they recognised the pictures and studied. Even the Ifira language, with its rel- barous by the pundits. Another option was memorised the text of the primer, but were References atively simple phonology - no linguo-labial tukuage kateia, which is close to the Mele unable to read. consonants, no gutturals, no voiceless con- dialect. We finally settled on tokua n kateia. On the other hand, the youth, who had Codrington, R.H., 1972, The Melane- sonants, has its complexities. We dare not pontificate on the worthiness mastered the rudiments of the English al- sians. New York: Dover Publications. (1st The exclusive restricted second person of this rendering, but feel that it is the best phabet, were quite comfortable with all that edn 1885) plural of u enofo ‘I stay’ is normally written that we can do. Bible translators, like lexi- we were able to produce for them. They Lynch, John, 1978, A Grammar of mat enofo “ we stay” by the literate Fila Is- cographers, can never do a perfect job. The read aloud to the illiterate members of the Lenakel, Pacific Linguistics, B-55. landers, but the real truth of the matter is best that can be said is that the work is ‘not family and the Gospel of Christ was trans- Muggeridge, Malcolm, 1976, Jesus. that the phonetic form is [mat.εn.nófo]. unsatisfactory’. mitted. After all, oral communication was to London: Fontana/Collins. Similarly u ekata ‘I laugh’ goes to However, on the credit side, we had rela- them the age-old means of assimilating [mat.εk.káta] ‘we laugh’. tively few problems in Ifira with abstract knowledge. * Gregory Fox has been a philhellene since One has the contrast between [teí.ao] terms like ‘righteousness’ totonuránga, From time to time our church members 1955, when he undertook classical Greek studies ‘morning’ and [teaá.o] ‘mid-day’. Co-articu- at Canterbury Boys High School. Study of the ‘covenant’ atara taksoksokiaránga and find opportunities to visit other villages in Greek New Testament, and the desire to dissem- lated [t] at the beginning of words such as ‘gospel’ tróngorongoránga merie (message the Big Nambas region to interest them in inate its message, have been a major part of his t-fiafi ‘evening’ and tmatenga ‘death’ can be good). vernacular literacy. The teachers are local life. difficult to pronounce. Very often single The West Tannese languages are also well Brenwei men and the future looks bright. vowels at the end of words are whispered, supplied with abstract nouns. These are We have not done any serious work on He has been a missionary translator for 40 as in tmatonga ‘white man’ and tmatangi formed from verbs by the discontinuous primer construction in the Lenakel lan- years in Vanuatuan, Lithuanian and Romanian ‘wind’. nominalising morpheme [n……aan]. The guage, but it looks as if it will be a repeat of languages. But these are relatively trifling compared late Dr William Armstrong, in his revisions the Malakulan situation. JANUARY 2010 The Greek Australian VEMA TO BHMA 17/35 Travel Northern Drama Cold land, warm welcome

This Macedonian district boasts stunning forestland and rare natural habitats BY H. ARGYROPOULOS lage of Sidironero (700 m, 46 km), ideal for a rest, north of the river on Mt Rhodope. The northern part of the re- The Elatia pine forest is about gion of Drama in eastern Mace- 60 years old, covering an area donia boasts beautiful villages that was once a prairie. The with historical architecture 1946-49 Greek Civil War put an against a backdrop of magical end to the grazing of animals, forests and river scenery allowing the forest to grow. The straight out of a painting. It is flora includes more than 700 here that you will find Greece’s species, some of which are par- only birch forest, the unique vir- ticularly rare. The lower altitudes gin forest of Frakto and the red are covered with oak, higher up spruce forest at Elatia. are expanses of beech and fi- The Nestos River, which flows nally red spruce and pine. down to Greece from Bulgaria, Among the fauna are brown forms a magnificent green val- bears, wild boar, deer, wolves, ley between the northern side of wildcats, eagles and woodpeck- Mount Falakro and the western ers. approaches to the Rhodope Paranesti, 39 km from Drama, mountain range, before turning is a picturesque village at the sharply south toward the Aege- end of the Nestos valley and on an Sea. ro (Greek for “fort,” 670 m, 41 Strolling around, you will dis- Potami (390 m, 70 km) is an the railway line going east. It is A tour of the district starts km) owes its name to Fort Lisse, cover two fountains gushing ice- old head village, now a firm fa- also an ideal base for exploring from the town of Drama (popu- part of what was the Greek cold spring water - from which vorite with lakeside anglers and the area and has two attractive lation 40,000) - with its lakeside equivalent of the Maginot Line, the village takes its name - the hunters. guesthouses, excellent tavernas recreation areas, old water mills which bravely resisted 1835 Church of Theotokos, with A tour in a northern direction, and a very good Natural History and mansions, Byzantine monu- German attacks in War War II. a supposedly miraculous icon heading to Elatia forest and the Museum (25240.21010). ments and imposing former to- The village is best known for and an impressive bell tower, village of the same name via the This is the best starting point bacco warehouses - and takes its potatoes and tavernas. Win- and the square with a fine view lakes fed by the Nestos, offers a for a visit to the country’s sole the visitor in a northwesterly di- ter temperatures here are Gree- of Mt Falakro - always snow- kaleidoscope of different colors virgin forest at Frakto, the core rection (altitudes and distance ce’s lowest, contrasting sharply capped in winter. depending on the season. Li- of which is accessible only to from town of Drama in brack- with the warm hospitality of the vadero (980 m, 25 km) is a love- scientists with special permits ets). locals. ly settlement on the main road, from the forestry department in Volakas (835 meters, 36 kilo- One of the most attractive vil- with thick vegetation as well as Drama. Access to the surround- meters) is a relatively large, pre- lages in the area is Pagoneri oak, hazelnut and chestnut trees, ing area however does not re- tty and lively village with a con- (670 m, 61 km), designated as a plus a recently opened guest- quire a permit. siderable tourism infrastructure traditional settlement due to its house. as a result of its proximity to the spacious, stone-built, Macedon- Farming and logging are the Falakro Ski Center (12 km). Ochy- ian-style houses. main occupations in the quiet vil- Source: ATHENSPLUS

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Where to stay Transport Where to eat Outdoor activities What to see

Ιn Drama town: Kouros (57200), Xe- Flying is the quickest way to get to In Drama town, the various ouzo The ski center of Mt Falakro is 46 See the artificial lakes formed by nia (33195/6); Tasko (23855). In Sidi- the area of Drama, either to Thessa- and kebab houses in the center and km from Drama at 1,720 m above sea the dams of Thisavros and Pla- ronero: Dryades (25210.91395), Vore- loniki or Kavala (68 km, 25910.53273) Aghia Varvara offer good fare. Also level. It has eight lifts and a fourseater tanovrysi, 21 km and 13 km from as (25210.91391). In Elatia, Elatia and then renting a car. SUVs are rec- good value: Berdema (187 Verginas); that will take you 1,400 m up and of- Paranesti respectively. In Drama town (6972.081157), where you will hear ommended. Buses to Drama from A- Tesseris Epoches (5 Efxinou Pontou). fer panoramic views from 2,110 m itself, the archaeological, folk and ec- only the sounds of the forest. In thens (210.523.0220) take 7 hours, 30 In Ochyro: Polis, an excellent taverna. beyond the Bulgarian border, Mt clesiastical museums and two Paranesti: Filoxenia (25240.22001), the minutes (Thessaloniki bus station: In Granitis: Thodoras, good meat dish- Rhodope, the Drama plain and as far mosques. In Frakto, you will find the oldest guesthouse in the area; Nessos 2310.521.139; Drama bus station: es and a wide range of local wines. In as Mt Athos to the south on clear rather odd spa “shantytown” of Ther- (25240.21021). In Volakas, Petalo Re- 25210.32421). There are three interci- Pagoneri: Iliostasio (6978.441.914), days. It has three chalets and is open mia, with baths good for rheumatism sort (6948.248104), wooden houses ty train connections from Athens daily which offers some 80 traditional at weekends until April (25220.41811, and back pain (25240.22351/33). Buy outside the village. In Granitis: Grand (8 hours), and five from Thessaloniki recipes cooked in traditional ware - www.falakro.gr). Riverland (25410.- excellent cured meat from Galentzos Chalet (25230.22832/3) - good service (just over 3 hours). Drama area phone open only on weekends and holi- 62488, ), based in Stavroupoli, offers in Nevrokopi (33689) and from Vor- and value for money; Granitis (25230.- code 25210; tourism office: 62307; days.In Volakas: Selini (6972.294.266), 4x4 tours of the Frakto forest. eios Ellas (17 I. Dragoumi, Drama), 21050); Aloni (6972.423771). police: 33333; forestry dept: 30000. a traditional slow-food option. which also has lightly smoked fillet and sausages. JANUARY 2010 18/36 TO BHMA The Greek Australian VEMA Arts, Food & Wine Editor: Imogen Coward Life in Australia: reproducing a classic

By Dr Ann Coward also from the ACT and South Australia as well as from Special mention should be made of the work of the England and the U.S. translator, Andrew Farrington, who has managed to create This Australian classic is an interesting mixture. Spread a wonderful feel for the slightly formal tone of the original History has been repeated in the Australian publishing throughout the text of Life in Australia are a number of Greek edition, and to remain faithful to the civility of the business. In 1916, ten thousand copies of the first Greek photographs of Australian livestock and city streets (Syd- times. Farrington is a lecturer in ancient history in the De- book written in Australia, Life in Australia, were printed ney having then a population of 698,000), as well as ad- partment of History and Ethnology at the Greek state Uni- and disseminated in Australia and Greece, the majority vertisements, for example, for the Bank of New South versity of Thrace in northern Greece. Congratulations go donated to welfare bodies concerned with the well-being Wales (with a paid up capital of three million, five hundred to those who chose Andrew Farrington to translate this of Greek immigrants to Australia. Ninety-two years later thousand pounds!) and Mauri Bros. & Thomson Ltd. Soda Australian-Greek classic – this was an excellent decision. the book has been republished, this time in the original Fountains that may be of interest to Australian history His notes on translating the 1916 original are to be found katharevousa and another edition in English translation. buffs. As well, for its intended Greek audience in 1916, at the back of the 2009 reproductions. The 1916 edition, written by George Kentavros (originally there are chapters outlining a brief history of Australia, Included also in the epilogue are articles by Angelo No- from Corinth) and brothers Kosmas and Emmanouil An- another on population (beginning, not surprisingly, with a taros, who, with brother John, made possible the publish- dronikos (from Kythera), was sponsored by John D. Comi- note on the ratio of the sexes in Australia), mining, animal ing of Hugh Gilchrist’s 3-volume work Australians and no. husbandry, industry, travel between Australia and Europe Greeks and the award winning website established by John D. Comino, also a Kytherian, was an extraordinary with the observation that it was the British steamship lines James Prineas, www.kythera-family.net.. An excerpt from benefactor, donating the land for what was to become which offered the best standard in “cleanliness, comfort Gilchrist’s second volume on Life in Australia is also in- Sydney’s first Greek Orthodox Church. Extra funds to cov- and quality of service”. The book concludes with brief cluded in the epilogue, as is an article by John Nicholas er the cost of producing such an expensive hardcover vol- notes on the shops, Sunday holidays, public transport, col- Comino, the grandson of the 1916 publisher, and George ume of 310 pages was met by subscribers from Bris- lection of refuse, the lack of errand and shoe-shine boys, C. (Tzortzo)Poulos, the 2009 editor. The Greek facsimile bane, Parkes, Newcastle and northern New South Wales. and the public entertainment which, with its “theatres, cin- and English translations conclude with information on In similar fashion, the 2009 facsimile copy and English emas concerts and so on, has reached the peak of per- Kytherian organizations, the Nicholas Anthony Aroney translation, published by the Kytherian Association of Aus- fection”. Trust, and other books on the history of Kythera and Aus- tralia, the Kytherian World Heritage Fund and Kytherian However, the greatest number of pages has been de- tralian Kytherians. Publishing and Media, have been made possible by the voted to Hellenism in Australia. As well as information on Today, many of those who eagerly seek to purchase a generous benefactors, Angelo and John Notaras. Dona- the Greek priests, the Church (which “constitutes the high- copy of the book/s do so because one or more of their tions were also received from individuals and organiza- est religious ideal of the Greek race abroad”) and the ancestors is listed in its text. As the editor of the 2009 tions, principally in New South Wales and Queensland, but community, there is a chapter entitled “Vital Advice and Es- copies writes in the epilogue, the 1916 edition was ”a sential Rules”. In general, the advice is that it was possible chronicle of the early Greek Pioneers. To ensure that their to preserve one’s own customs while accepting the cus- lives and deeds were recorded for posterity.” Recording toms of Australia. Rather than viewing Australians as their history for posterity may not have been on the minds xenophobic, the authors assert that any bias against for- of those who wrote Life in Australia. In fact, it is highly eigners arises from an Australian dislike of unattractive doubtful that the idea had even entered the collective Écoutez! and uncivilized behaviour. While the authors acknowledge minds of the authors, publisher and sponsors, let alone that uncivilized persons are to be found in any part of the contributors, that future generations of Greeks might use world, this book aims to look for the best, not only in Aus- the book as some sort of historical support document for Arts Review tralia and amongst Australians, but also amongst the ear- validating the existence of a group of ‘founding fathers’ of ly Greek settlers. Australia’s Greek population. Yet, this is what the book To compliment the list of expatriate Greeks, there are does, in part at least. many short biographies accompanied by photographs of Had those who were approached to provide informa- the men (and occasionally of women and children, but tion on themselves in 1914-1915, but failed to contribute, these are rare) and of their shops (mostly cafes or oyster realized their descendants would look at this book in this bars) or hotels. The biographies, in keeping with the way almost a hundred years later, they might have made book’s up-beat character, stress the success of the men more of an effort to ‘answer the call’. Perhaps there is after having endured initial hardships, and of their patriot- lesson for all of us here, when we’re asked to contribute ism to Greece and their consideration for their Greek in some way to current records of Greek lives or achieve- compatriots. While men from Kythera (Cerigo) feature ments in Australia. heavily, many others came from various parts of Greece, including Samos, Tripoli, Ithaca, Pireaus, Smyrna, Laconia, For further information, contact the Kytherian Association Athens, Zakynthos and the Kyklades. of Australia, PO Box A203, Sydney South NSW 1235. FFoooodd && WWiinnee

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On behalf of the Community and Parish of St George Thebarton and the Board of Governors, we congratulate our Year 12 students for their academic success in 2009. In particular, we acknowledge the outstanding academic achievements of the following students in the South Australian Certificate of Education.

2009 Dux of the College, Natalie Milosevic Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) 92.6

Jake Zoran Katerina Taila Nicola Cuckovic Staikopoulos Christou 92.3 91.7 90.35 86.45

Amelia Stefan Maree Nicole Kalogiannis Dukic Papadopoulos Tsoubarakis 84.2 81.0 79.0 74.0 We also congratulate the following students on their outstanding efforts:

Marie Vasilli John Nicos Panagaris Giannopoulos Matsis Saredakis Art-A Greek-A (Yr 11) Greek-B Hospitality-B Business Greek-A IT-B Studies-B English-B History-B

Christopher Gerry Luca Andric Ognjen Karanikos Palaktsoglou (Yr 10) Dzombic Business (Yr 11) Outstanding Merit Award Studies-B Greek-A Award for Serbian for SA School of Serbian Languages, SA School Jovan Jovanovic of Medal. Languages.