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Feast Day of St Dionysios in Melbourne

The Zakynthian Association will be celebrating St Dionysios with a feast day on Saturday 17 December. St Dionysios is the patron saint of Zakynthos and was born on the island in 1546. Known as the “walking saint”, it is said that St Dionysios walks from his tomb when he needs to perform a miracle. So [...]

25th anniversary of Melbourne- Thessaloniki sisterhood

The cities of Melbourne and Thessaloniki are celebrating this year the 25th anniversary of their sister-city relationship. The week celebrations concluded with a one day festival taking place in Federation Square with folk dances, live music and featured guest singer from Thessaloniki, Kostas Kanias. Also visiting from Thessaloniki local councillor Andreas Kourakis and deputy mayor [...]