THE HELLENIC VOICE Greek Community News Greek Community of Tasmania Society of St George (Hobart) Η ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΦΩΝΗ November 2011 Τα Νέα ηεο Κνηλόηεηαο Inside this issue: From the President The Executive has been fortunate to welcome new members to our Board. Welcome to Irini Kalis (Secretary), Nick Ross, Stratos Plomaritis, Yianni Totonidis and Katie Katos. I would like to take this opportunity to warmly thank the outgoing 2011 Estia committee who did a commendable job with one of the most successful festivals to date. My thanks to Anna Pafitis, Con Tsamassiros and their committee for steering this exciting and uniting cultural event, which helps put Hobart and our community on the calendar of „must do‟ events. We have been fortunate to employ the services of Steven Kalimnios as General Manager since January. It is pleasing that both bookings of Hellenic House and the Club Party Room have increased markedly. In fact almost all Saturdays in September, October and November are booked. As well as event management, general marketing and administrative duties, Steve has undertaken the supervision of the industrial cleaning of the kitchen and cool rooms since Estia, addressed heating issues in the Club, obtaining quotes for updating the façade of Hellenic House, and assisting with general maintenance. As part of our membership drive this and next year members will receive a key St George‟s Church We have recently been able to display to the congregation the magnificent new artifacts including the intricately carved Epitáphios, Ikonostasio and candle labra which have arrived from Greece. Our special thanks for your kind donations and the dedication of the Philoptohos Ladies Committee for their fundraising efforts. We were able to welcome Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis in our parish on Monday 13 June 2011. Followed by lunch at Hellenic House. ring which is displayed below. John S Fiotakis ESTIA 2011 2 Olympia Warriors FC 50th Anniversary 2 New Greek Coffee Table Book 2 Bishop Ezekiel Visits Hobart 3 70th Anniversary Battle of Crete 3 Moonah Taste of The World 3 Ζ Οιπκπία γηνξηάδεη ηα 50 ρξόληα ηεο 4 ΔΣΗΑ 2011 4 Ο Θενθηιέζηαηνο Δπίζθνπνο Ηεδεθηήι ζην Υόκπαξη 4 Hellenic Community Welfare of St. George 5 Centre for Hellenic Cultural Studies 5 Venue Hire 5 Γξαζηεξηόηεηεο ηνπ ζρνιείνπ καο 6 Διιεληθή Πξόλνηα 6 Αλακλήζεηο ζε έλα βηβιίν 6 70ε επέηεην ηεο Μάρεο ηεο Κξήηεο 7 Φεζηηβάι Σξνθίκσλ ζην Moonah 7 Από ηνλ Πξόεδξν ηεο θνηλόηεηαο 7 Upcoming functions: Greek School Concert, Sunday 11 December 2011 at Hellenic House New Year’s Eve Dance at Hellenic House, Saturday 31 December 2011 4/3/2012—Estia Street Festival 10/3/2012—Estia Taverna Night 16/3/2012—Estia Golf Day ESTIA 2011 Chairperson, Anna Pafitis recently wrote to all the ESTIA volunteers and thanked them for their tireless effort and contribution during the festival. Anna mentioned that the 2011 festival was one of the most successful to date, with over 11,000 people attending the Street Festival alone! Profits from this year‟s event were donated to the Women‟s Committee & Philoptohos who put the money towards the purchase of artifacts for our church. Special thanks to the hard working committee and especially to Anna Pafitis Treasurer Con Tsamassiros and Coordinator Jude Vienna-Hallam for their guidance and leadership. Planning for ESTIA 2012 has begun and we are keen to set up a new committee as soon as possible. New events next year will include a Corporate Golf Day and an Art Exhibition & Competition. Please contact Steve Kalimnios - General Manager at the Greek Community office on 62310822 or on mobile 0407734519 for further information, or to express interest in joining the committee. Beautiful weather, delicious food and great entertainment greeted thousands of patrons at the Street Festival! Olympia Warriors Celebrate 50 Year Anniversary Well, what a night! What a celebration! A night full of nostalgia, laughs, tears and an energetic atmosphere second to none. Congratulations to the Olympia Soccer Club on their 50th Anniversary. Past, present players and their families, members and supporters attended a gala event held at Hellenic House on 12 March 2011. It was fantastic to see some of the greats from the past, Dick Girling, Laki Vagianos, Roger Munro, John Paplos and Paul Xanthopoulos to name a few. President, George Mamacas honoured a number of past players and others involved with the club over the years with a „Legend‟ status and presented them with a plaque. On display in the foyer were some old memorabilia, strips, photos, trophies and other interesting items which bought back fond memories for many. Well done Olympia, best of luck for the next 50 years! Hellenic House, the venue for Olympia’s 50th Anniversary dinner New Greek Coffee Table Book— contributions sought! Jim Tsiakis has come up with a brilliant idea to write a book. A family or an individual can send in up to two (2) A4 pages including photos, of a story which touches their heart, makes them laugh, cry etc. It can be about their parents that travelled or married here or overseas or Page 2 stories about their grandparents. It could be a love story about grandparents left behind while sons and daughters travelled to Australia in search of a better life. The ideas and topics are completely up to the individual. The document must be sent in „Word‟ format so Jim can edit it. Once edited, Jim will then email the document for approval by the the submitter. When approved, the story will be filed away alphabetically and ultimately will become part of the coffee table book. Jim has kindly offered the profits from sales of the books to be donated to the Greek Community! Please email your contributions to: jtcoffeebook@gmail.com Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis Visits Hobart His Grace Bishop Ezekiel and his party blessed us with his presence in Hobart recently. Bishop Ezekiel conducted services at St George‟s and Holy Trinity churches during his visit. He was accompanied by The Very Rev‟s Fr Synesios Frangos, The Very Rev‟d Fr Elias Kentrotis and The Rev‟d Deacon Leonidas. Chanter, Mr Vaios Anastasopoulos from Melbourne was also part of the group and is a broadcaster for SBS Greek radio who interviewed our President Mr John Fiotakis about our community here in Tasmania. A luncheon was held after the Divine Liturgy of the Holy Spirit service at St George‟s on Monday 13 June 2011 at the Hellenic House. His Grace together with his touring party were present and members of our community enjoyed lunch prepared by the community. His Grace was pleased to have been able to spend time in Hobart with our community and with President Fiotakis and members of the executive. Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis at St George‘s Greek Orthodox Church, South Hobart 70th Anniversary Battle of Crete A ceremony was held at the Domain Cenotaph in Hobart on Saturday 21 May 2011, to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of The Battle of Crete. Australian, New Zealand and British troops were sent to defend the Mediterranean island after Greece surrended to Germany. The Germans carried out a massive airborne assault on Crete in May 1941. John Fiotakis from the Cretan Brotherhood of Tasmania says almost 500,000 Cretans were killed during World War 2. “A lot of our fathers and grandfathers were all influenced or affected by that war and tell us a lot of stories about it”. “So to us it‟s very important, and it‟s important with our relationship with Australia because Australia was there to defend Crete,” Mr Fiotakis said. A luncheon was held at Hellenic House after the ceremony. Moonah Taste of The World Festival Tasmania‟s newest and most unique selling Greek sweets and savories, food and cultural extravaganza showwith all profits going toward the purcasing the traditional cuichase of new artifacts for sine, music and dance of our church. There wasover 20 nationalities from food from Croatia, Thaiaround the world was held land, Turkey, Italy, Ehtioon Sunday 27 March, pia, Holland, Phillipines, 2011 at Moonah. Our Persia and Bhutan. There Women‟s Committee was were Greek, Indian, Gerrepresented at the event man and African dance The Mayor of Glenorchy, Adrianna Taylor with members of the Women’s Committee November 2011 displays and many other performances which kept the crowd entertained for hours. The weather was spectacular and the inaugural event was a huge success. Our stall sold all their stock and look forward to being part of next years‟ event. The festival is an initiative of the Glenorchy City Council in association with the Moonah Business Community and major sponsors. Page 3 Ζ Οιπκπία γηνξηάδεη ηα 50 ρξόληα ηεο πγραξεηήξηα ζηελ Οιύκπηα Soccer Club γηα η 50ε επέηεην ηνπο. Πνιινί παίθηεο παιαηώλ θαη λέσλ, ήηαλ εθεί γηα λα γηνξηάζνπκε απηό ην ζεκαληηθό γεγνλόο. Ο Πξόεδξνο Γηώξγνο M ήηαλ πνιύ πεξήθαλνο θαη επραξίζηεζε ηα 380 άηνκα πνπ παξαβξέζεθαλ ζηελ εθδήισζε. Πνιινί ηαμίδεςαλ από καθξηλά κέξε. ην θνπαγηέ, ζε έλα ληνπιάπη γπαιηνύ, ήηαλ θάπνηα παιηά αλακλεζηηθά, κπινύδεο, θσηνγξαθίεο, θύπειια θαη άιια ελδηαθέξνληα ζηνηρεία πνπ έδσζαλ σξαίεο αλακλήζεηο γηα πνιινύο. Μπξάβν Οιπκπία, θαιή ηύρε γηα ηα επόκελα 50 ρξόληα! Caption describing picture or graphic. ΔΣΗΑ 2011 H Πξόεδξνο, Άλλα Παθίηεο ζα ήζειε λα επραξηζηήζεη όινπο ηνπο εζεινληέο γηα ηελ αθνύξαζηε εξγαζία θαη ηε ζπκβνιή ηνπο θαηά ηε δηάξθεηα ηνπ θεζηηβάι. Ζ Άλλα αλέθεξε όηη ην 2011 θεζηηβάι ήηαλ από η πην επηηπρεκέλa κέρξη ζήκεξα, κε πάλσ από 11.000 άηνκα γηα ην θεζηηβάι ηεο Κπξηαθήο. Σα θέξδε από ηε θεηηλή εθδήισζε ήηαλ δσξεά πξνο ηελ Δπηηξνπή Γπλαηθώλ θαη Φηιόπησρν πνπ βάδνπλ ηα ρξήκαηα γηα ηελ αγνξά ησλ αληηθεηκέλσλ γηα ηελ εθθιεζία καο. Ηδηαίηεξεο επραξηζηίεο επηηξνπή εξγαζίαο θαη ηδηαίηεξα Άλλα Παθίηεο, Σακία θαη πληνληζ Jude Βηέλλ-Hallam γηα ηελ θαζνδήγεζε θαη ηελ εγεζία ηνπο. O ξνγξακκαηηζκόο γηα ΔΣΗΑ 2012 έρεη αξρίζεη θαη είκαζηε πξόζπκνη λα δεκηνπξγήζ κηα λέα επηηξνπή ην ζπληνκόηεξν δπλαηόλ. O έεο εθδειώζεηο ην επόκελν έηνο ζα πεξηιακβάλ κηα εηαηξηθή Ζκέξα γθνιθ θαη κηα έθζεζε ηέρλεο & Αληαγσληζκνύ. Παξαθαινύκε επηθνηλσλήζηε κε ηνλ - Γεληθό Γηεπζπληή ζην Διιεληθό γξαθείν ηεο Κνηλόηεηαο ζ 62310822 ή ζην θηλεηό 0407734519 γηα πεξηζζόηεξεο πιεξνθνξίεο, ή λα εθθξάζ ελδηαθέξνλ γηα ζπκκεηνρή ζηελ Eπηηξνπή. Ο Θενθηιέζηαηνο Δπίζθνπνο Ηεδεθηήι ζην Υόκπαξη Ο Θενθηιέζηαηνο Δπίζθνπνο Ζιίαο Κεληξσηήο θαη o Ηεδεθηήι καο επιόγεζε κε ηελ Γηάθνλνο Λεσλίδαο. O Φάιηεο, θ. παξνπζία ηνπ ζην Βάηνο Αλαζηαζόπνπινο Υόκπαξη. Ο Δπίζθνπνο από ηε Μειβνύξλε ήηαλ Ηεδεθηή ηηνπξγ εδώ. Eίλαη έλαο ζηνλ Άγην Γεώξγην θαη ξαδηνηειενπηηθόο ηελ Αγία Σξηάδα θαηά ηελ επίζθεςή ηνπ. Μαδί ειιεληθξαδηνθσληθ ηνπ ήηαλ ν πξόγξακκα γηα ην Επίσκοπος Ιεζεκιήλ , o SBS πήξε ζπλέληεπμε από ηνλ Page 4 Πξόεδξό καο θ. Ησάλλε Φησηάθε. Tελ Γεπηέξα 13 Ηνπλίνπ 2011, κεηά ηε Θεία Λεηηνπξγία ηνπ Αγίνπ Πλεύκαηνο ζηνλ Άγην Γηώξγε, πξαγκαηνπνηήζεθε ην Διιεληθό . Ο Θενθηιέζηαηνο καδί κε ηνπο θαιεζκέλνπο ηνπ ήηαλ παξόληεο θαη ηα κέιε ηεο θνηλόηεηάο καο απνιλ ην γεύκα πνπ από ηελ Kνηλόηεηα. HELLENIC COMMUNITY WELFARE OF ST. GEORGE With the assistance of our volunteers, the Thursday fortnightly ’Social Inclusion’ luncheons have continued to be enjoyed by many of our members and people from the general community. The luncheon is a perfect avenue for social inclusion events and activities and our guests enjoy each others company and the delicious food prepared by our cooks headed in the kitchen by Mr John Alexopoulos. We would like to pass on our thanks all the volunteers who are always giving up their time to please others in our community. All are very welcome to come along and enjoy a delicious home cooked meal (3 courses for only $10.00). Please let our General Manager — Steven Kalimnios know if you require transport. We can arrange to pick you up from your home, take you to Hellenic House for lunch, then take you back home afterwards. Please ring the Community office on 62310822 or mobile on 0407734519 for assistance. The next luncheon will be held on Thursday 10 November 2011 starting at 11.30am. Centre for Hellenic Cultural Studies The Centre for Hellenic Cultural Studies operates as a primary school and high school and offers lessons for adults as well. We celebrate significant events such as 28 October (Ohi Day), 25 March (Greek Independence Day), we put on theatrical performances and other activities throughout the year. Our congratulations to Katerina Pavlides who recently won a national competition in Greek language! Our thanks go to our Greek Dancing teacher Marika Castrisios who does a fantastic job in teaching young and old how to dance Greek — performances can be seen throughout the year at functions and at the Estia Greek Festival. Our thanks to Chris Anagnostis for his help as Chair last year and Panagiota Papastamatis who is currently acting Chair. Thanks also to Jacqui Tsamassiros for her help with the Greek dancing classes and Sotiris Kalogeropoulos. Our teachers Virginia,Vogiatzis, Thomas, Maria, Roza Roussos, Mary Gavallas and aid Maria Daglas do a fantastic job and we thank them immensely for their efforts. If you would like to enroll in a class or have any questions regarding the Centre for Hellenic Cultural Studies, please call us at the school on (03) 6234 8808 or at the Community office on (03) 6231 0822. Venue hire available - birthdays, weddings, meetings.. We have several venues available for you next function. Hellenic Club Party Room (upstairs) is perfect for birthdays, christening parties, quiz nights and small dinners. Hellenic House is our larger venue with seating up to 380 people. Ideal venue for larger functions, weddings, exhibitions, theater performances, musical perform- Page 5 ances, seminars and conferences. We have a team of chefs who will cater for your event, and an Event Manager to make sure that everything runs smoothly and on time. Ample on site parking available. For all enquiries please contact: Steven Kalimnios-General Manager on 62310822 or mobile 0407734519 alternatively email: admin@greekcommunitytas.com.au or see us on the web www.greekcommunitytas.com.au 70ε επεηε ηεο Μάρεο ηεο Κξήηεο ην θελνηάθην ηνπ Υόκπαξη, ην άββαην 21 Μαΐνπ 2011, ηα κέιε ηεο Kνηλόηεηαο ζπγθεληξώζεθαλ γηα ηνλ ενξηαζκό ηεο 70εο επ ηεην ηεο Μάρεο ηεο Κξήηεο. Σα ζηξαηεύκαηα από ηελ Απζηξαιία, ηε Νέα Εειαλδία θαη ηε Βξεηαλία είραλ ζηαιεί γηα ηελ ππεξάζπηζε ηε Κξήηε αθνύ ε Διιάδα κε ηε Γεξκαλία. Οη Γεξκαλνί πξαγκαηνπνίεζαλ καδηθή επίζεζε από αέξνο ζηελ Κξήηε ην Μάην ηνπ 1941. Ο άλλεο Φησηάθεο από ηελ Κξεηηθή Αδειθόηεηα ηεο Σαζκαλίαο, ζρεδόλ 500.000 Κξεηηθνί έραζαλ ηε δσή ηνπο θαηά ηε δηάξθεηα ηνπ 2o Παγθνζκίνπ Πνιέκνπ. «Δίλαη πνιύ ζεκαληηθό γηα εκάο, θαη είλαη πνιύ ζεκαληηθό ηε ζρέζε καο κε ηελ Απζηξαιία, δηόηη ε Απζηξαιία ήηαλ εθεί γηα λα ππεξαζπηζηεί ηελ Κξήηε,» είπε ν θ. Φησηάθεο. Αθνινύζεζε Γεμίσζε ζηελ Διιεληθή Aίζνπζα κεηά ηελ ηειεηή. Φεζηηβάι Σξνθίκσλ Moonah Σν λεόηεξν θεζηηβάι ηεο Σαζκαλίαο πξαγκαηνπνηήζεθε ηελ Κπξηαθή 27 Μαξηίνπ 2011 ν Moonah. ηνξη ηελ παξαδνζηαθή θνπδίλα, κνπζηθή θαη ρνξό από 20 εζληθόηεηεο από όιν ηνλ θόζκν . Ζ Δπηηξνπή Γπλαηθώλ εθπξνζσπήζεθε ζηελ εθδήισζε. πσιήζεθαλ ειιεληθά γιπθά. Tν ζύλνιν ησλ θεξδώλ ηελ αγνξά λέσλ αληηθεηκέλσλ γηα ηελ εθθιεζία καο. ηξνθίκ από ηελ Κξναηία, ηελ Σατιάλδε, ηελ Σνπξθία, ηελ Ηηαιία, Οιιαλδία, Φηιηππίλεο, ηελ Πεξζία θαη ην Μπνπηάλ. Τπήξραλ ρνξν θαη πνιιέο άιιεο παξαζηάζεηο από πνιιέο ρώξεο. Ο θαηξόο ήηαλ όκνξθνο θαη ε εθδήισζε ηεξάζηηα επηηπρία. Όια ηα γιπθά πσιήζεθαλ. Σν θεζηηβάι είλαη κηα πξσηνβνπιία ηνπ Glenorchy City Council ζε ζπλεξγαζία κε ηελ ηελ Δπηρεηξεκαηηθή Κνηλόηεηα Moonah θαη κεγάινπο ρνξεγνύο. Από ηνλ Πξόεδξν ηεο θνηλόηεηαο Ζ Eθηειεζηηθή Eπηηξνπή ηεο Kνηλόηεηαο έρεη ηελ ηύρε λα ππνδερζεί λέα κέιε ζην Γηνηθεηηθό καο πκβνύιην. Καιώ ηελ Δηξήλε Και (Γξακκαηέαο), Νίθν Ρνο, ηξάην Πισκαξίηε, Γηάλλε θαη ηελ Κέηηη Κάηνο. Καισζνξίδνπκε ηακάηε K σο Γεληθό Γηεπζπληή, ν νπνίνο άξρηζε λα ιεηηνπξγεί ηνλ Ηαλνπάξην. Δίλαη επράξηζην όηη νη θξαηήζεηο ηνπ Διιεληθνύ θαη ην club έ απμεζεί ζεκαληηθά. ξαγκαηηθ November 2011 ζρεδόλ όια ηα άββαηα ην επηέκβξην, Οθηώβξην θαη Ννέκβξην έρνπλ θξάηεζε. ηε δηαρείξηζε εθδισζ, ε γεληθή εκπνξία θαη δηνηθεηηθά θαζήθνληα, ν ηακάηεο έρεη αλαιάβεη ηελ επίβιεςε ηνπ θαζαξηζκνύ ηεο θνπδίλαο θαη ηα ςπγεί, ζέξκαλζε ζην club, ηελ απόθηεζε ελεκέξσζε πξόζνςε ηνπ Διιεληθνύ θαη ηε γεληθή ζπληήξεζε. Θα ήζεια λα επραξηζηήζσ ζεξκά πηηξνπή η Δζηία πνπ έλα από ηα πην επηηπρεκέλα θεζηηβάι κέρξη ζήκεξα. Σηο επραξηζηίεο κνπ πξνο η ξδξν Άλλα Παθίηεο, Κώζηα θαη Eπηηξνπή ηνπο. Καη θάηη λέν, απηό ην έηνο ηα κέιε καο ζα ιάβνπλ έλα κπξειόθ ηνπ Αγίνπ Γεσξγίνπ. Δπραξηζηώ, Γηάλλεο . Φησηάθεο Πξόεδξνο. Page 6 O έρεη θαηαιήμεη ζε κηα ιακπξή ηδέα: λα γξάςεη έλα βηβιίν. Μηα νηθνγέλεηα ή έλα άηνκν κπνξεί λα ζηείιεη κέρξη δύν (2) ζειίδεο Α4, ζπκπεξηιακβαλνκέλσλ θσηνγξαθηώλ, από κηα ηζηνξία πνπ αγγίδεη ηελ θαξδηά ηνπο, ηνπο θάλεη λα γειάζ θιπ. Μπνξεί λα είλαη γηα ηνπο γνλείο ηνπο πνπ ηαμίδεςαλ παληξεκέλνη ή ζην εμσηεξηθό ή ηζηνξίεο γηα ηνπο παππνύδεο ηνπο. Θα November 2011 κπνξνύζε λα είλαη κηα ηζηνξία γηα ηνπο παππνύδεο πίζσ, ελώ νη γηνη θαη νη θόξεο ηαμίδες ζηελ Απζηξαιία ζε αλαδήηεζε κηαο θαιύηεξεο δσήο. Οη ηδέεο θαη ηα ζέκαηα η άηνκ. Τν έγγξαθν πξέπεη λα απνζηαιεί κνξθή Word, ώζηε o λα ην επεμεξγαζηεί. Μεηά ηελ επεμεξγαζία, ζα e-mail γηα έγθξηζε από ηνλ ππεύζπλν ππνβνιήο η. Μεηά ηελ έγθξηζή ηνπο, ηζηνξί ζα κ αιθαβεηηθή ζεηξά θαη ηειηθά ζα απνηειέζ κέξνο βηβιίνπ. O πξνζθέξεη ηα θέξδε από ηηο πσιήζεηο ησλ βηβιίσλ, πνπ ζα δηαηεζνύλ γηα ηελ Ειιεληθή Κνηλόηεηα. Παξαθαιώ e-mail γηα λα : jtcoffeebook@gmail.com Page 7 Volunteers Needed! Do you have handyman skills? Are you willing to spend a few hours a month volunteering and assisting the Greek Community with maintenance? We would love to hear from you! Please contact Steve at the Community Office on 62310822. Page 8
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