50 Blessed Years 1959-2009

50 Blessed Years
1959 - 2009
Prophet Elias
Greek Orthodox Community and
Parish of Norwood and Eastern
Suburbs Inc.
50 Blessed Years Greek Orthodox Parish & Community of Prophet Elias, Norwood
50 BLESSED YEARS 1959-2009

© Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet Elias, Norwood and Eastern Suburbs Inc., Adelaide
Printed in Hellenic Republic
ISBN 978-0-646-51598-4
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This book commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the

Parish & Community of Prophet Elias Norwood and Eastern
Suburbs is humbly dedicated to our spiritual leader and
Primate, His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia.
Τό παρόν Λεύκωμα τῆς

Πεντηκονταετηρίδος τοῦ Προφήτου Ἠλιοῦ
τοῦ Θεσβίτου Νόργουντ καί Ἀνατολικῶν Προαστείων,
ταπεινά ἀφιεροῦται
Στόν Σεπτόν Ποιμενάρχην μας,
Σεβασμιώτατον Ἀρχιεπίσκοπον Αὐστραλίας Κ.Κ. Στυλιανόν.
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The icon of the Holy Trinity as displayed on the eastern wall of the Sanctuary of
Prophet Elias, Norwood
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Contents
Life and times of Prophet Elias..............................................................................................8
Dignitary Messages ........................................................................................................................10
Prologue ...................................................................................................................................................24
Ecclesiastical Structure ...............................................................................................................26
First 25 Years
English ..........................................................................................................................................34
Greek ...........................................................................................................................................45
Second 25 Years
English ..........................................................................................................................................57
Greek ............................................................................................................................................93
Benefactors & Donors ............................................................................................................139
Executive Committees ............................................................................................................147
Pictorial History ............................................................................................................................154
Epilogue .................................................................................................................................................218
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ΑΠΟΛΤΣΙΚΙΟΝ ΣΟΤ ΠΡΟΦΗΣΟΤ

Ὁ ἔλζαξθνζο Ἄγγεινο ηῶλ Πξνθεηῶλ ἡ θξεπίο,
ὁ δεύηεξνο πξόδξνκνο ηῆο παξνπζίαο Υξηζηνῦ,
Ἠιίαο ὁ ἔλδνμνο. Ἄλσζελ θαηαπέκςαο Ἐιηζζαίσ ηήλ ράξηλ,
λόζνπο ἀπνδηώθεη θαί ιεπξνύο θαζαξίδεη, δη’ὅ θαί ηνῖο ηηκῶζηλ αὐηόλ βξύεη ἰάκαηα.
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THE LIFE OF THE HOLY PROPHET ELIAS

The Holy Prophet Elias (Elijah) is one of the greatest After the end of three years of drought the Merciful
of the prophets and the first dedicated to virginity in Lord sent the prophet to appear before King Ahab,
the Old Testament. He was born in Tishba of Gilead and promised to send rain upon the earth. The
eastward Jordan river into the Levite tribe 900 years Prophet Elijah told the king to order all of Israel to
before the Incarnation of the Word of God. gather upon Mount Carmel, and the priests of Baal.
When they had all gathered, Prophet Elijah proposed
that two sacrificial altars be built: one for the priests
St Epiphanius of Cyprus gives the following account of Baal, and the other for the Prophet Elijah, who
about the birth of the Prophet Elijah: "When Elijah served the True God.
was born, his father Sobach saw in a vision angels of
God around him. They swaddled him with fire and fed
him with flames." The name Elijah (the Lord's Prophet Elijah told them to call on their gods to
strength) given to the infant defined his whole life. consume the sacrificial animals with fire, and he
From the years of his youth he dedicated himself to would call on his. Whichever was first to send fire on
the One God, settled in the wilderness and spent his the sacrifice would be acknowledged as the true God.
whole life in strict fasting, meditation and prayer. The prophets of Baal called out to their idol from
Called to prophetic service, which put him in conflict morning till evening, but the heavens were silent.
with the Israelite king Ahab, the prophet became a Towards evening the holy Prophet Elijah built his
fiery zealot of true faith and piety. sacrificial altar from twelve stones, the number of the
tribes of Israel. He placed the sacrifice upon the
wood, gave orders to dig a ditch around the altar and
During this time the Israelite nation had fallen away commanded that the sacrifice and the wood be
from the faith of their Fathers, they abandoned the soaked with water. When the ditch had filled with
One God and worshipped pagan idols, the worship of water, the prophet turned to God in prayer. Through
which was introduced by the impious king Jereboam. the prayer of the prophet fire came down from
Jezebel, the wife of king Ahab, was devoted to idol heaven and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, and
worship. She persuaded her husband to build a even the water. The people fell down to the ground,
temple to the pagan god Baal, which led many crying out: "Truly, the Lord is God!" Then the
Israelites away from the worship of the true God. Prophet Elijah had all the pagan-priests of Baal put to
Beholding the ruin of his nation, the Prophet Elijah death, and he began to pray for rain. Through his
began to denounce King Ahab for impiety, and prayer the heavens opened and an abundant rain fell,
exhorted him to repent and turn to the God of Israel. soaking the parched earth. According to the Tradition
The king would not listen to him. The Prophet Elijah of Holy Church, the Prophet Elijah will be the
then declared to him, that as punishment there would Forerunner of the Dread Second Coming of Christ.
be neither rain nor dew upon the ground, and the He will proclaim the truth of Christ, urge all to
drought would cease only by his prayer. Indeed, the repentance, and will be slain by the Antichrist. This
word of Elijah was a torch (Eccles. 48: 1) The heavens will be a sign of the end of the world.
were closed for three and a half years, and there was
drought and famine throughout all the land.
The Orthodox Christians of all times, and in all
places, have venerated the Prophet Elijah for
During this time of tribulation, the Lord sent Elijah to centuries. The first church in Russia, built at Kiev
a cave beyond the Jordan river. There he was under Prince Igor, was named for the Prophet Elijah.
miraculously fed by ravens. When the stream Horath After her Baptism St Olga (July 11) built a temple of
dried up, the Lord sent the Prophet Elijah to Sarephta the holy Prophet Elijah in his native region, at the
to a poor widow, a Sidonian Gentile who suffered village of Vibuta.
together with her children, awaiting death by
starvation. At the request of the prophet, she
prepared him a bread with the last measure of flour In iconography the Prophet Elijah is depicted
and the remainder of the oil. Through the prayer of ascending to Heaven in a fiery chariot, surrounded
the Prophet Elijah, flour and oil were not depleted in with flames, and harnessed to four winged horses.
the home of the widow for the duration of the We pray to him for deliverance from drought, and to
famine. By the power of his prayer the prophet also ask for seasonable weather. His feast day is
performed another miracle: he also raised the dead celebrated on July 20th each year.
son of the widow.
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His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos
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MESSAGE FROM MIKE RANN

PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The story of the establishment, growth and outstanding work of the Greek
Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet Elias is both uplifting and
remarkable.
This 50th anniversary publication recounts that story with verve and with
detail, providing a wonderful insight into the people and events that have
shaped its development.
Since 1959, the Parish of Norwood and Eastern Suburbs has diligently and devoutly serviced the spiritual
and social needs of followers of the Greek Orthodox faith.
It has also served as a pillar of the Norwood and surrounding communities.
Over that time, the church itself has evolved and grown to include new facilities, and has changed
significantly in appearance.
However, the spirit of the Parish has stood steadfast and strong, and it has remained a highly-valued
element of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, and of South Australia’s broader Hellenic
community.
Greek South Australians have made – and continue to make – an immeasurably positive contribution to
our State.
The South Australian Government maintains its strong support for Greek community facilities,
organisations and events, and I continue to be a passionately outspoken advocate of causes that are of vital
importance to Greeks the world over.
I commend this volume to all those wishing to learn more about this Parish that has demonstrated true
zeal and, in doing so, faithfully lived out the teachings and principles of Prophet Elias.
I extend my congratulations and very best wishes to parishioners, for the 50 th anniversary celebrations and
for the future.
Mike Rann
Premier of South Australia
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MESSAGE FROM
THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
SHADOW MINISTER FOR
MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
It is with great pleasure that I offer my congratulations and those of the South Australian Liberal Party, to
the Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet Elias, Norwood and Eastern Suburbs to mark the
celebration of your 50th anniversary.
In 1959 the Eastern Suburbs based Greek Community raised funds to build a place of worship to meet the
religious needs of the growing Greek Orthodox population.
From these humble beginnings the Parish of the Prophet Elias has flourished to become the heart of the
Greek Orthodox Community’s social and spiritual needs.
For younger members of the community, the Parish is a place that symbolises the connection of religious
traditions, language and culture of homeland and family.
Generations of Greek Australians have contributed greatly to the heritage, prosperity and cultural richness
of South Australian society. A legacy that I am confident will continue in the future.
My sincere best wishes to the Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet Elias, Norwood and
Eastern Suburbs on reaching this triumphant milestone.
Yours sincerely
ISOBEL REDUMOND MP
Leader of the Opposition
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Μήνςμα από ηον κ. Δημήηπιο Υαηζόποςλο,

Ππόξενο ηηρ Ελλάδορ ζηη Νόηια Αςζηπαλία
Mε την εσκαιρία τοσ εορτασμού

των 50 τρόνων
της Ενορίας-Κοινότητος Προυήτοσ Ηλιού
Norwood
Με ηδηαίηεξε ραξά παξαθνινύζεζα, επίζεκα, αιιά θαη σο ελνξίηεο, πνιιέο από ηηο παλεγπξηθέο
εθδειώζεηο γηα ηνλ ενξηαζκό ησλ 50 ρξόλσλ ηεο Κνηλόηεηνο-Ελνξίαο Πξνθήηνπ Ηιηνύ Norwood.
΢ε όιεο ηηο πεξηπηώζεηο, δηαπίζησζα ηόζν ηελ έθδειε ηθαλνπνίεζε εθείλσλ πνπ εξγάζζεθαλ
ζθιεξά γηα ηε βειηίσζε ησλ ππνδνκώλ ηνπ ελνξηαθνύ ζπγθξνηήκαηνο θαη ηελ νηθνδόκεζε κηαο
ππνδεηγκαηηθήο θνηλόηεηνο αγάπεο θαη πξνόδνπ, όζν θαη ηε ζπγθηλεηηθή αληαπόθξηζε ησλ
ελνξηηώλ πνπ αλαγλσξίδνπλ ηηο πξνζσπηθέο ζπζίεο ζηηο νπνίεο ππνβάιινληαη νη αθάκαηνη
πξσηεξγάηεο ηεο Ελνξίαο, γηα ην θαιό όισλ.
Η Ελνξία δελ θαιύπηεη κόλν ηηο ζξεζθεπηηθέο θαη πλεπκαηηθέο αλεζπρίεο ησλ ελνξηηώλ, αιιά, κε
αγάπε θαη θηινηηκία, θξνληίδεη θαη γηα ηελ ηθαλνπνίεζε εζληθώλ, πνιηηηζηηθώλ, λεαληθώλ,
παξαδνζηαθώλ ή θαη θνηλσληθώλ αλαγθώλ κηαο παξνηθίαο πνπ επηιέγεη λα δήζεη ζηελ Απζηξαιία,
αλαπνιώληαο κε αγάπε ηελ παηξίδα θαη νξακαηηδόκελε έλα κέιινλ ζην νπνίν ε νξζνδνμία, ν
ειιεληζκόο θαη ε πνιύηηκε εζληθή καο θιεξνλνκηά ζα ζπλερίζνπλ λα έρνπλ πξσηεύνληα ξόιν.
Εθθιεζηαζηηθνί θαη ιατθνί παξάγνληεο ηεο Ελνξίαο Πξνθήηνπ Ηιηνύ Norwood ζπλερίδνπλ ηα
δεκηνπξγηθά βήκαηα ησλ ηδξπηώλ, ησλ πξσηεξγαηώλ θαη ησλ επί πνιιά έηε κειώλ ηεο,
ζπλαηζζαλόκελνη όηη ε ππνδεηγκαηηθή ρξηζηηαληθή θπςέιε, πνπ έρεη δεκηνπξγεζεί κε επίθεληξν ηελ
Ελνξία, νθείιεη λα ζηεγάζεη θαη λα ηθαλνπνηήζεη θαη ηηο εζληθέο, πνιηηηζηηθέο θαη θνηλσληθέο
αλάγθεο ηνπο, κε εθδειώζεηο επηπέδνπ. ΢ηνλ ηνκέα απηό, ηνπο αμίδεη ε δεκόζηα αλαγλώξηζε γηα ηε
θηινηηκία, εξγαηηθόηεηα θαη επαηζζεζία κε ηελ νπνία πεξλνύλ ζηηο λεώηεξεο γεληέο, αθελόο κελ ην
πςειό ηνπο θξόλεκα, αθεηέξνπ δε ηελ αγάπε ηνπο γηα ηελ ελ Υξηζηώ δεκηνπξγία.
Εθθξάδσ ηα ζεξκά κνπ ζπγραξεηήξηα ζηνλ ηεξαηηθώο πξντζηάκελν, ην Δηνηθεηηθό ΢πκβνύιην, ηε

Φηιόπησρν Αδειθόηεηα θαη ηε Νενιαία ηεο Ελνξίαο-Κνηλόηεηνο Πξνθήηνπ Ηιηνύ Νorwood,
επρόκελνο ζπλέρηζε ηνπ ζεάξεζηνπ έξγνπ ηνπο γηα πνιιέο αθόκε δεθαεηίεο.
θ. Δεκήηξην Υαηδόπνπιν,
Πξόμελν ηεο Ειιάδνο ζηε Νόηηα Απζηξαιία
Αδειαΐδα, ΢επηέκβξηνο 2009
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MESSAGE FROM MAYOR ROBERT BRIA
Community and Church of Prophet Elias

50th Anniversary Celebrations
For half a century the parish of Prophet Elias has served as the spiritual and cultural centre of the Greek
Community in Norwood and the Eastern Suburbs.
During this time the Church has been a shining example of the richness of Hellenic traditions, culture and
language and has made an invaluable contribution to multiculturalism in South Australia.
The Greek Community can be proud of this historic occasion and its unswerving commitment to ensure
that the activities of the parish continue to flourish.
This year also marks the tenth anniversary of the Family Community Centre, which has provided
parishioners with an important focal point to celebrate the religious life of the community, as well as serve
as a place of social gatherings, learning and cultural activities.
Congratulations to Father Stavros, the President and Executive Committee, the Ladies and Youth Groups,
for their devoted and outstanding service to the Greek Orthodox Community and for organising the 50th
anniversary celebrations.
On behalf of the City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters, I extend my warmest wishes for the future.
Robert Bria
MAYOR
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MESSAGE FROM THE

HON KATE ELLIS MP
MINISTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION, CHLD CARE AND YOUTH,
MINISTER FOR SPORT, MEMBER FOR
ADELAIDE
I warmly congratulate the Greek Orthodox Parish of the Prophet Elias, Norwood for reaching
such a significant milestone – the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the parish.
It marks half a century of dedicated service to not only the Greek-Australian community of the
eastern suburbs, but also the Adelaide community at large. Leaders, volunteers and all members
of the Parish are to be commended for their countless achievements over the last 50 years.
The Church of Prophet Elias plays such a vital role in continuing the rich traditions and culture
– and nurturing the connections of the South Australian Greek community. There is great value
in people appreciating their personal background and history. This understanding improves
diversity in the broader community, contributing to the fabric of our society.
I am proud to represent a vibrant multicultural community – and one in which the spirit of the
Greek Orthodox culture continues to thrive.
Thank you for this contribution to our society and best wishes for a long and prosperous
future.
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MESSAGE FROM THE HON. MICHAEL

ATKINSON M.P.
MINISTER FOR MULTICULTURAL
AFFAIRS
50th Anniversary of the Community and

Parish of Prophet Elias
With love, determination and commitment, the Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet Elias,
Norwood and Eastern Suburbs, has achieved much over the past half a century.
In a spirit of worship and fraternity, it has brought people together under the light and blessing of God.
It has also formed a true community – a place where people care for one another, where they generously
give and receive, and where they rejoice in their shared faith and values.
From modest beginnings – but through organisation, enterprise and hard work – members of the Parish
gradually improved and expanded the Church’s presence in Norwood and the Eastern Suburbs. Today, it
is renowned for its beautiful iconography and its holdings of religious books.
This physical development is paralleled by the Parish’s approach to teaching – an unbroken story of
fostering knowledge among youngsters of the tenets of Orthodox faith and of the glories of Greek
language and culture.
Through all its endeavours, the Parish has emulated Prophet Elias by encouraging people to be “fulfilled
with the light of life”.
I congratulate the Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet Elias on its 50 th anniversary, and I
look forward to many more years to come.

Michael Atkinson
Minister for Multicultural Affairs
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MESSAGE FROM
VINI CICCARELLO MP
Member for Norwood
Congratulations on reaching this important milestone – 50 years of providing an exemplary service to the
Greek-Australian community of the eastern suburbs.
This year, the Greek Orthodox Parish of the Prophet Elias, Norwood celebrates a vibrant and rich history
that stands as a proud testament to the dedication of the many thousands of people and families who
strove to create a community in which experiences could be shared, cultures could be appreciated and
perhaps most importantly, support offered to those in need.
In today’s increasingly hectic times, I believe that an understanding and appreciation of your background
and history is more important than ever before – and the Parish performs a vital role in maintaining a link
between members of the South Australian Greek community, particularly the younger generation, and the
homeland and traditions of their ancestors.
I am privileged to have enjoyed a long and close association with the Parish and to have worked with you
over the years in enriching the cultural life of our local area. I am proud that Norwood and the Eastern
Suburbs have developed into such a culturally diverse and accepting community and I sincerely thank
Father Psaromatis and his team of volunteers for their tireless work in fostering that sense of spirituality
and togetherness.
Best wishes for the future and many more fifty years of distinguished achievement.
VINI CICCARELLO MP
Member for Norwood
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MESSAGE FROM
THE HON CHRISTOPHER PYNE MP
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR STURT
Congratulations on the occasion of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of The
Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet Elias Norwood and Eastern Suburbs.
Parish members can look back over these 50 years and be very proud of their achievements.
I pay tribute to the early founders who sought to establish this community parish to service their spiritual
and religious needs and to those who have continued to provide and develop new services. You have all
played an important role in assisting Greek migrants who have settled in South Australia.
May you strong community spirit and se3rvices to the Greek community continue.
Congratulations on this wonderful achievement.
Yours Sincerely
Christopher Pyne MP
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ΜΗΝΤΜΑ ΣΟΤ ΙΕΡΑΣΙΚΧ΢ ΠΡΟΙ΢ΣΑΜΕΝΟΤ

ΣΗ΢ ΚΟΙΝΟΣΗΣΟ΢-ΕΝΟΡΙΑ΢ ΜΑ΢
ππεζβ. ΢ΣΑΤΡΟΤ ΦΑΡΟΜΜΑΣΗ
«Στό ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρός καί τοῦ Υἱοῦ καί τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος»
Μέγα εἶναι τό ὄνομα τοῦ Τριαδικοῦ μας Θεοῦ πατέρες καί ἐν Χριστῶ ἀδελφοί μου, πού μᾶς ἀξίωσε
νά τελοῦμε ἐν φόβω Θεοῦ, γιά μισό αἰῶνα τήν ἀναίμακτον ἱερουργίαν τῶν Θείων Μυστηρίων Του,
σέ τοῦτον τόν εὐλογημένο τόπο. Γινήκαμε μάρτυρες τῆς ζωντανῆς παρουσίας τοῦ Τριαδικοῦ Θεοῦ
μας σέ ὅλες τίς φάσεις καί ἐξελίξεις τῶν ἔργων μας, στίς σκέψεις, τίς ἀποφάσεις καί ὅλα ὅσα
θεάρεστα πραγματοποιήθηκαν σέ τόσο βραχύ χρονικό διάστημα. Ὅταν ἐν φόβω Θεοῦ
ἀποφασίζαμε κάτι γιά τήν πρόοδο τῆς Κοινότητος-Ἐνορίας μας, ἀκαθόριστα νοιώθαμε καί τήν δική Του συγκατάθεση πού
ὑπόγραφε τήν ἐπιτυχία τῆς ἀποφάσεως.
Ἀτενίζοντας τόν μεγαλοπρεπή καί καταστόλιστο Ἱερό Ναό μας, τό λαμπρό καί τέλειο σέ ἀρχιτεκτονικό διάκοσμο, Ἐνοριακό μας
Κέντρο, τά κατά πάντα σύγχρονα σέ ἐξοπλισμό Γραφεῖα μας, τό Μουσεῖο, τήν δανειστική Βιβλιοθήκη καί τό Βιβλιοπωλεῖο μας,
δέν πιστεύομε στά μάτια μας. Ὅλα αὐτά εἶναι τρανή ἀπόδειξη τῆς γνησίας Πίστεως τῶν εὐλαβῶν ἐνοριτῶν μας, πού
ἐπιβραβεύετο ἀπό τόν Δωρεοδότη Θεό μας.
Εἶναι ἀλήθεια, πώς ποτέ δέν φαντασθήκαμε πώς ὅλα αὐτά τά θαυμάσια ἔργα θά μπορούσαμε ἐμεῖς οἱ ἀδύναμοι καί ἀτελεῖς
ἄνθρωποι νά τά ἐπιτύχουμε. Ἀτενίζοντας ὅμως ὁλόκληρο τό ἔργο καί ἔχοντας ἄμεση ἐπίγνωση τῶν πολλαπλῶν δυσκολιῶν,
πού ὡς ἐκ θαύματος παρηγκωνίζοντο, καταλήγουμε στό συμπέρασμα πώς ὅ,τι ἔγινε, ἦταν θέλημα Θεοῦ. Τό Ἅγιο Πνεῦμα
φωτίζει τίς σκέψεις, συνεργεῖ στίς θεάρεστες πράξεις καί βοηθεῖ στά ἔργα τῶν καλοπροαιρέτων χριστιανῶν.
Σήμερα, δέν εἶναι ἀνάγκη νά ποῦμε στήν νέα γενιά τό τί κάναμε γι ’ αὐτήν, διότι τά ἔργα ὁμιλοῦν καί ἐκφράζουν τήν ἀγάπη μας,
γιά τήν θρησκευτική, κοινωνική καί πατριωτική τους πρόοδο. Τά ἑλληνικά μας σχολεῖα, τά κατηχητικά, ἡ ὥρα μελέτης Ἁγίας
Γραφῆς, τό δίγλωσσο ἑβδομαδιαῖο Φυλλάδιο, οἱ δίγλωσσες Ἱερές ἀκολουθίες, οἱ ἀγρυπνίες, τά πανηγύρια, οἱ οἰκογενειακές
συνάξεις, ἡ μυστηριακή ζωή, κραυγάζουν καί ἀποδεικνύουν μέ ἔντονο τρόπο, γιά τό τί κάναμε στήν παρελθοῦσα 50ἐτηρίδα.
Εὔχομαι στά νιάτα τῆς νέας γενιᾶς, νά συνεχίσουν τήν πρόοδο γιά νά ἀφήσουν κι ’ α ὐτοί ζωντανό τό σημάδι τους στήν
ἑπόμενη 50ἐτηρίδα.
Πρωτίστως εὐχαριστῶ τόν Πανάγαθο Θεό πού μέ στήριξε καί θαυματουργικῶς μοῦ συμπαραστάθηκε στήν 25ἐτή διακονία μου
σέ τούτη τήν εὐλογημένη Κοινότητα-Ἐνορία. Θερμά εὐχαριστῶ τόν Γέροντα Σεβασμιώτατο Ἀρχιεπίσκοπο Αὐστραλίας καί κατά
πάντα ἄξιον Ποιμενάρχην μας Κ.κ. Στυλιανόν, γιά τήν ἀμέριστον ἐμπιστοσύνη του πρός τήν ἐλαχιστότητά μου. Εὐχαριστίες
θερμές στούς ἑκάστοτε Θεοφιλεστάτους ἰδιαιτέρως δέ στόν Θεοφιλέστατο Ἐπίσκοπο Δορυλαίου κ. Νίκανδρο, γιά τίς πατρικές
του εὐλογίες καί τό πνευματικό του παράδειγμα. Χίλια εὐχαριστῶ στά μέλη τῆς ἄμεσης οἰκογένειάς μου, γιά τίς θυσίες τους καί
τήν ὑποστήριξη τους στήν ἐν Θεῶ διακονία μου. Τέλος εὐχαριστῶ ἅπαντα τά μέλη τῶν Δ. Συμβουλίων καί Φιλοπτώχων,
Νεολαίας καί Ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἐπιτροπῆς, Κατηχητικῶν καί Ἑλληνικῶν σχολείων καί πάντων τῶν ἐθελοντῶν καί ἐνοριτῶν τῆς
εὐλογημένης Κοινότητος-Ἐνορίας μας, γιά τήν ἐπίκαιρη καί ζωντανή τους ἀνταπόκριση στίς ἀνάγκες τῆς Ἐκκλησίας μας.
Μετά ἀδελφικῶν εὐχῶν
π. Σταῦρος Ψαρομμάτης
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ΜΗΝΤΜΑ ΣΟΤ ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΤ ΣΗ΢

ΚΟΙΝΟΣΗΣΟ΢-ΕΝΟΡΙΑ΢ ΜΑ΢
κ. Υρήστου Κορώνη
Μέ πνιιή ζπγθίλεζε ἀπεπζύλσ ραηξεηηζκό ραξᾶο θαί ἐλζνπζηαζκνῦ πξόο ὅινπο αὐηνύο πνύ
ζπλέβαιαλ ζηήλ πξόνδν ηῆο Ἐλνξίαο -Κνηλόηεηνο ηνῦ Πξνθήηε Ἠιία ἐδῶ ζηό Νόξγνπλη.
Ἐλζπκνῦκαη ηόλ δῆιν ηῶλ πξσηεξγαηῶλ, ηόλ ἐλζνπζηαζκό ηνπο, ηήλ ἀθνζίσζή ηνπο θαί ηήλ
ἀγάπε πνύ ἔδεηρλαλ γηά ηήλ πξόνδν ηῆο Ἐλνξίαο-Κνηλόηεηόο καο.
Ἐλζπκνῦκαη ὅηαλ ηό 1964 γηά πξώηε θνξά ἔγηλα κέινο ηνῦ Δ. ΢πκβνπιίνπ θαί ἀλέιαβα ηήλ
ὑπεύζπλνλ ζέζε ηνῦ Σακία ηῆο Ἐλνξίαο - Κνηλόηεηνο καο, κέ ηά μελύρηηα, ηίο ζπλεδξηάζεηο, ηίο
ἀπνθάζεηο, ηίο ζπκθσλίεο θαί δηαθσλίεο καο.
Ἔθηνηε ὅπσο θαί ὅινη πνύ ὑπεξέηεζαλ ζηά Δ. ΢πκβνύιηα κέρξη ζήκεξα, ἀπνζπξόκεζα γηά λά
ἀλαιάβνπλ θη’ ἄιινη ηίο εὐζύλεο. Μέ αὐηό ηόλ ηξόπν πέξαζαλ πελῆληα ὁιόθιεξα ρξόληα. Ἀπό
ηόηε κέρξη ζήκεξα, πνιινί ἔρνπλ θύγεη ἀπ’ αὐηήλ ηήλ πξόζθαηξε δσή. Σό 2009 ἀπνηειεῖ
ὁξόζεκν, ὄρη κόλν γηά ηήλ πξώηε αὐηή Ἐλνξία-Κνηλόηεηα ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο ζηήλ
Νόηηα Αὐζηξαιία, ἀιιά θαί γηά ὁιόθιεξνλ ηήλ ὁκνγέλεηα.
Ἐθ κέξνπο ηῶλ κειῶλ ηνῦ παξόληνο Δ. ΢πκβνπιίνπ αἰζζάλνκαη ηήλ ἀλάγθε λά εὐραξηζηήζσ ηνύο
ἑθάζηνηε Πξνέδξνπο θαί κέιε ηῶλ Δ. ΢πκβνπιίσλ ἀπ’ ηῆο ἱδξύζεσο κέρξη ζήκεξα, πνύ ἀπό θνηλνῦ
ἐξγάζηεθαλ ζηά κέηξα ηῶλ δπλαηνηήησλ ηνπο, γηά ηήλ πξόνδν αὐηνῦ ηνῦ ἐλνξηαθνῦ ὀξγαληζκνῦ.
Εὐραξηζηῶ ὅινπο ηνύο θαινύο καο θιεξηθνύο, πνύ κέ θσηηζκέλα ιόγηα θαί παξάδεηγκα δσῆο, κᾶο
θαζνδεγνῦζαλ πξόο ηό θνηλό θαιό.
΢ήκεξα ιακβάλσ ηήλ εὐθαηξία λά ζπγραξῶ ὅινπο ηνύο ἐπσλύκνπο θαί ἀλσλύκνπο δσξεηέο ηῆο
Ἐλνξίαο θαί Κνηλόηεηόο καο, γηά ηήλ νἰθνλνκηθή θαί ἠζηθή ηνπο πξνζθνξά θαί ηήλ ἐλ γέλεη
ζπλδξνκή ἀγάπεο πνύ παξεῖραλ ζηά ἑθάζηνηε Δ. ΢πκβνύιηα κέρξη ζήκεξα. Σηκή ἀλήθεη ζέ ὅινπο
αὐηνύο πνύ πξσηνζηάηεζαλ θαί κόρζεζαλ πξόο δόμαλ Θενῦ θαί ηήλ πξόνδν αὐηῆο ηῆο Ἐλνξίαο-
Κνηλόηεηνο.
Μέ πνιιή ηήλ ἐθηίκεζε
Υξῆζηνο Κνξώλεο
Πξόεδξνο
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MESSAGE FROM JOHN A. KIOSOGLOUS

MBE KSA AS ASM
Fifty years, on the Community and Parish of Prophet Elias Norwood and
Eastern Suburbs can take great pride in its great achievements.
Throughout the fifty years, this Community and Parish has been in the forefront of leading by example in
fulfilling the religious and educational needs as well as the welfare and social programmes of its members.
The refurbished Church and the Community Centre have all provided for the spiritual and recreational
needs of its people, as well as providing facilities for out Sunday Schools, Youth and aged.
In the multicultural society in which we live a variety of programmes are being provided and established
which are keeping the Hellenic spirit, tradition and culture alive. Enhancing such programmes is the
historical museum which provides a continuing history of our Community and Parish and of the Greek
Orthodox faithful in the eastern suburbs as well as a library.
Successive Parish priests from Reverend M. Chryssavgis, Reverend T. Stamatopoulos, Reverend H. Stratos
to Reverend Stavros Psaromatis have all in their own way played a leadership role in the progress
witnessed. All those who have served as President and Members of the Executive Committee, the ladies of
the Philoptohos Auxiliary, Sunday School teachers, Greek Language School teachers. Youth, students are
to be commended for their nurturing contribution.
I pay tribute to the many people who have played an important role in implementing its aims and
objectives and in particular to those early pioneers who at considerable cost created for themselves a
place in the history of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia.
In extending my sincere congratulations to Rev. Stavros, the President of the Community and Parish and
all concerned including the members of the 50 th Anniversary Organising Committee I look forward with
pride to the continued progress in fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of His Eminence Archbishop
Stylianos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia. We pay tribute to His Eminence by
dedicating this publication and the 50th Anniversary Celebrations in His honour.
John A. Kiosoglous MBE KSA AS ASM

Chairman
50th Anniversary Organising Committee
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PROLOGUE
Whatever prayer and supplication shall be offered by any man, as each one might
know the plague of his heart, and will spread out his hands toward this house - You
will hear in heaven from Your dwelling place, and be favourable and act; and You will
give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart you know; for You alone know
the hearts of all children of men. 3 Kingdoms 8:36-37
The words of Solomon’s prayer perfectly reflect our achievements at this

blessed Parish and Community of Prophet Elias in Norwood, South Australia.
By the Grace of God the past 50 years of our Community and Parish will be
remembered as a period of profuse cultural and spiritual development. This
reality is the result of the fervent prayers, blessings, direction, guidance and
dedicated work of successive Archbishops, assistant bishops, faithful clergy and
laity.
In publishing this book we express gratitude and pay tribute to all who have
contributed to the success of this Community and Parish. Together, we have
collectively completed half a century of spiritual life, Christian ethos, toil, joy,
blessing and success!
ΠΡΟΛΟΓΟ΢
«...πᾶζαλ πξνζεπρήλ, πᾶζαλ δέεζηλ, ἐάλ γέλεηαη παληί ἀλζξψπσ, ὡο ἄλ γλῶζηλ
ἕθαζηνο ἁθήλ θαξδίαο αὐηνῦ εἰο ηφλ νἶθνλ ηνῦηνλ, θαί ζχ εἰζαθνχζε ἐθ ηνῦ
νὐξαλνῦ ἐμ ἑηνίκνπ θαηνηθεηεξίνπ ζνπ θαί ἵιεσο ἔζε θαί πνηήζεηο θαί δψζεηο
ἀλδξί θαηά ηάο ὁδνχο αὐηνῦ, θαζψο ἄλ γλῶο ηήλ θαξδίαλ αὐηνῦ, ὅηη ζχ
κνλψηαηνο νἶδαο ηήλ θαξδίαλ πάλησλ πἱῶλ ἀλζξψπσλ.» (Βαζηιεηῶλ Γ΄
Θεθ.8:38-3)
(Θαί θάζε ἄλζξσπνο πνχ Πνῦ ἀπεπζχλεη ὀιφζεξκε πξνζεπρή θαί δέεζε θαί
ὑςψλεη ηά ρέξηα ηνπ πξφο ηφλ Λαφλ ηνῦην θαί πξνζεχρεηαη θαί ἖ζχ ζά
εἰζαθνχζεο ηήλ δέεζή ηνπ ἀπφ ηφλ νὐξαλφ ἀπφ ηφ παλππεξηέιεην θαηνηθεηήξηφ
Πνπ θαί ζά ηφλ ἐιεήζεο θαί ζά δψζεηο ζηφλ ἄλζξσπν αὐηφ ἀλάινγα κέ ηή
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δηαγσγή ηνπ θαί ηίο δηαζέζεηο ηῆο θαξδίαο ηνπ, γηαηί Πχ κφλνο θαί θαλέλαο
ἄιινο δέλ γλσξίδε ηίο θαξδηέο ηῶλ ἀλζξψπσλ)
Λνκίδνπκε πψο αὐηά ηά ιφγηα ἀπφ ηήλ ἐθηελή πξνζεπρή ηνῦ Πνινκῶληα,
ηαηξηάδνπλ ἀπφιπηα κέ ηά ὅζα ἡ Σάξηο ηνῦ Θενῦ καδί κέ ηίο δηθέο καο
πξνζπάζεηεο ἐπηηέιεζε ζηήλ εὐινγεκέλε ηνχηε ἖λνξία θαί Θνηλφηεηα ηνῦ
Ξξνθήηνπ Ἠιηνῦ ηνῦ Θεζβίηνπ, ζέ ηνῦηνλ ηφλ εὐινγεκέλν ηφπν ζηφ Λφξγνπλη
θαί ηά Ἀλαηνιηθά Ξξνάζηεηα ηῆο πφιεσο ηῆο Ἀδειαῒδνο Λνηίνπ Αὐζηξαιίαο.
Κέ ηήλ βνήζεηα ηνῦ παλαγάζνπ Θενῦ, ηίο ἐθηελεῖο θαί δηελεθῶο ἀλαπεκπφκελεο
πξνζεπρέο θαί εὐινγίεο ηνῦ Πεβαζκησηάηνπ Ἀξρηεπηζθφπνπ Αὐζηξαιίαο θαί
ζεπηνῦ Γέξνληά καο θαί Ξνηκελάξρνπ καο Θπξίνπ Θπξίνπ Πηπιηαλνῦ, ηίο εὐινγίεο
ηῶλ ἑθάζηνηε Θενθηιεζηάησλ βνεζῶλ ἖πηζθφπσλ Ρνπ θαί ηήλ πεγαία πίζηε ηῶλ
ἐδῶ ὁκνγελῶλ καο, καδί κέ ηφλ πεξίιακπξν Ἱεξφ καο Λαφ θαί ηά πεξί αὐηφλ
θηήξηα, ραξάμακε θαί ζεκάδηα πνιηηηζηηθῆο δεκηνπξγίαο θαί πλεπκαηηθῆο
ἀλαθνξᾶο ζέ ηνῦην ηφλ ηφπν.
Κέ αἰζζήκαηα βαζεηᾶο εὐγλσκνζχλεο πξφο ὅζνπο ζπλέβαιαλ, ηαπεηλά

πξνβαίλνπκε ζηήλ ἔθδνζε ηνῦ ἀλά ρεῖξαο Ιεπθψκαηνο πνχ ζθξαγίδεη κηά
ὁιφθιεξνλ Ξεληεθνληαεηεξίδα. Ρφ ἥκηζπ ἑλφο αἰῶλα δσῆο, δξάζεσο, πφλνπ θαί
κφρζνπ, ραξᾶο θαη ἁγηαζκνῦ.
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ECCLESIASTICAL STRUCTURE - in South Australia from the

establishment of the Community & Parish of Prophet Elias Norwood
1959 – 2009
ARCHBISHOPS
His Eminence Metropolitan Ezekiel (Elevated to Archbishop in1959) 1959 -
1968, 1970 - 1974
His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos Primate of Australia 1975 -
ΝΗ ΓΗΑΡΔΙΔΠΑΛΡΔΠ ΞΝΗΚΔΛΑΟΣΔΠ
὇ Αὐζηξαιίαο θαί Λενδειαλδίαο θαί ἀξγφηεξα Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο Αὐζηξαιίαο,
Ἰεδεθηήι (Ρζνπθαιᾶο)
1959-1974
὇ λῦλ Ξνηκελάξρεο καο, ὁ Αὐζηξαιίαο Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο Πηπιηαλφο (Σαξθηαλάθεο)

1975 -
Archbishop Ezekiel Archbishop Stylianos
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ASSISTANT BISHOPS
His Grace Panteleimon of Theoupoleos 1975 -1978
His Grace Ezekiel of Dervis 1979 -1983
His Grace Paul of Christianoupolis 1984 - 1989
His Grace Joseph of Arianzos 1990 - 2000
His Grace Seraphim of Christianoupolis 2001 - 2002
His Grace Nikandros of Dorylaeon 2002 -
ΒΝΖΘΝΗ ΔΞΗΠΘΝΞΝΗ
὇ Θενππφιεσο θ.Ξαληειεήκσλ 1975 –1978
὇ Γέξβεο θ. Ἰεδεθηήι 1979 - 1983
὇ Σξηζηηαλνππφιεσο θ.Ξαῦινο 1984 - 1989
὇ Ἀξηαλδνῦ θ.Ἰσζήθ 1990 - 2000
὇ Σξηζηηαλνππφιεσο θ.Πεξαθείκ 2001 - 2002
὇ Γνξπιαίνπ θ.Λίθαλδξνο 2002 -
Archbishop Stylianos and Bishop

Nikandros. Feast Day of Prophet
Elias 2008
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PARISH PRIESTS WHO SERVED AT PARISH OF PROPHET

ELIAS
Father Miltiades Chryssavgis 1959 - 1962
Father Theodoros Stamatopoulos 1962 - 1977
Father Charalambos Stratos 1977 - 1984
Father Stavros Psaromatis 1984 -
ΗΔΟΑΡΗΘΥΠ ΞΟΝΗΠΡΑΚΔΛΝΗ
Ξξεζβ. Κηιηηάδεο Σξπζαπγῆο 1959 - 1962
Ξξεζβ. Θεφδσξνο Πηακαηφπνπινο 1962 - 1977
Ξξεζβ. Σαξάιακπνο Πηξάηνο 1977 - 1984
Ξξεζβ. Πηαῦξνο Ταξνκκάηεο 1984 -
Fr Charalambos Fr Stavros
Fr Miltiades Fr Thedoros
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CHANTERS
1959 – 1984
Ilias Fragoulis, Panagiotis Toumbas, Kon Papageorgiou, George Kyriakou, Vasilis
Genimahaliotis, Nikolaos Ploumpidis, Ioannis Nikoloudis
1985 – 2009
Vasilis Genimahaliotis, Nikolaos Ploumbidis, Dimitrios Hassouros, Kon Likos,
Andrew Psaromatis, Con Psaromatis, Michael Psaromatis.
IΔΟΝΤΑΙΡΔΠ
1959-1984
Ἠιίαο Φξαγθνχιεο, Ξαλαγηψηεο Ρνχκπαο, Θσλ/ηῖλνο Ξαπαγεσξγίνπ, Γεψξγηνο
Θπξηάθνπ, Βαζίιεηνο Γελλεκαραιηφηεο, Ληθφιανο Ξινπκπίδεο, Ἰσάλλεο
Ληθνινχδεο.
1984-2009
Βαζίιεηνο Γελλεκαραιηφηεο, Ληθφιανο Ξινπκπίδεο, Γεκήηξηνο Σαζνῦξνο, Θσλ/
ηῖλνο Ιχθνο, Ἀλδξέαο Ταξνκκάηεο, Θσλ/ηῖλνο Ταξνκκάηεο θαί Κηραήι
Ταξνκκάηεο.
ASSISTANT CHANTERS
1959 -1984
Kon Markou, Efthymios Sorvanis, George Karatassas, Dimitrios Nikolias,
Dimitrios Glavas, Dimitrios Anastasiadis, George Drakoulis, Dimitrios
Diakostergou, Dimitrios Langanis, Ilias Mainas.
1985 - 2009
George Karatassas, Dimitrios Langanis, Dimitrios Nikolias, Dimitrios Glavas,
Dimitrios Anastasiadis, Dimitrios Diakostergou, Presvytera Kyriaki Psaromatis.
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ΒΝΖΘΝΗ IΔΟΝΤΑΙΡΔΠ
1959-1984
Θσλ/ηῖλνο Κάξθνπ, Δὐζχκηνο Πνξβαλήο, Γεψξγηνο Θαξαηαζᾶο, Γεκήηξηνο
Ληθνιηᾶο, Γεκήηξηνο Γθιαβᾶο, Γεκήηξηνο Ἀλαζηαζηάδεο, Γεψξγηνο Γξαθνχιεο,
Γεκήηξηνο Γηαθνζηέξγνπ, Γεκήηξηνο Ιαγθάλεο, Ἠιίαο Κατλαο.
1984-2009
Γεψξγηνο Θαξαηαζᾶο, Γεκήηξηνο Ληθνιηᾶο, Γεκήηξηνο Γθιαβᾶο, Γεκήηξηνο
Ἀλαζηαζηάδεο, Γεκήηξηνο Γηαθνζηέξγνπ, Γεκήηξηνο Ιαγθάλεο, Ξξεζβπηέξα
Θπξηαθή.
Mixed Choir 1961
Left Chanters 1994
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Prophet Elias Chanters 1989
Prophet Elias Chanters. Agape Vespers 2009
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SEXTONS AND ALTAR HELPERS

Dimitrios Glavas, Panagiotis Orphanou, Evangelos Aktapodas, Petros
Moustrides, Georgios Kanakari, Dimitrios Diakostergou, Klimis Klimentou,
Diamantis Diamantopoulos, Aristotelis Pizimolas.
ΛΔΝΘΝΟΝΗ & ΒΝΖΘΝΗ

Γεκήηξηνο Γθιαβᾶο, Ξαλαγηψηεο ὆ξθαλνῦ, Δὐάγγεινο Ἀθηαπνδᾶο, Ξέηξνο
Κνπζηξίδεο, Γεψξγηνο Θαλαθάξεο, Γεκήηξηνο Γηαθνζηέξγνπ, Θιήκεο
Θιεκέληνπ, Γηακαληήο Γηακαληφπνπινο, Ἀξηζηνηέιεο Ξηδήκνιαο.
Altar and wall iconography from within the Sanctuary
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The First 25 Years
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THE FIRST FIVE YEAR PERIOD

1959 – 1984
THE FOUNDATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND PARISH

The idea of the establishment of a Community, Church and Modern Greek
language schools in the eastern suburb of Norwood (Adelaide, South Australia),
was nurtured during the time of Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand
Theophylactos (Papathanasopoulos). In 1958, Metropolitan Theophylactos lost
his life in a car accident. Following his tragic death, and in the beginning of 1959,
the Greek-Australian residents of Norwood and eastern suburbs, formed a
committee and actively organised local meetings in order to realise their
aspirations.
PRELACY OF HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP EZEKIEL

TSOUKALAS
His Eminence Ezekiel Tsoukalas was elected as the new Metropolitan of
Australia and New Zealand on 29 April 1959. On 1 September the same year
the Metropolitinate of Australia was elevated to the rank of Archdiocese,
simultaneously elevating His Eminence’s title to Archbishop.
Upon His Eminence’s arrival in Australia the Committee and Parish informed
Him in writing about their plans for the establishment of a Community, Church
and Greek language school, and requested His Eminence’s blessing and approval
to proceed with its establishment. During His visit to Adelaide on 24 July 1959,
His Eminence met with the Committee and discussed the matter. His Eminence
was informed of the wishes and aspirations of the Greek Orthodox faithful who
were living in Norwood and the surrounding eastern suburbs. After much
deliberation, His Eminence applauded all for their admirable initiative and
concern for the spiritual welfare of the Hellenic people residing in the eastern
suburbs.
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FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING

The first Executive Committee meeting was held on 1 August 1959 at which the
following office bearers were elected. President - Mr Antoine M Kiosoglous,
Vice-President - Emmanuel Stouppos, Secretary - Dimosthenis Axarlis,
Treasurer - Stylianos Langanis. The remaining members were Mr John Kapetas,
Mr Savvas Mastrosavvas, Mr Antonis Patsalos and Mr Dimitrios Glavas. Mr Ilias
Langanis had offered 500 Australian pounds towards the construction of the
church and at this meeting it was decided that the proposed new Church be
dedicated to the Holy Prophet Elias the Thesvite.
The Executive Committee notified His Eminence Archbishop Ezekiel of

Australia of this and He responded in writing granting His approval and blessing
for the construction of a Church dedicated to the Holy Prophet Elias, and the
operation of a Greek School. His Eminence further approved the name “Greek
Orthodox Community Eastern Suburbs of Adelaide, Prophet Elias.”
THE FIRST DIVINE LITURGY

The first Divine Liturgy of the Community was officiated by Reverend Father
Miltiades Chryssavgis, on Sunday 8 November on the feast-day of the Synaxis of
the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. This took place in the Norwood Scout Hall
situated at Fisher Street, Norwood. Whilst the Scout Hall was used for holding
Divine Liturgies and other religious purposes the housing of all Holy Sacraments
and paraphernalia were temporarily stored in a room provided by the Anglican
Church of Saint Bartholomew adjoining our Church and car-park. On certain
special occasions the Saint Bartholomew Parish Hall was also utilised for Divine
Liturgy purposes.
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MILESTONE DATES
On 22 November 1959, His Eminence Archbishop Ezekiel performed the
Sanctification of Water and Foundation Stone services. commonly known as the
ground-breaking ceremony.
Ground-Breaking Ceremony
On 7 January 1960, the Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet

Elias, Norwood and Eastern Suburbs Inc. was officially registered in law when
the Office for Consumer Affairs registered it as an incorporated body.
On 17 January 1960, the first General Meeting was convened in the Norwood
Scout Hall with some 80 faithful being present.
On 22 January 1960, the Executive Committee reached agreement with the

architect and building contractors for the construction of the Church building.
Work commenced soon after.
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Construction of first Church
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On 20 July 1960, the feast-day of the patron Saint Prophet Elias the Thesvite,
was celebrated for the first time in the newly built Church.
The first Church
A baptism conducted by Father Miltades 1962. Godfather Nick Panagiotopoulos
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Father Theodoros conducting a baptism. Godmother- Mrs Despina Langanis. Right: Sexton Dimitrios Glavas
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CONSTRUCTION OF PARISH HALL

In 1963 the first Parish Hall which was located at the rear of the Church was
built. The design and documentation was prepared by architect Steve K Louizou
(Lewis) and the building was erected by volunteers under the direction of
Christos Kyriakou.
PATRIARCHAL EXARCH IAKOVOS OF PHILADELPHIA

During the period of Father Theodoros Stamatopoulos’ service there were
many changes to the positions of Hierarchs in Australia. In 1968 His Eminence
Archbishop Ezekiel resigned from His office for health reasons. This event,
coupled with many other issues surrounding a growing Greek Australian – New
Zealand Orthodox Church gave rise to the arrival of the Patriarchal Exarch His
Eminence Iakovos of Philadelphia. His Eminence was sent by the Ecumenical
Patriarchate to asses and help resolve certain issues regarding the Archdiocese.
In January 1970 by decree of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate the
New Metropolitinate of New Zealand was established in Wellington. Bishop
Dionysios of Nanzianzos, previously an assistant bishop in Australia, was elected
the first Metropolitan. In September 1970 His Eminence Archbishop Ezekiel was
re-elected as the Archbishop of Australia and remained in this position until
August 1974.
Exarch Iakovos of Philadelphia with members of the Executive Committee
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PRELACY OF HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP STYLIANOS

OF AUSTRALIA
On 3 February 1975 the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
unanimously elected His Eminence Metropolitan Stylianos Harkianakis of
Militoupolis as Archbishop of Australia and Exarch of all Oceania. The
enthronement of the new Archbishop took place in the Cathedral of the
Annunciation of the Virgin Mary in Sydney on 26 April 1975 being the feast day
of St Lazarus.
Despite the many events which occurred in the Greek Orthodox Church of
Australia during this period, the operation of the Community and Parish under
the vicarship of Father Theodoros Stamatopoulos was unaffected. Father
Theodoros remained at the community until September 1976 when for health
reasons he returned to Greece. During this period and under the presidency of
Markos Milios it was decided at an Annual General Meeting that the Community
of Prophet Elias be renamed Community and Parish of Prophet Elias. The necessary
changes were made to the Community’s constitution under the guidance of Mr
John A Kiosoglous. The official title of our community was renamed to Greek
Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet Elias, Norwood and Eastern Suburbs
Incorporated.
Fr Theodoros conducting the marriage of Vasilios and Kalliope Anargyros
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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED

The desire of the migrants for their children to learn and maintain their
language and culture resulted in the establishment of a Greek School. The
teachers who taught at the various campuses during this period were Reverend
Father Theodore Stamatopoulos, Nina Zille, John Kalyvas, Efthymios Sorvanis,
Nick Kalogerinis, Georgia Mareolo, Irene Kontopoulos, Avgi Nathanael,
Dimitrios Hassouros, Panagoula Karatassas, Antonia Konstantinidou and
Panagiotis Psorakis.
Sunday School was provided by the Parish and Community and the instructors
during this time were John Kiosoglous, Chryssi Kiosoglous, John Kapetas,
Ekaterina Panagiotopoulos and Nick Panagiotopoulos.
In response to the need of the Community, a Greek Orthodox Youth Group

and Scouts were established. They participated and assisted in organising
various activities including excursions and dances.
In order to support community members in need, the Ladies Philoptohos

Committee was formed and provided philanthropic services such as hospital
visits, home support, fundraising and afternoon teas. The members of the ladies
Philoptohos during this time included Frosso Stouppos, Anna Protopapas,
Chryssi Palassis, Margaro Moustridou, Lucy Papageorge, Nomiki Stouppos, Rita
Protopapas, Vasilia Protopapas. Chryssi Papageorge, Irene Peglis, Michalakena
Kiosoglous, Maria Maroulis, Isodia Nikolias, Anna Orfanos, Maria Karatassas,
Anastasia Diakostergou, Georgia Xenophou, Barbara Pizimolas, Despina
Langanis, Eleni Langanis and Nina Zille.
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Fr Miltiades with members of the Ladies Philoptohos Committee 1960
Prophet Elias Sunday School picnic 1965
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CAPITAL EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENTS

From the date of establishment and continuing to date successive Executive
Committees have worked with enthusiasm to acquire the properties that now
form part of the success of the Community and Parish. These are as follows
1959: 87 Beulah Road, Norwood was purchased under the presidency of Mr

Antoine M Kiosoglous and is the site upon which the first Church of Prophet
Elias stood.
Anthony Patsalos and served as a Parochial House.
1976: 81 Beulah Road, Norwood was purchased during the presidency of Mr
Anthony Patsalos.
Stylianos Langanis.
The three properties situated at 81, 83 and 85 Beulah Road now form the
current car park which was established in 1989 and provides a much needed
facility for the Parish’s growing needs.
1982: 89 Beulah Road, Norwood was purchased and rented for about three
years and in 1985 it was subdivided. A portion of the land was added to the
Church property to assist with the entrance and exit of the faithful for Religious
festivals, Church services and functions. The remainder inclusive of the house
thereon was subsequently sold.
1990: 42 Sheldon St Norwood was purchased and rented until 1998 when the
back portion of the land was subdivided to be part of the car park area and the
balance inclusive of the residence thereon was sold in December 1998.
With the departure of Father Theodoros Stamatopoulos in 1977 he was
succeeded by Father Haralambos Stratos, who remained as Rector of the
Community and Parish until 1984. During that year louvres were installed to
the Church windows to provide shade from direct sunlight.
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ΕΙΚΟ΢ΙΠΕΝΣΑΕΣΗΡΙΔΑ
1959-1984
ΗΓΟ΢ΠΖ
Ἡ ἰδέα ηῆο ἱδξχζεσο Θνηλφηεηνο, ἖θθιεζίαο θαί ἑιιεληθῶλ ζρνιείσλ ζηήλ
πεξηνρή ηνῦ Λφξγνπλη, ἐθαιιηεξγεῖην ἀπ΄ηίο ἡκέξεο ηνῦ Κεηξνπνιίηνπ
Αὐζηξαιίαο θαί Λενδειαλδίαο θ. Θενθπιάθηνπ (Ξαπαζαλαζνπνχινπ). ὇
Θενθχιαθηνο ἐθνλεχζεη ζέ αὐηνθηλεηηζηηθφ δπζηχρεκα ηφ 1958. Ἀκέζσο κεηά
ηφλ ζάλαηφ ηνπ θαί ἰδηαηηέξσο ζηίο ἀξρέο ηνῦ 1959, ἄξρηζαλ λά ιακβάλνπλ
ρψξα ζπγθεληξψζεηο ζέ δηάθνξεο νἰθίεο ὁκνγελῶλ ηῆο πεξηνρῆο Λφξγνπλη θαί
Ἀλαηνιηθῶλ Ξξναζηείσλ, πνχ ἀπνζθνπνῦζαλ ζηήλ ὑινπνίεζε ηῶλ ζθνπῶλ
ηνπο. Πέ κία ἐμ αὐηῶλ ηῶλ ζπλεδξηάζεσλ, ἐμειέγε ηφ πξῶην θαί ἱζηνξηθφ Γ.
Ππκβνχιην ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο Λφξγνπλη θαί Ἀλαηνιηθῶλ Ξξναζηείσλ.
AΟΣΗΔΟΑΡΔΗΑ Θ.Θ. EΕΔΘΗΖΙ ΡΠΝ΢ΘΑΙA

Λένο Κεηξνπνιίηεο Αὐζηξαιίαο θαί Λενδειαλδίαο, ἐμειέγε ὁ θ. Ἰεδεθηήι
(Ρζνπθαιᾶο), ηήλ 29ελ Ἀπξηιίνπ 1959 θαί ζηήλ 1ε Πεπηεκβξίνπ ηνῦ ἰδίνπ ἔηνπο ἡ
Κεηξφπνιε Αὐζηξαιίαο, κεηελνκάζζε ζέ Ἀξρηεπηζθνπή θαί ὁ Κεηξνπνιίηεο
Ἰεδεθηήι Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο. Κέ ηήλ ἄθημε ηνῦ λένπ Ἀξρηεπηζθφπνπ, ηφ Γ.
Ππκβνχιην ἐλεκέξσζε ηφλ Πεβαζκηψηαην δηά ἐπηζηνιῆο, γχξσ ἀπ’ηήλ
θαηάζηαζε θαί ηά ζρέδηα ηνῦ Γ. Ππκβνπιίνπ, δεηῶληαο ηήλ ἔγθξηζε θαί εὐινγία
ηνπ. Ρήλ 24ελ Ἰνπιίνπ 1959, ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο ἦιζε ζηήλ Ἀδειαῒδα θαί
ζπλαληήζεθε κέ ηφ Γ. Ππκβνχιην, ηφ ὁπνῖν ἐμέθξαζε ηήλ ἐπηζπκία ηῶλ
θαηνίθσλ ηῆο πεξηνρῆο αὐηῆο. ὇ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο ζπλεράξε ηφ Γ. Ππκβνχιην θαί
ὅινπο πνχ πξσηνζηάηεζαλ γηά ηήλ γεληθνηέξαλ πξφνδν ηῶλ ὁκνγελῶλ ηῆο
Ἀδειαῒδνο.
H ΞΟΥΡΖ EΞΗΠΖΚΖ Π΢ΛΔΓΟΗΑΠΖ

Ρήλ 1ε Αὐγνχζηνπ 1959, ἔιαβε ρψξα ἡ πξψηε ἐπίζεκε ζπλεδξίαζε ηνῦ Γ.
Ππκβνπιίνπ θαί ἔγηλαλ νἱ πξῶηεο ἀξραηξεζίεο, ὅπνπ ἐμειέγε Ξξφεδξνο ὁ θ.
Ἀληψληνο Θηνζφγινπ, Ἀληηπξφεδξνο ὁ θ. ἗κκαλνπήι Πηνῦπνο, Γξακκαηέαο ὁ θ.
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Γεκνζζέλεο Ἀμαξιῆο, Ρακίαο ὁ θ. Πηπιηαλφο Ιαγθάλεο. Ἀπνθαζίζζε δέ λά

ηηκεζεῖ ὁ Λαφο ἐπ’ὀλφκαηη ηνῦ Ἁγίνπ Ξξνθήηνπ Ἠιηνῦ ηνῦ Θεζβίηνπ. Ξξφο
ηνῦην ἐδψξηζε ὁ θ. Ἠιίαο Ιαγθάλεο ηφ ρξεκαηηθφ πνζφλ ηῶλ 500 ιηξῶλ
Αὐζηξαιίαο. Ρήλ 22αλ Πεπηεκβξίνπ 1959 ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο ἔζηεηιε ἐπηζηνιή
πξφο ηφ Γ. Ππκβνχιην, ἐγθξίλνληαο ηήλ ἵδξπζε ηῆο λέαο Θνηλφηεηνο, κέ ηφ
ὄλνκα: «ΔΙΙΖΛΗΘΖ ΝΟΘΝΓΝΜΝΠ ΘΝΗΛΝΡΖΠ ΑΛΑΡΝΙΗΘΥΛ ΞΟΝΑΠΡΔΗΥΛ
ΑΓΔΙΑΗΓΝΠ ὁ ΞΟΝΦΖΡΖΠ ΖΙΗΑΠ» θαί ἐπεπινγνῦζε ηήλ ἀλέγεξζε Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ,
ηηκσκέλνπ ζηφ ὄλνκα ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία, θαζψο θαί ηήλ ιεηηνπξγία ἑιιεληθνῦ
ζρνιείνπ.
H ΞΟΥΡΖ ΘΔΗΑ ΙΔΗΡΝ΢ΟΓΗΑ

Ρήλ Θπξηαθή 8ελ Λνεκβξίνπ 1959, ἑνξηή ηῶλ Ξακκεγίζησλ Ραμηαξρῶλ, ἐηειέζζε
ἡ πξψηε Θεία Ιεηηνπξγία ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο, ὑπφ ηνῦ Αἰδ. π. Κηιηηάδνπ Σξπζαπγῆ,
ὁ ὁπνῖνο κφιηο εἶρε δηνξηζζεῖ ἀπφ ηήλ Ἱεξά Ἀξρηεπηζθνπή ὡο ἱεξαηηθῶο
πξντζηάκελνο. Ἡ Θεία Ιεηηνπξγία ἔιαβε ρψξα ζηήλ πξνζθνπηθή αἴζνπζα πνχ
βξίζθεηαη ζηφ Fisher Street Norwood. Πεκεηψλνπκε ὅηη ρξεζηκνπνηνχζακε ηήλ
πξνζθνπηθή αἴζνπζα θαί ηήλ αἴζνπζα ηῆο Ἀγγιηθαληθῆο ἖θθιεζίαο ηνῦ Ἁγ.
Βαξζνινκαίνπ δίπια ζηφ ζεκεξηλφ πάξθηλγθ, γηά ὅιεο ηίο Ἱεξέο ἀθνινπζίεο θαί
ηά Κπζηήξηα ηῆο Θνηλφηεηφο καο, ἕσο ὅηνπ ἀλεγέξζε ὁ δηθφο καο Ἱεξφο Λαφο.
ΘΔΚΔΙΗΑΘΑ ΓΔΓΝΛΝΡΑ
Ρήλ 22αλ Λνεκβξίνπ 1959, ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο Αὐζηξαιίαο
θ.θ.Ἰεδεθηήι, ἐηέιεζε ηφλ Ἁγηαζκφ θαί ηήλ ἀθνινπζία ηνῦ ζεκειίνπ ιίζνπ.
Ρήλ 7ελ Ἰαλνπαξίνπ 1960, ἔγηλε ἡ ἐπίζεκε ἀλαγλψξηζε ὑπφ ηνῦ Αὐζηξαιηαλνῦ
θξάηνπο ὥο λνκηθνῦ ζψκαηνο ηῆο Ξνιηηείαο Λνηίνπ Αὐζηξαιίαο.
Ρήλ 17ελ Ἰαλνπαξίνπ 1960 ζπλεθιήζε ἡ πξψηε Γεληθή Ππλέιεπζε ηῆο

Θνηλφηεηνο ζηήλ αἴζνπζα Ξξνζθφπσλ ηνῦ Λφξγνπλη.
Ρήλ 22αλ Ἰαλνπαξίνπ 1960, ἀλέιαβε ηήλ ἀλνηθνδφκεζε ὁ Ἀξρηηέθηνλαο κέ ηνχο

ἐξγνιάβνπο ηνπ. Ἡ ἀλνηθνδφκεζε ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ ἄξρηζε ζηά κέζα ηνῦ κελφο
Φεβξνπαξίνπ 1960.
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At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy held in the Norwood Scout Hall a procession of the Orthodox faith-
ful proceeded to the current site for the Ground-Breaking ceremony.
Ground-Breaking service, officiated by his Eminence Ezekiel
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Father Miltades with Chanters Ilias Frangoulis and

The facade of the first Church Panagiotis Toumbas
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Ρήλ 20ήλ Ἰνπιίνπ 1960, ἑνξηάζζε γηά πξψηε θνξά ζηφλ λεφδκεην Ἱεξφ Λαφ ηῆο
Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο, ἡ κλήκε ηνῦ Ἁγίνπ ἖λδφμνπ Ξξνθήηνπ Ἠιηνῦ ηνῦ
Θεζβίηνπ.
AΛΔΓΔΟΠΖ EΛΝΟΗΑΘHΠ ΑIΘΝ΢ΠΖΠ

Ρφ 1963 ὑπῆξμε ἡ ἀλάγθε ἀλνηθνδνκήζεσο ἑλνξηαθῆο αἰζνχζεο. ὇ Ἀξρηηέθηνλαο
θ. Πηαῦξνο Ινῒδνο ηαθηνπνίεζε ηά ζρέδηα δσξεάλ. Ἡ αἴζνπζα ἀλεγέξζε κέζα
ζέ ιίγεο κέξεο κέ ηίο ὑπνδείμεηο ηνῦ θ. Σξήζηνπ Θπξηάθνπ θαί ηήλ ἔλζεξκε
πξνζθνξά ἐζεινληῶλ.
ΞΑΡΟΗΑΟΣΗΘΝΠ EΜΑΟΣΝΠ O ΦΗΙΑΓΔΙΦΗΑΠ IΑΘΥΒΝΠ

Θαηά ηήλ πεξίνδν ἱεξαηείαο ηνῦ π. Θενδψξνπ, ἔγηλαλ κεγάιεο ἀλαθαηαηάμεηο
ζηφλ ρῶξν ηῆο ἱεξαξρίαο ηῆο Αὐζηξαιίαο. Ρφ 1968, παξαηηήζεη ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο
Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο Ἰεδεθηήι ιφγσ ὑγείαο θαί ἀλέιαβε ὥο Ξαηξηαξρηθφο Ἔμαξρνο ὁ
Κεηξνπνιίηεο Φηιαδειθείαο θ. Ἰάθσβνο. Ρφλ Ἰαλνπάξην ηνῦ 1970, κέ ἀπφθαζε
ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο Ππλφδνπ ηνῦ Νἰθνπκεληθνῦ Ξαηξηαξρείνπ, ἡ Λέα Εειαλδία ἀπνζπᾶηαη
Exarch Iakovos of Philadelphia with Adelaide’s clergy and Prophet Elias parishioners in the original Parish Hall
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ἀπφ ηήλ Ἀξρηεπηζθνπή Αὐζηξαιίαο. Ρφλ Πεπηέκβξην ηνῦ 1970, ὁ Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο

πξψελ Αὐζηξαιίαο ἐπαλεθιέγεηαη θαί παξακέλεη ζηήλ ζέζε ηνῦ Ξνηκελάξρνπ
Αὐζηξαιίαο, ἕσο ηφλ Αὔγνπζην ηνῦ 1974.
AΟΣΗΔΟΑΡΔΗΑ Θ.Θ.ΠΡ΢ΙΗΑΛΝY ΣΑΟΘΗΑΛΑΘΖ
Πηίο 3 Φεβξνπαξίνπ 1975 ἡ Ἱεξά Πχλνδνο ηνῦ Νἰθνπκεληθνῦ Ξαηξηαξρείνπ,
ἐθιέγε πακςεθεί ὡο Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνλ Αὐζηξαιίαο, ηφλ Πεβαζκηψηαηνλ
Κεηξνπνιίηε Κειηηνππφιεσο Πηπιηαλφλ (Σαξθηαλάθελ), Ὑθεγεηή ηῆο
Θενινγηθῆο Πρνιῆο ηνῦ Ξαλεπηζηεκίνπ Θεζζαινλίθεο. Ἡ ἐλζξφληζε ηνῦ λένπ
Ἀξρηεπηζθφπνπ, ἔιαβε ρψξα εἰο ηφλ Θαζεδξηθφ Ἱεξφ Λαφ ηνῦ Δὐαγγειηζκνῦ ηῆο
Θενηφθνπ ζηφ Πχδλευ, ηήλ 26ελ Ἀπξηιίνπ 1975, ἀλήκεξα ηνῦ Ιαδάξνπ. Ξαξ’ὅια
αὐηά ηά παλαπζηξαιηαλά γεγνλφηα ηῆο ἗ιιελν-὆ξζνδφμνπ ἖θθιεζίαο, ὁ π.
Θεφδσξνο ἐζπλέρηζε ηφ ἱεξαηηθφ ηνπ ἔξγν ἕσο ηφλ Πεπηέκβξην ηνῦ 1976, ὅπνπ
ἀδηαζέηεζε θαί ἀλερψξεζε γηά ηήλ ἗ιιάδα. Θαη’αὐηήλ ηήλ πεξίνδν κέ ἀπφθαζε
“As many who have been baptised in Christ have put on Christ”
Baptism of Michele Kiosoglous 8 November 1969
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God-Mother Mrs Marika Kourtis
Fr Haralambos conducting the marriage ceremony of Peter and Eugenia Georgopolos
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ηῆο Γεληθῆο Ππλειεχζεσο ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Κάξθνπ Κειηνῦ, ἡ κέρξη ηφηε
Θνηλφηεηα ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία, κεηελνκάζζεη Θνηλφηεηα-἖λνξία, ὅπνπ ἔγηλαλ θαί
νἱ ἀλάινγεο ἀιιαγέο ηνῦ Θαηαζηαηηθνῦ ὑπφ ηήλ ἐπίβιεςε ηνῦ θ. Ἰσάλλνπ
Θηνζφγινπ.
ΓΟΑΠΡΖΟΗΝΡΖΡΔΠ
Πρνιεῖα ἗ιιεληθῆο Γιψζζαο
Ρφ ἑιιεληθφ ζρνιεῖν ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο ἄξρηζε λά ιεηηνπξγεῖ ἀπφ ηφ
1960 κέ πεξίπνπ 100 καζεηέο θαί καζήηξηεο. Θαεκφο θαί πφζνο ηῶλ πξψησλ
κεηαλαζηῶλ ἦηαλ λά κάζνπλ ηά παηδηά ηνπο ηήλ ἑιιεληθή γιψζζα θαί
θνπιηνχξα. Ρφ δηδαζθαιηθφ πξνζσπηθφ αὐηῆο ηῆο πεξηφδνπ ἦηαλ: π. Θεφδσξνο
Πηακαηφπνπινο, Λίλα Είιια, Ἰσάλλεο Θαιχβαο, Δὐζχκηνο Πνξβαλήο, Ληθφιανο
Θαινγεξίλεο, Γεκήηξηνο Σαζνῦξνο, Γεσξγία Καξεφια, Δἰξήλε Θνληνπνχινπ,
Αὐγή Λαζαλαήι, Ξαλαγνχια Θαξαηαζᾶ, Ἀλησλία Θσλζηαληηλίδνπ, Ξαλαγηψηεο
Τσξάθεο.
Θαηερεηηθφ ζρνιεῖν
Ρφ Θαηερεηηθφ ζρνιεῖν ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο ιεηηνπξγνῦζε κέ ηνχο
θάησζη θαηερεηέο: Ἰσάλλε Θηνζφγινπ, Σξπζῆ Θηνζφγινπ, Ἰσάλλε Θαπέηα,
Αἰθαηεξίλα Ξαλαγησηνπνχινπ, Ληθφιαν Ξαλαγησηφπνπιν.
Λενιαία
Ἱδξχζεθε ἑιιελν- ὀξζνδφμνο Λενιαία θαί πξνζθνπηθφ ζῶκα. Ρά κέιε ηνπο
δηνξγάλσλαλ δηάθνξεο ἐθδειψζεηο, ἐθδξνκέο θαί ρνξνχο.
Φηιφπησρνο Ἀδειθφηεηα
Γηά ηήλ ἐμππεξέηεζε ἀλζξψπσλ κέ δηάθνξεο ἀλάγθεο, ἱδξχζεθε ἡ Φηιφπησρνο
Ἀδειθφηεηα. Ἡ Φηιφπησρνο δηνξγάλσζε ἐπηζθέςεηο Λνζνθνκείσλ θαί
ἀλαμηνπαζνχλησλ, θαζψο θαί ἐθδειψζεηο ὅπσο ἀπνγεπκαηηλά ηέτα, πξφο
ἐλίζρπζε ηνῦ ηακείνπ ηεο. Ρά κέιε ηῆο Φηινπηψρνπ θαη’αὐηήλ ηήλ πεξίνδν
ἀπνηειεῖην ἀπφ ηίο θάησζη θπξίεο: Δὐθξνζχλε Πηνχπνπ, Ἄλλα Ξξσηφπαπα,
Σξπζῆ Ξαιάζε, Καξγαξῶ Κνπζηξίδνπ, Ινπθία Ξαπαγεσξγίνπ, Λνκηθή Πηνχπνπ,
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Father Theodoros with parishioners at a luncheon
Greek School students dressed in Greek traditional costumes
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Οίηα Ξξσηφπαπα, Βαζηιεία Ξξσηφπαπα, Σξπζῆ Ξαπαγεσξγίνπ, Δἰξήλε Ξεγιῆ,

Κηραιάθελα Θηνζφγινπ, Σξπζῆ Καξνχιε, Δἰζνδία Ληθνιηᾶ, Κειαλία
Γελλεκαραιηφηε, Σξπζάλζε Ρζακπαξιῆ, Γέζπνηλα Ρζακπαξιῆ, Ἄλλα ὆ξθαλνῦ,
Καξία Θαξαηαζᾶ, Ἀλαζηαζία Γηαθνζηέξγνπ, Γεσξγία Μελνθνῦ, Βαξβάξα
Ξηδήκνια, Γέζπνηλα Ιαγθάλε, ἗ιέλε Ιαγθάλε, Λίλα Είιια.
ΠΖΚΑΛΡΗΘΖ ΔΞΔΘΡΑΠΖ ΘΑΗ ΒΔΙΡΗΥΠΔΗΠ

Ἀγνξά ἀξηζκφο 87 Beulah Road Norwood
Ρφ 1959 ὑπφ ηήλ πξνεδξία ηνῦ θ. Ἀλησλίνπ Θηνζφγινπ ἔγηλε ἡ ἀγνξά

ηῆο νἰθίαο 87 Beulah Road, Norwood. Πηφ νἰθφπεδν αὐηῆο ηῆο ἀγνξᾶο,
ἀλνηθνδνκήζεη ὁ πξῶηνο Ἱεξφο Λαφο.
Θαηά ηά ηέιε ηνῦ 1962 ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Ἀλησλίνπ Ξαηζάινπ, ηφ Γ.

Ππκβνχιην πξνέβε ζηήλ ἀγνξά ηῆο πξψηεο νἰθίαο ζηφ 83 Beulah Road ζηήλ
ζέζε ηνῦ ζεκεξηλνῦ Car Park, ὅπνπ γηά ζεηξά ἐηῶλ ἐρξεζηκνπνηεῖην γηά θαηνηθία
ηνῦ π. Θενδψξνπ Πηακαηνπνχινπ, ἀιιά θαί γηά ἀξρνληαξίθη πνιιῶλ ἐθ ηῶλ
εὐιαβῶλ πξνζθπλεηῶλ.

Πηίο ἀξρέο ηνῦ 1976 θαί κέ ηήλ ὑπνζηήξημε ηῶλ εὐιαβῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ, ηφ Γ.
Ππκβνχιην πξνέβε ζηήλ ἀγνξά ηῆο νἰθίαο ἀξηζκφο 81, ἡ ὁπνία ἦηαλ δίπια ζηήλ
αἴζνπζα ηῆο Ἀγγιηθαληθῆο ἖θθιεζίαο.

Κέ ηήλ ἄθημε ηνῦ π. Σαξαιάκπνπο θαί ζηφ δηάζηεκα ἑλφο ἔηνπο, δειαδή ζηφ
ηέινο ηνῦ 1977, ηφ Γ. Ππκβνχιην πξνέβε ζηήλ ἀγνξά ηῆο νἰθίαο ἀξηζκφο 85, ἡ
ὁπνία ἦηαλ θαί ηφ κεγαιχηεξν ἐκπφδην, δηφηη εὑξηζθφηαλ δίπια ἀπφ ηφλ Ἱεξφ
Λαφ καο. Κέ ηήλ ἐλέξγεηα αὐηή, ἐβειηηψζε ζεκαληηθά ἡ θίλεζε ηῶλ πηζηῶλ
θαηά ηίο δηάθνξεο ἐθδειψζεηο θαί Ἱεξέο ἀθνινπζίεο ηῆο ἖θθιεζίαο καο. Θαηά
ηήλ δηάξθεηα δχν ἐηῶλ θαί ζπγθεθξηκέλα ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Πηπιηαλνῦ
Ιαγθάλε, κέ πξνζσπηθή ἐξγαζία ηῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ καο, ἔιαβε ρψξα ηφ θαζάξηζκα,
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ηφ γέκηζκα θαί ἰζνπέδσκα ηῶλ νἰθνπέδσλ θαί ζηήλ ζπλέρεηα ἔγηλε ἡ

ἀζθαιηφζηξσζε.
Ἀγνξά νἰθίαο ἀξηζ. 89

Ρφ 1982, ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Βαζηιείνπ Ραιηαληδῆ, ιφγσ πεξηνξηζκέλνπ ρψξνπ
ζηήλ ἀλαηνιηθή πιεπξά ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ, ηφ Γ. Ππκβνχιην ἀλαγθάζηεθε,
παξ’ὅιε ηήλ νἰθνλνκηθή δπζρέξεηα, λά ἀγνξάζεη ηήλ νἰθίαλ κέ ἀξηζκφ 89.
Θαηφπηλ θφπσλ θαί ἐζεινληηθῆο ἐξγαζίαο, ἐπηδηνξζψζε ηφ νἴθεκα, ηφ ὁπνῖν ἔγηλε
θαηνηθήζηκν. ἖λνηθηάζζε, ἐθ’ὅζνλ κεηαθέξζεζαλ ηά ζχλνξα θαί δεκηνπξγήζε
ἀξθεηφο ρῶξνο γηά ηήλ πεξηθνξά ηνῦ ἖πηηαθίνπ, θαζψο θαί ηήλ εὐθνιψηεξε
θίλεζε ηνῦ ἐθθιεζηάζκαηνο γχξσζελ ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ. Ξαξάιιεια
ηνπνζεηήζεθαλ γξίιηεο ζηά παξάζπξα γηά ηήλ πξνζηαζία ηῶλ θαζηζκάησλ ηνῦ
Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ ἀπφ ηφλ ἥιην. Ξξφο ηφ ηέινο αὐηῆο ηῆο ἱζηνξηθῆο πεξηφδνπ ηῆο
Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο θαί ζηίο ἀξρέο ηνῦ 1984, δεκηνπξγήζεθαλ ἀζχκθνξεο
γηά ηήλ πξφνδν ηῆο ἖λνξίαο-Θνηλφηεηνο θαηαζηάζεηο, ὅπνπ ηειηθά μεπεξάζηεθαλ
ἐπηηπρῶο.
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Second 25 Years
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Second Twenty Five Years Period

1984 - 2009
The arrival of Father Stavros Psaromatis in April 1984 saw the beginning of a
new epoch in the life of the Community and Parish of Prophet Elias, Norwood.
Father Stavros had almost 16 years experience in the Christian Orthodox
movement in Sydney which was responsible for the organisation and promotion
of Sunday school lessons, youth groups, camps and Orthodox Spiritual activities.
Within months of his arrival, Father Stavros instituted systematic catechism for
children and adults in both English and Greek, conducted weekly bible study
meetings, and began screening religious and social films.
He also established an editorial Committee which instituted a weekly booklet,

The Word of God which contains in both Greek and English an explanation of the
Sunday Sermon as well as community and social news relevant to the Parish and
Community.
With the blessing of the Holy Archdiocese, the Community became responsible
for the Orthodox Chaplaincy at the University of Adelaide and the weekly radio
program The Church is With You. The Community and Parish also participated in
meetings with the World Council of Churches and visited Orthodox prisoners
in South Australian jails. The Ladies Philoptohos Auxiliary became more active
visiting hospitals, mental institutions and nursing homes and participated in talks
and seminars with topics specifically related to Health, Worship and the
Orthodox Faith. They also established a successful annual Book and Icon
Exhibition which is opened by a prominent person. Bilingual texts are sold, such
as Holy Bibles, Divine Liturgy and many other service and Orthodox books. As
well as a large variety of holy icons. These are purchased from Sydney, America
and Greece.
English Divine Liturgy and bilingual sermons, regular night vigils, and annual
advent Divine Liturgies commenced and are continuing to be. The annual feast
days of Prophet Elias, St Nicholas, Dormition of the Theotokos and Holy
Archangels are celebrated with vigils, Holy Unctions, and Litanies. An annual
programme of these events, including other functions, are printed and
distributed at the beginning of each year for the convenience of the
parishioners.
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Father Stavros had undertaken the position of Principal of the Greek School
and with the help of the Executive Committee combined ten existing campuses
into two for reasons of efficiency and practicality.
In order for all the above to take place there was a great need for the creation
of sub committees. Without the help of all the volunteers, including those in the
Executive and Philoptohos Committees, many of these programs and events
would not have occurred.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

During this period, along with the existing community programs the following
programs and activities were introduced
 Bi-lingual sermons, speeches, seminars and weekly community news
magazine
 Hospital, nursing home, prison and other institution visits
 Holy services in English
 Advent Divine Liturgies and monthly Vigils
 Weekly Greek Radio program
 Orthodox Chaplaincy at the University of Adelaide
 Book and Icon Exhibitions
 Lending library and sale of Orthodox books and worship items
 Religious and Social film screenings
 Christmas function and Christmas carols
 Orthodox Christian Sporting Teams
 Newly structured catechism for all ages
 Structured Modern Greek language programs
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PLANS FOR A LARGER CHURCH AND NEW

COMMUNITY CENTRE
Due to the increase in parishioner membership and the general demands of the
growing Parish – Community there was increasing interest for the construction
of a larger Church and new Community Centre. The building designers Mr
Gregory and Mr Arthur Kalyvas together with engineer Mr Zissis Ginos
prepared the design and documentation. In June 1984, under the presidency of
Mr George Karatassas, the Executive Committee submitted the development
application to the Norwood, Payneham and St Peters Council.
His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, officially approved the construction of the

new Church and Community Centre on 12 August 1985.
As a result of ongoing consultations with Norwood, Payneham and St Peters

Council, many amendments were made to the original plans and finally in
August 1985 Council indicated it would approve the final design. Instead
Council chose to reject the application. The Community however ultimately
succeeded when on 20 January 1986 the Court of Appeal granted Development
Approval.
25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

The first official milestone anniversary celebrating the first 25 years of
establishment was held on 20 October 1984. Among the distinguished guests,
were His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, the Honourable John Bannon MP
Premier of South Australia, the Honourable Greg Crafter MP Minister for
Education and the Honourable Kostas Karabetsis Consul-General of Greece in
South Australia. The anniversary cake was cut by His Eminence Archbishop
Stylianos who blessed the banquet and spoke favourably to all present regarding
the progress of the Community and Parish of Prophet Elias.
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COMMENCEMENT OF BUILDING WORKS –
FIRST DIVINE LITURGY

On 19 October 1986, the Sanctification of the Water was performed and the
foundation stone was laid. The late Konstantinos Dimas with his children laid
the foundation and concrete floor. The Executive Committee together with the
following builders, assistants and their children, worked tirelessly to construct
the walls of the new church: Basil Ikonomopoulos, Dimitrios Tsalavoutas,
George Zervas, Evangelos Nikolias, Peter Aspiotis, George Ikonomopoulos,
Stavros Grafiadel, Dimitrios Rekkas, Trevor Stamatopoulos, Christos
Christopoulos, Kon Mazomenos and Argyrios Droussas. Hercules Beroukas
along with his bulldozer and assisted by numerous volunteers, cleaned the
building site and the newly constructed Church. The whole of the building
works were completed within one month, paving the way for the first Divine
Liturgy to be celebrated in the new Church on Sunday 1 February 1987.
SALE OF PROPERTY
As a result of the expenses incurred by the development of the Church,
coupled with ever increasing interest rates the Community had difficulties in
repaying the $250,000 loan. With this in mind the Executive Committee along
with the co-operation of the Holy Archdiocese decided to sell the property at
89 Beulah Road. The property was first subdivided to allow more area between
this property and the Church and it was sold at auction on 29 September 1987,
for $150,200. The sale of the property alleviated much economic discomfort,
and it allowed the Community to carry on with its development process. The
original hall at the rear of the Church was expanded and the new Church was
decorated with new Iconography (Pantocrator, Platytera, Prophets Elias and
Moses), the installation of a Pulpit, wall seating, chandeliers, air-conditioning and
carpet and marble flooring coverings.
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ICONOGRAPHY
The iconographer Mr Efstathios Loupos was commissioned in 1987 to
undertake the iconography of the Pantocrator, Platytera, Prophets Elias and
Moses.
Iconographer Efstathios Loupos working on the Platytera
Members of the Philoptohos and Executive Committee with Efstathios Loupos
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IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER WORKS

In March 1983 air-conditioning units were installed in the former Parish Hall
and the Priest‟s office. At the same time the up-stairs Mezzanine seating area of
the Church was constructed. In December of that year during the presidency of
Mr Theophanis Gontzioulis, the exterior of the Church was painted by Mr
Joseph Thomas who was assisted by Mr Evangelos Georgiou.
30TH ANNIVERSARY
On 4 November 1989, the Community-Parish celebrated its 30th anniversary.
The festivities were honoured and elevated with the presence of His Eminence
Archbishop Stylianos. Other distinguished guests included Honourable Greg
Crafter MP Attorney–General and Minister for Community Welfare
representing the Premier, the Leader of the Opposition Honourable John Olsen
MP, Consul-General of Greece Honourable Dionysios Kountoreas, Mr John A
Kiosoglous SM, Vice- President of the Archdiocesan Council and Mr Basil
Taliangis, Chairman of St Basil‟s Homes. His Eminence congratulated the Parish
and Community for their tireless work and continued progress.
YEAR OF THE FAMILY

In 1994 to mark the International Year of “The Family”, Fr Stavros issued
invitations to all those who had been married in the Church of Prophet Elias, as
well as others to celebrate Family Day. The Episcopal Divine Liturgy was
officiated by His Grace Bishop Joseph of Arianzos, who delivered the homily,
The Family. This homily, sponsored by the Philoptohos, was translated into
English and published as a bilingual book for all Orthodox faithful to read and
understand the importance of the family.
YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Youth group meetings were established and held every Wednesday evening in
the parish hall and Church in three age groups. During 1984 – 1994 some 40
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seminars with topics of religious, social and cultural interest have been held.
Sporting teams such as volleyball, table tennis, soccer and Australian rules
football were formed. The youth participated in frequent confession, Church
life, and Orthodox spirituality. A noteworthy occasion was when the Reverend
Father Nektarios Kellis (later Bishop of Madagascar) of blessed memory, due to
their large number, was unable to confess all the youth in one day and had to
return for a second day.
Volleyball in action outside the old Parish Hall
Youth marching Greek National Day
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HONOUR BESTOWED
On Wednesday 20 July 1994, during the Divine Liturgy of the Feast Day of
Prophet Elias, His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos bestowed upon Fr Stavros ,
the office of “Sakelarios,” for services to the Holy Archdiocese and the
Community and Parish of Prophet Elias Norwood.
Father Stavros receiving the office of “Sakelarios”
COMMUNITY CENTRE
During 1994, serious discussions took place concerning the necessity of building
a community centre to accommodate the ever growing needs of our
Community. At the Annual General Meeting that year it was proposed that the
Community should proceed with preparations of preliminary plans and to
undertake a feasibility study. The general support of the parishioners was one of
enthusiasm. Almost immediately a variety of fundraising functions were held for
this cause.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW PARISH

In 1995 the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese established the Parish of Saints
Raphael, Nicholaos and Irene, Athelstone. The Executive Committee of the new
Parish consisted of former members of Prophet Elias Parish and Community.
CELEBRATING SEVENTY YEARS OF THE GREEK

ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AUSTRALIA
Five members of the Byzantine choir of Prophet Elias participated in the choir
“Saint John the Damascene”, in honour of the 70th anniversary of the Greek
Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. These celebrations took place in Adelaide
during the first week of October 1995. At the same time we celebrated 20
years of pastoral service in Australia by our Primate and Spiritual Leader, His
Eminence Archbishop Stylianos of Australia.
OFFICE OF OIKONOMOS
On Sunday July 20 1996, during the feast day of Prophet Elias, His Eminence
Archbishop Stylianos in recognition of the further contribution of Fr Stavros,
bestowed upon him the office of “Oikonomos.”
PLANNING AND HIS EMINENCE‟S APPROVAL FOR THE

COMMUNITY CENTRE
His Eminence congratulated the members of the Executive Committee and the
Parish in general for their decision to construct a new community centre. On
Sunday 8 September 1996 a fundraising luncheon which was held at the Redlegs
Football Club, Wood Street, Norwood. This was extremely well attended and a
clear profit of $8,000 was raised for the building fund. A similar fundraising
event was held on 1 June 1997 which raised the amount of $9,000.
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PATRIARCHAL VISIT
On 9 November 1996, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
visited Adelaide as part of his Historic tour of the Australian continent. His All
Holiness‟ visit supported the theological phronema of all the canonical
Orthodox churches and elevated Orthodoxy in the eyes of this multicultural
and multi-religious Australian society. Along with the well attended Divine
Liturgy at the Clipsal Powerhouse He also performed the Sanctification of
Water services at the Imbrian House, assisted by Father Stavros Psaromatis and
Father Nicholaos Kolindos. The Imbrian House was purchased by Imbrian
members of our community.
Patriarchal Divine Liturgy
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COMMUNITY CENTRE
Building designer Mr Nick Anargyros was authorised to prepared a number of
concept plans. Assisted by Fr Stavros and community members he entered into
discussions with Council regarding the construction of a suitable Community
Centre. Following numerous amendments to the original design the final
building plans including the engineering documentation of Mr Zissis Ginos were
completed. On 27 May 1997 during the presidency of Mr George Karatassas,
the development application was submitted to the Norwood, Payneham and St
Peters Council. Following a number of delays, Council granted Development
Approval in the first week of August 1997, during the presidency of Mr John A
Kiosoglous.
Towards the end of November 1998, the Priest‟s office, original hall, library,
toilet block and other buildings at the rear of the Holy Church were
demolished. The adjacent Anglican parish of St. Bartholomew assisted during
the construction period by allowing the use of their toilet facilities. On Sunday
6 December 1998 the Ground Breaking ceremony was held in the presence of
the Federal member for Sturt Mr Christopher Pyne MP, The Mayor of
Norwood, Payneham & St Peters Mr Laurie Fioravanti, the Archon Ekdikon of
the Ecumenical Patriachate, Mr John Kiosoglous SM, and other special guests.
Due the high cost of the Community Centre it was resolved that the property
at the rear of the car park namely 42 Sheldon St be sold. This was duly done by
way of auction on 12 December 1998 for the sum of $219,500. The sale
assisted in considerably reducing the debt.
On Tuesday 19 January 1999 the concrete foundations and slab were poured
and everything was prepared for the official laying of the foundation stone.
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FOUNDATION STONE
On Sunday 24 January 1999, in the presence of Ecclesiastical Hierarchs, the
ceremony of the Laying of the Foundation Stone was officiated by His Eminence
Archbishop Stylianos. His Eminence was assisted by their Graces Bishop Ezekiel
of Dervis, Bishop Joseph of Arianzos, and Bishop Seraphim of Apollonias. His
Eminence Archbishop Stylianos assisted by the South Australian Premier Hon
John Olsen MP unveiled the official plaque. During the Divine Liturgy Andrew
Psaromatis was bestowed the rank of Reader. At the ceremony of the
Foundation Stone the sum of $14000 was raised for the Community Centre.
On Monday 7 June 1999 during the presidency of Mr Nick Anargyros the

deliveries of the pre-cast concrete walls of the Community Centre arrived.
Within two weeks the walls were erected into position and work on the roof
structure commenced.
Observers during the Foundation Stone Service for the Community Centre
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Construction of Community Centre
Students visit the construction site
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AWARDS LUNCHEON
On Sunday 12 May 2000, following the Divine Liturgy a luncheon was held in
the Community Centre for the donors and benefactors who offered their
assistance, before, during, and after the construction and furnishing of the
Community Centre. Their contribution was recognised by the granting of
certificates of gratitude to each of those who in some way contributed to the
Centre.
PUBLIC LECTURE
On Saturday 8 April 2000 His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos presented his first
public lecture in South Australia. The lecture was held in the Community
Centre of the Community and Parish of Prophet Elias Norwood with the
subject Sin and Repentance.
CAR PARK FENCING

A working bee was held for the erection of the car park fencing. The
Community and Parish of Prophet Elias Norwood is grateful to the following
people who donated their time and skills on Monday 28 December 2000;
Petros Radimissis, Christos Radimissis, Ioannis Radimissis and Anastasios
Radimissis for constructing the car park fencing, Ilias Lykouras and Fotis
Lykouras for rendering and Joseph Thomas for painting the fence.
YOUTH GROUP REUNION

To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the Australian Commonwealth our
Community-Parish invited all of the past and present members of the Youth
groups for a reunion which took place on Saturday 10 February 2001. His
Grace Bishop Seraphim of Christianoupolis, Christopher Pyne MP, the
representative of the celebrations of the 100 years of the Australian
Commonwealth in South Australia, Mrs Denise Maddigan, the Archon Ekdikon
of the Ecumenical Throne, Mr John Kiosoglous and many other dignitaries were
also present.
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FUNDRAISING
A fundraising luncheon was held on Sunday 22 August 1999 to raise money for
the purchase of new tables and chairs for the Community Centre. The clear
profit from this function was $27,000. The ladies of the Parish who organised
the successful function were, Maria Tsaousoglou, Lucy Nikolias, Despina
Klimentou, Antonia Georgiou, Nina Zille, Nikoletta Marousopoulos, Christine
Vlahoulis and Presvitera Kyriaki Psaromatis.
40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
On 7 November 1999 the Community Centre was officially opened and blessed
by His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos. His Eminence was assisted by His Grace
Bishop Joseph of Arianzos, and other members of the Clergy. The South
Australian Premier, the Hon John Olsen MP, and Leader of the Opposition the
Hon Mike Rann, the Consul-General of Greece Hon Ilias Maltezos, and other
invited dignitaries were also present. As part of the celebratory functions the
Christian Society of Sydney under the guidance of Professor Michael Anthony
delivered five seminars of spiritual and science related content, three lectures
and a play.
THE AFTERMATH
The Community was now confronted to meet with the huge task of repaying
the cost of the Community Centre which amounted to $900,000 in total.
Regular functions and events including weekly activities and constant prayer
were organised so that enough funds were raised to pay the outstanding debts.
During the month of February 2000 the amount of $250,000 was paid towards
this debt.
RETREAT
On Friday 4 February 2000, 40 members of our Youth and Sunday School
groups attended a three day retreat at Victor Harbour. This was successfully
organised by Mrs Eleni Dalkos and Dr Michael Ikonomos.
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PLAYGROUP
A playgroup was established in the beginning of 2001 by Sunday School teacher
Mrs Eleni Dalkos. The Children's program conducted on a voluntary basis was
held in the Community Centre. This initiative conducted over a 4 year period
was well-received by both Greek and non-Greek participants.
AUSTRALIAN HELLENIC MUSEUM

In 1998 and during the presidency of Mr Nick Anargyros the Community
applied for commonwealth funding for a proposed Australian Hellenic Museum
through the Federation Community Project Program. The application was approved
and on 20 February 2001 the amount of $22,000 was received on. A sub
committee was formed for the establishment of a museum and was chaired by
Mr John A Kiosoglous. The museum was completed by late 2001. Its
establishment was completes by late 2001 and on 5 March 2002 the official
opening of the Museum was took place. This was conducted by His Grace
Bishop Seraphim of Christianoupolis and the Federal Minister the Hon Mr
Christopher Pyne MP. The Australian Hellenic Museum (SA) was officially
registered on 2 August 2002.
Australian Hellenic Museum
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REUNION
On the 8 of September 2001 during the presidency of Mr Kostas Dalkos, a
reunion for all past and present members of the Executive, Philoptohos and Sub
committees was held in the Community Centre. Many past members enjoyed a
wonderful luncheon, where they reminisced and relived moments of experience
and workmanship whilst serving the Community and Parish. It was a great joy
to observe judges, lawyers, business people, local government councillors,
teachers, chanters and other members of the Community-Parish co-celebrate
this event with His Grace Bishop Seraphim of Christianoupolis and Father
Stavros.
ICONOGRAPHY
On Tuesday 13 November 2001 during the presidency of Mr Andrew
Psaromatis, and with the blessing of the Holy Archdiocese, discussion
commenced regarding the proposed completion of the Iconography of our
Church. With the proposal of His Grace Seraphim of Christianoupolis it was
decided that Mr John Kaletzis, a reputable Iconographer, undertake the project.
Discussion took place regarding the relative specifications, theological order,
classification and overall appearance. The work commenced in mid 2002 and
was completed in 2005.
SPIRITUAL FATHER
On Sunday 22 April 2001, during the Divine Liturgy His Eminence Archbishop
Stylianos officiated the Divine Liturgy. He was assisted by His Grace Bishop
Seraphim of Christianoupolis. At the conclusion of the Liturgy, Father Stavros
was bestowed the office of “Spiritual Father” (Confessor) by His Eminence.
ELECTRICAL AMPLIFICATION
The existing three phase power supply was insufficient and the installation of an
electrical transformer was required. The cost amounted to $45,000. With the
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personal effort of volunteers and the free installation by Vasilis Coumbaros this
project was completed on 22 March 2003.
PRIEST‟S OFFICE
During May 2003 a general refurbishing of the Priest‟s office took place thanks
to the generous donation made by Mr George, Mrs Georgia and Ms Vicky
Kanakari.
ASPHALTING
On Monday 7 July 2004, the car-park was surfaced with asphalt and within one
week the lines for the car-park spaces were painted. In addition, a new storage
area was erected behind the shed to store various items and tools belonging to
the Community and Parish.
REANACTMENT OF ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES 2004 –

TRAGIC NEWS
On 11 September 2004, the annual school dance to celebrate Father‟s Day was
held. The theme for the function was the re-enactment of the Athens Olympic
Games 2004. Just as the function was ending that night Father Stavros with
intense emotion informed all present of the tragic helicopter crash which
claimed the life of the First Bishop of Madagascar, Nektarios Kellis.
Celebratory cake for the annual Greek School’s Dance 2004
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CLERGY LAITY GATHERING

On Tuesday 26 October 2004, by initiative of His Grace Bishop Nikandros of
Dorylaeon, the Clergy and Laity of South Australia gathered in the Community
Centre. The conference which was chaired by His Eminence Archbishop
Stylianos was attended by all of Adelaide‟s clergy together with representatives
of all the Executive Committees and Committees of Parishes, members of the
South Australian Members of the Archdiocesan Council, the president and
members of the Inter-Communities Council, representatives of the Greek
Welfare Centre, members of the Central Youth Committee, and many other
Greek-Australians.
Official table from the Clergy Laity gathering
COURTYARD ENCLOSURE
On 10 March 2005 a roof was constructed, bridging the Church building and
the Community Centre. Additionally, glass doors were installed at the eastern
end of the enclosure.
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BLESSING OF THE ICONOGRAPHY

On Sunday 9 October 2005 and following the Divine Liturgy, His Grace Bishop
Nikandros of Dorylaeon assisted by Father Stavros and Father Konstantinos
Iana performed the Sanctification of Water service and proceeded to bless the
iconography with Holy Water. At the conclusion of the Church service a
luncheon in the Community Centre was provided for all the Iconography
donors. His Grace praised the donors as well as the iconographer Mr John
Kaletzis, presenting him with a gift.
LENDING LIBRARY
In January 2006, the new lending library of our Community-Parish was
established. It contains many useful, instructive, historical, and theological
books and novels. At the beginning of 2007, the office of the Executive
Committee was completed with all the necessary facilities.
REFURBISHMENT
The encouraging decision of the Annual General Meeting in October 2006
concerning the refurbishment of our Church was followed by a series of
fundraising functions. These functions were organised by the following
dedicated ladies: Maria Sfyrios, Vasilina Tsiaros, Despina Tsambarlis, Ekaterina
Milios, Evangelia Altiparmakis, Despina Milios, Chrysanthi Tsambarlis, Presv.
Kyriaki Psaromatis, Nizza Bourmas, Evagelia Cacas Despina Dimitriou, Eleni
Ikonomou, Chryssi Kiosoglous, Nitsa Palyari, Konstantina Paronis, Eleni
Psorakis, Nina Zille, Maria Gialamas, Irene Toutsis, Anastasia Gogos, Rosemary
Kefalianos, Vicky Kanakari, Bethleem Drakoulis, Gwen Koronis, Eleni Langanis,
Antonia Georgiou, Loukia Orphanou and Nomiki Stouppos. The above ladies,
organized three functions and raised over $140.000 dollars.
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Whilst fundraising was undertaken the new Iconostasis Bishop‟s Throne

Chanter‟s Stands and seating were ordered from Greece. These arrived from
Greece and were installed in the Church by their maker Mr Konstantinos
Zouvelos on 12th June 2008. On Tuesday 20 January 2009 the Church
received 300 seats from Greece.
Organisers of the first function for the Iconostasis
Organisers of the second function for the Iconostasis
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MAJOR CHURCH MAINTENANCE

In January 2008 the painters Mr Joseph Thomas and Mr Gerasimos Lewis with
the help of Mr Leonidas Ikonomopoulos, Mr Haralambos Nikolopoulos, Mr
Tom Manolakis and members of the Executive Committee, painted the interior
and exterior of the whole Church. Mr John Dimoglidis donated the cost for the
purchase of the paint, being $3500. Everyone else involved with the painting
generously donated their time and expertise.
PILGRIMAGE
A party of our parishioners travelled on a pilgrimage from 29 January to 2
February 2008. They visited the Holy Monastery of Pantanassa at Mangrove
Creek NSW. They also visited other Monasteries and Churches in Sydney, as
well as the Theological College of Saint Andrew, the Opera House and other
sites of interest.
Sydney Trip 2008. Parishioners outside the Cathedral of Evangelismos
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PANTANASSA HOLY MONASTERY-FUNDRAISING

With the blessing of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia, the Abbot of the Holy
Monastery of Pantanassa Very Reverend Fr. Stefanos Pantanassiotis visited our
Parish-Community on 9 February 2008. Fr. Stefanos brought a portion of the
Holy Relic of St Haralambos that is kept in the Monastery. Great Episcopal
Vespers, Anoixantaria and Artoklasia were officiated in Prophet Elias Church
Norwood by His Grace Bishop Nikandros of Dorylaeon, assisted by the Abbot
and other Clergy. On Sunday 10 February 2008 being the feast of St
Haralambos the Divine Liturgy was officiated by His Grace, assisted by Very Rev
Fr Stefanos, Fr Stavros, Fr Spyridon Vounassis and Fr Iana. At the conclusion of
the Divine Liturgy, more than 500 faithful shared a meal blessed by His Grace.
The function was honoured by the presence of the Attorney-General and
Minister for Multicultural Affairs Mr Michael Atkinson, the Chairman of the
Ethnic Schools Board of SA and Ekdikon Archon to the Ecumenical Throne Mr
John A Kiosoglous and Mrs Kiosoglous, Dr George Frazis and many others.
The fundraising luncheon was organised by: Presvitera Kyriaki Psaromatis,
Anastasia Pappas, Antonia Georgiou, Georgia Sitaras, Eleni Langanis, Helen
Psorakis, Lucy Nikolias, Mary Anargyros, Maria Sfyrios, Nafsika Pasalidis, Nina
Zille, Nomiki Stouppos, Tsambika Delvizis, Christine Asklipinos. Their efforts
were rewarded with the raising of $40.000 which was donated towards the
building fund of the Holy Monastery of Pantanassa. Fr. Stefanos was
overwhelmed by the outcome and thanked everyone, especially the blessed
Community & Parish of Prophet Elias Norwood.
ELECTRONIC BELLS
In June 2009 „Bagot Bells‟ were fitted in the Church with an electronic bell
system. The computerised control is such that a variety of bell ringing settings
can be utilised for every religious occasion.
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM

In July 2009 a new PA system was installed in the Church. The system has
vastly improved the sound of the Church.
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PHILOPTOHOS MEMBERS
Nomiki Stouppos, Barbara Pizimolas, Eleni Langanis, Despina Langanis, Nina
Zille, Nina Oon, Anastasia Diakostergou, Anna Orfanou, Maria Karatassas,
Georgia Karatassas, Georgia Thomas, Katerina Vlahos, Despina Klimentou,
Mary Anargyros, Antonia Georgiou, Katerina Dandalis, Chryssi Kiosoglous,
Bethlehem Drakoulis, Ekaterina Milios, Toula Petropoulos, Sotiria Mitsos,
Nafsika Pasalidis, Lucy Nikolias, Aspasia Mihalakas, Chrysoula Paronis,
Konstantina Paronis, Chrysanthi Tsambarlis, Despina Tsambarlis, Patricia Lewis,
Areti Milios, Kalliopi Keramidas, Eleni Psorakis, Chrysanthi Spyroulias, Mati
Smernos, Magdaline Kosmadopoulos, Maria Spanou, Martha De George and
Maria Avgenakis.
The Work of the Philoptohos
 Supporting the poor

 Supporting the elderly
 Emergency relief
 Supporting the Church
 Decoration, of the icons, Epitaphios, and Church
 Maintenance of the lending library and the book store
 Presentation of annual book and icon exhibition
 Provision for liturgical items
 Support of the Theological College
 Care of the premises of our Community-Parish.
Activities and Social Action
 Meals
 Dinners
 Breakfasts, afternoon teas, sweets and loukoumathes
 Screening of films
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 Seminars
 Exhibition of Christian books and Byzantine icons
 Hospital visits
 Nursing home visits
 Delivering meals to the elderly
 Hospitality for guests and visitors
 Greek festival
Philoptohos members
Philoptohos members about to serve fish to parishioners
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SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Nina Zille, Eleni Langanis, Ntina Paronis, Ekaterina Vlahou, Madalene
Kosmadopoulos, Michael Ikonomou, Vicky Kanakari, Andrea Sotiriou, Toula
Psaromatis, Maria Mitsos, Eleni Dalkos, Julia Psorakis, Joanna Thomas, Jenni
Kefalianos, Cynthia Psorakis, Dimitra Thomas, Vicky Chakiris, Alexia Salagaras
and Alexia Crocker.
Work of the Sunday Schools

 Annual carols by candlelight
 Singing carols at the homes of parishioners
YOUTH GROUP LEADERS

Rev Father Stavros, Nina Zille, Andrew Psaromatis, Con Psaromatis, Michael
Psaromatis, Cynthia Psorakis.
Work and functions of the Youth Group 1984 - 1994
 Weekly bible studies
 Spread of the Orthodox Christian ethos
 Sacramental life
 Organisation of sports, football, volleyball, table tennis, and tennis
 Excursions: Berri, Renmark, Pt Pirie
 Byzantine music and Christian songs
 English Divine Liturgy
 Screening of Christian and moral films
 Staging Christian plays and dialogues
 Singing carols at the homes of parishioners
 Entertaining functions
 Seminars
 Parish duties
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Outdoor Carols by Candlelight Greek School students performing songs in the old
Hall
Sunday School children and teachers
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GREEK LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

The schools of our Community and Parish have received various awards from
the Ethnic Schools Board of South Australia. At present, our schools have 8
teachers and 150 students.
Greek School Teachers 1984 -

Nina Zille, Rita Ioannidis, Georgia Xenofou, Irene Kontopoulos, Avgi Nathanael,
Chris Kalogeras, George Frazis, Nick Verkos, Stefanos Nikolaidis, Eleni
Sotiropoulos, Ekaterina Georgopoulos, John Georgopoulos, Sam Masteas,
Artemis Damahis, Filia Bakaniozo, Ekaterina Psilakos, Mary Psalios, Effie
Pytharoulis, Maria Bekas, Ekaterina Bekas, Margarita Kavoukis, Eleni
Coumbaros, Patrina Antonopoulos, Maria Spanos, Michael Psaromatis, Ekaterina
Patiniotis, Nikolaos Pashalis, as well as teachers from Greece through the
Greek Consulate.
Greek School Activities

 Schools walk-a-thon
 School Dance
 Greek dancing lessons
 School demonstrations
 Excursions
 School Games
 Commemoration of National days
 School competitions
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Greek School students reciting poems in the Norwood RSL hall
Greek School students at National Day celebrations
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DANCE LESSONS
During the early years the language teachers also taught students Greek
dancing. Later, specialist dance teachers were employed to perform this task.
Today all students at our Greek schools are taught Greek dancing by specialist
instructors.
The instructors for the dance lessons have included Rita Ioannidis, Vasilios
Mouzakitis, George Katsimbris, Corina Matsimanis, Peggy Matsimanis, Katherine
Chakiris and Christine Morias.
Greek Dancing Activities

 Participation in Greek Festival Glenelg
 Glendi and Dimitria Festivals
 Walk-a-thons
 School and parish functions
Greek School students performing Greek dances at end of year Greek School concert
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CLERGY LAITY CONFERENCES

Since 1984, our Community and Parish has been represented at all conferences
Clergy Laity conferences of the Holy Archdiocese.
SEMINARS
Successful seminars have been organised by the Community and Parish. These
seminars have been held to be thought-provoking and of great interest.
Themes include
 Religious
 Ecclesiastical
 Patristic
 Anti-heretical
 Anti-schismatic
 Pedagogical
 Scientific
 Historical
 Social
 Faith, nutrition, and health
PARISH FUNCTIONS
During the early years of the establishment of the Community and Parish of
Prophet Elias, various functions were celebrated in a small hall behind the
Church, in the courtyard under marquees and tents, or by the use of other halls
within the area. From 1999 onwards, the building of the new Community
Centre has provided us with an excellent venue for all the parish‟s functions.
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The official functions of the Parish carried out regularly in the Community
Centre are:
 New Year‟s Eve dinner-dance
 Sunday of Cheese fare luncheon
 Palm Sunday fish luncheon
 Theological College fundraiser luncheon
 Dinner-dance on the Saturday before the feast day of Prophet Elias
 Feast day of Prophet Elias luncheon
 Fundraising afternoon teas for philanthropic purposes
 Fundraiser luncheons to cover the requirements of our Church
 School dance on the first Saturday of September, that coincides with
Father‟s Day
 Screening of religious and edifying films
 Celebration of the Community-Parish Anniversary (second Sunday of
November)
 Afternoon conference with meal, for the discussion regarding the detailed
accounts of the past year for all committees, subcommittees and conveyors
of the Community and Parish and new decision-making.
Annual Prophet Elias dinner dance
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2009 Epitaphios
2009 Book and Icon Exhibition
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5O YEAR ANNIVERSARY FUNCTIONS

At the 2008 Annual General meeting it was agreed that a special organising
committee be formed to organise a series of functions to mark the 50 year
anniversary of our Parish and Community. It was decided that Mr John A
Kiosoglous SM chair this committee. The committee successfully programmed a
function per month throughout 2009.
 The first function was the successful New Years Eve Dinner Dance.
 The second function was the public lecture with the topic The Contribution of
the Church Fathers to the Formation of the Education System of Byzantium given
by Dr George Frazis in the Community Centre on Sunday 15 March 2009.
With great interest this lecture was followed by the Honourable Dimitrios
Hatzopoulos Consul General of Greece in South Australia, Professor
Michael Tsianikas of the Modern Greek section of the Department of
Languages Flinders University and many other guests and people from
across Adelaide and Darwin.
 The third function was the Book and Icon Exhibition which was held on
Sunday 8 March 2009. The exhibition was opened by His Grace Bishop
Nikandros together with His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of SA Mr
Hieu Van Le in the presence of many faithful.
 The fourth event took place from the 10 - 12 of April and consisted of two
plays, two seminars and Christian choir singing from the thirty members of
the Greek Orthodox Christian Society of Sydney under the guidance of Dr
John Psarommatis and Professor Michael Anthony. This was an
unforgettable three day event which was attended by many parishioners and
the wider Hellenic community of Adelaide.
 This year the Agape Vespers held in our Church was also part of the 50 year
celebrations. The Vespers was officiated in the majesty and splendor of the
Holy Resurrection by His Grace Bishop Nikandros of Dorylaeon who was
assisted by all the clergy of the Holy Archdiocese as well as the Orthodox
clergy from other sister Orthodox Churches.
 The sixth function was a very successful theatrical production The Prodigal
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Son which was directed by Mr Kostas Fotiadis. The stage production was
presented in our Community Centre on the 26 June 2009. His Grace
Bishop Nikandros of Dorylaeon, the Honourable Dimitrios Hatzopoulos
and many other distinguished guests were present. It was commonly
expressed that the theatrical production was fantastic. At the conclusion of
the play the audience expressed their desire that the Community should
endeavour to organise a similar event on a yearly basis.
 The sixth event organised was the Prophet Elias Dinner Dance which was
held on Saturday 11 July.
 The celebrations for the Holy Prophet Elias on the 19 and 20 July were also
part of the 50 year celebrations the events included the Great Vespers and
Divine Liturgy which were officiated by His Grace Bishop Nikandros and
assisted by the clergy of the Holy Archdiocese, and the festive Luncheon.
 The eighth event was the celebratory Luncheon held at the conclusion of
the Divine Liturgy on the feast day of the Dormition of the Theotokos, 15
August 2009.
 The Byzantine Music Concert was the ninth function. It was held on Sunday
23 August 2009. This event, the first of its kind in South Australia, is
regarded as being one of the most successful events held by any Greek
Orthodox Community and Parish. The function was also dedicated to
Archon Protopsaltis of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia Ilias Frangoulis
who was the first chanter of the Community and Parish of Prophet Elias
Norwood. The event left the 400 plus member audience mesmerized and
captivated. At the night‟s end, the amazed and tearful audience praised the
Community for the successful evening.
 The Greek Schools dance held on the 5 September 2009 was a great
success. It was the tenth event organised and was memorable for the great
turn out and the cutting of the Fathers Day cake.
 A successful Quiz Night was held in the Community Centre on Saturday 17
October 2009.
 The official 50 Year Anniversary Ball was held on Saturday 7 November 2009
in the San Giorgio la Molara Community Centre. This well attended
successful function included the many invited dignitaries.
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 The culmination of the celebrations was the official Divine Liturgy held on 8
November 2009 and the Luncheon which followed in the Community
Centre.
The organising committee for the 50 Year Anniversary headed by the chairman
Mr John A Kiosoglous and consisting of Mr Kostas Fotiadis, Mr Andrew
Psaromatis, Mr Michael Psaromatis, Miss Cynthia Psorakis, Mrs Jean
Georgopoulos, Mrs Helen Haltis, Mr George Demetriou and Mr Nick
Anargyros are congratulated and praised by the Community and Parish of
Prophet Elias Norwood for volunteering their time and hard work for the
successful organisation of these functions and for the progress of our
Community.
Mr John A Kiosoglous, Father Stavros and Mr Chris Koronis cutting the 50th Anniversary cake at the
Prophet Elias dinner dance
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ΔΕΤΣΕΡΗ ΕΙΚΟ΢ΙΠΕΝΣΑΕΣΗΡΙΔΑ
1984-2009
Κέ ηήλ ἄθημε ηνῦ π. Πηαχξνπ, ἄξρηζε κηά γεληθή πλεπκαηηθή θαί πνιηηηζηηθή
δξαζηεξηφηεηα ζέ ὅινπο ηνχο ηνκε῔ο. Κεγαισκέλνο κέζα ζηήλ xξηζηηαληθή
θίλεζε ηνῦ Πχδλευ κέ πεξίπνπ 16 ρξφληα Θαηερεηηθά ζρνιε῔α, ρξηζηηαληθέο
ὁκάδεο θαί θαηαζθελψζεηο, πξνψζεζε ζπζηεκαηηθά ηήλ θαηήρεζε κηθξῶλ θαί
κεγάισλ κέ εἰδηθά ζέκαηα ζηήλ ἑιιεληθή θαί ἀγγιηθή γιψζζα. Γεκηνπξγήζεθαλ
ρξηζηηαληθέο ὁκάδεο λέσλ θαί λεάληδσλ κέ ἑβδνκαδηα῔εο ζπλαληήζεηο κειέηεο
Ἁγίαο Γξαθῆο. Ἔγηλε πξνγξακκαηηζκφο ἑβδνκαδηαίσλ ἀπνγεπκαηηλῶλ
θεξπγκάησλ ζηήλ ἑιιεληθή θαί ἀγγιηθή. Ππγθξνηήζεθε ἐπηηξνπή γηά ηήλ
ἔθδνζε ἑβδνκαδηαίνπ δηγιψζζνπ Φπιιαδίνπ: «὇ Ιφγνο ηνῦ Θενῦ». Ἄξρηζε
πξνβνιή λεαληθῶλ-἞ζηθῶλ ἔξγσλ θαί ζξεζθεπηηθῶλ ηαηληῶλ ἀπ’ηφ ἁγηνιφγην ηῆο
἖θθιεζίαο καο. Κέ ηήλ ε὎ινγία ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο ἀλέιαβε ηφ ὆ξζνδνμν
παξεθθιήζην ηνῦ Ξαλεπηζηεκίνπ ηῆο Ἀδειαῒδνο, ηήλ ξαδηνθσληθή κεηάδνζε ηνῦ
ζξεζθεπηηθνῦ πξνγξάκκαηνο «Ἡ ἖θθιεζία θνληά ζαο», ηήλ ζπκκεηνρή ζηίο
ζπλαληήζεηο ηνῦ Ξαγθνζκίνπ Ππκβνπιίνπ ἖θθιεζηῶλ θαί ηίο ἐπηζθέςεηο ὅισλ
ηῶλ ὆ξζνδφμσλ ζηίο θπιαθέο ηῆο Λνηίνπ Α὎ζηξαιίαο. Ραθηνπνηήζεθαλ κεηά ηῆο
Φηινπηψρνπ, ἑβδνκαδηα῔εο ἐπηζθέςεηο ζηφ Λνζνθνκε῔ν Ἀδειαῒδνο, γεξνθνκε῔α
θαί ςπρηαηξε῔α ηῆο πφιεσο. Ξξνγξακκαηίζζεζαλ εἰδηθέο ὁκηιίεο θαί ζεκηλάξηα
κέ ζέκαηα ὆ξζνδφμνπ πίζηεσο θαί ιαηξείαο, ἀληηαηξεηηθνῦ θαί ἀληηζρηζκαηηθνῦ
πεξηερνκέλνπ κέ ζθνπφ ηήλ ζεηηθή ἐλεκέξσζε ηῶλ πηζηῶλ καο.
Ξαξάιιεια κέ ηά ρξηζηηαληθά ηξαγνχδηα θαί ηίο ρξηζηνπγελληάηηθεο ἐθδειψζεηο,

ηά θαηάιιεια ἔξγα θαί παηδηθά ζέαηξα, θέξακε Ἁγίεο Γξαθέο θαί ρξηζηηαληθά
὆ξζφδνμα βηβιία ἀπφ ηφ Πχδλευ, ηήλ ἗ιιάδα θαί ηήλ Ἀκεξηθή, ζηήλ ἑιιεληθή θαί
ἀγγιηθή γιψζζα. Ἔθηνηε γίλνληαη κέ ηήλ βνήζεηα ηῆο Φηινπηψρνπ ἐηήζηεο
παξνπζηάζεηο ζνβαξῶλ ἐθζέζεσλ ρξηζηηαληθνῦ βηβιίνπ θαί βπδαληηλῶλ εἰθφλσλ.
Γηά πξψηε θνξά, κέ ηήλ ε὎ινγία ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο, ἔγηλε ἟ εἰζαγσγή ηῆο
ἀγγιηθῆο γιψζζαο ζηίο Ἱεξέο ἀθνινπζίεο θαί ηφ θπξηαθάηηθν θήξπγκα ζέ
ἀκθφηεξεο γιψζζεο. ἖πίζεο γηά πξψηε θνξά ἄξρηζε λά ηειῆηαη ἟ Θεία
Ιεηηνπξγία ζέ κεληα῔α δηαζηήκαηα, κφλν ζηήλ ἀγγιηθή. ἖θδίδεηαη πξφγξακκα
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ὅισλ ηῶλ Ἱεξῶλ ἀθνινπζηῶλ θαί θνηλνληθν-πνιηηηζηηθῶλ ἐθδειψζεσλ ηνῦ

ἐληαπηνῦ, πξφο ἐλεκέξσζε θαί ε὎θνιία ηῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ καο. Ξαξάιιεια γίλνληαη
κεληα῔εο ἀγξππλίεο, ηεινῦληαη ηά ἐηήζηα Παξαληαιείηνπξγα θαί καδί κέ ηήλ
ἐπίζεκε παλήγπξη ηνῦ Ξξνθήηνπ Ἠιηνῦ ηνῦ Θεζβίηνπ, παλεγπξίδνπκε κέ
἗ζπεξηλφ, Ἱεξφλ Δ὎ρέιαηνλ, ἀγξππλία θαί ιηηάλεπζε ηῶλ Ἱεξῶλ εἰθφλσλ, ηήλ
Θνίκεζε ηῆο Ξαλαγίαο, ηνχο Ἁγίνπο Ἀξραγγέινπο θαί ηφλ Ἅγην Ληθφιαν.
὇ π. Πηαῦξνο ἀλέιαβε ηήλ δηεχζπλζε ηῶλ ἑιιεληθῶλ καο ζρνιείσλ θαί κέ ηήλ
βνήζεηα ηνῦ Γ.Π. ζπλέβαιιε ζηήλ ζπλέλσζε ηῶλ 10 ζρνιηθῶλ κνλάδσλ πνχ
ιεηηνπξγνῦζαλ θάησ ἀπφ ὏πνηππψδεηο ζπλζῆθεο, ζέ 2 ἑμαηάμηα ζρνιε῔α. Γηά ὅιε
α὎ηή ηήλ δηνξγάλσζε θαί ηά παξαθνξησκέλα πξνγξάκκαηα, ὏πῆξμε ἟ ἀλάγθε
δεκηνπξγίαο ὏πνεπηηξνπῶλ. ὇ θ. Ἀρηιιέαο Κφξηαο ἔπεμε θαί ζπλερίδεη λά παίδεη
ηφλ ζπνπδαηφηεξν ξφιν ζάλ ζπληνληζηήο ηῶλ ζρνιείσλ θαί ἐζσηεξηθφο
νἰθνλνκνιφγνο ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο. Ξαξ’ὅιν πνχ ηά θαηά πάληα ἄμηα
κέιε ηῶλ ἑθάζηνηε Γ. Ππκβνπιίσλ θαί ηῆο Φηινπηψρνπ, ἐξγάδνληαλ ππξεηνδῶο,
-πνιιέο θνξέο ζέ 24σξε βάζε- ζηφ πιεπξφ ηνῦ Ἱεξέα, δέλ ἦηαλ δπλαηφλ λά
θαηνξζσζνῦλ ηφζα πξάγκαηα δίρσο ηήλ βνήζεηα θαί ζπκπαξάζηαζε ηῶλ
ε὎ιαβῶλ ἐζεινληῶλ ηῆο ἖λνξίαο καο.
Ἀπ’ηφ πξῶην ἔηνο ηῆο ἀθίμεσο ηνπ ὁ λένο Ἱεξέαο, ἔιαβε γλψζε ηῶλ ζπλφξσλ
ηῆο ἖λνξίαο-Θνηλφηεηνο ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία ἀπ’ηφ ὏πφ ηῆο Ξνιηηείαο θαί ηῆο
Ἱεξᾶο καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο ἐγθεθξηκέλν Θαηαζηαζηηθφ καο. Ἀλέηξεμε ζηνχο
δεκαξρηαθνχο θαηαιφγνπο θαί ιακβάλνληαο ὅιεο ηίο δηεπζχλζεηο κέ ἑιιεληθά
ὀλφκαηα ἔζπεπζε λά ηνχο ἐπηζθεθζε῔. Κηά λέα ἀιιά θαξπνθφξα ἱεξαπνζηνιή
ἄξρηζε πξφο α὎ηφλ ηφλ ηνκέα. Ἕλα ηεξάζηην ἔξγν πνχ ὅπσο ζπρλά κᾶο ἔιεγε ὁ
Ἱεξέαο, δέλ ηφ ἔθακε ἐθε῔λνο ἀιιά ὁ Θεφο.
ΚΔΙEΡΔΠ ΓΗA EΞEΘΡΑΠΖ ΡΝY IΔΟΝY ΛΑΝY ΚΑΠ

Κέ ὅια α὎ηά ηά πξνγξάκκαηα θαί ηήλ δξᾶζε πνχ ἀλεπηχρζε ζέ ιίγν ρξνληθφ
δηάζηεκα, ἐθέληξηζε θαί πάιη ηφ ἐλδηαθέξνλ ζηνχο πηζηνχο ηῆο πεξηνρῆο
Λφξγνπλη θαί Ἀλαηνιηθῶλ πξναζηείσλ γηά ἀλέγεξζε ἐλνξηαθῆο αἰζνχζεο γηά ηίο
δηάθνξεο ἐθδειψζεηο ηῆο ἖λνξίαο-Θνηλφηεηνο ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία. Ξαξάιιεια
὏πῆξμε ἀλάγθε ἐπέθηαζεο ἤ ἀλέγεξζεο λένπ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ. Κέζα ζηφ 1984, ὁ
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Ἱεξέαο κέ ηά δξαζηήξηα κέιε ηνῦ Γ.Π. θαί ηῆο Φηινπηψρνπ, ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ.
Γεσξγίνπ Θαξαηαζᾶ, ἔβαιαλ ηήλ ἰδέα ζέ ἐλέξγεηα. Ρά ζρέδηα ἑηνίκαζαλ νἱ Ἀθνί
Θαιχβα θαί ὏πεβιήζεζαλ ζηήλ Γεκαξρία ηνῦ Λφξγνπλη ηφλ Ἰνχλην ηνῦ 1984.
Ρφλ Αὔγνπζην ηνῦ 1985 θαί θαηφπηλ εἰζεγήζεσλ, ηαιαηπσξηῶλ θαί ἀιιαγῶλ
ζρεδίσλ, πήξακε ηήλ πξνθνξηθή ἔγθξηζε ηῆο Γεκαξρίαο γηά λά πξνρσξήζσκε
ζηίο ἐξγαζίεο ἀλνηθνδνκήζεσο.
EΝΟΡΑΠΚΝI ΡHΠ 25 EΡΖΟIΓΑΠ ΚΑΠ

Ξιεξνθνξεζῆο ὁ λένο Ἱεξέαο, ὅηη ιφγσ δηαθφξσλ ἀξλεηηθῶλ ζπγθπξηῶλ δέλ
θαηνξζψζακε λά γηνξηάζσκε ηά 10ρξνλα ἤ 20ρξνλα ἀπφ ηῆο ἱδξχζεσο ηῆο
Θνηλφηεηάο καο, ἐλήξγεζε ἀκέζσο γηά ηφλ ἑνξηαζκφ ηῆο 25ἐηεξίδαο.
Ἡκεξνκελία ἐπηζήκνπ ἑνξηαζκνῦ ἀπεθαζίζζε ἟ 20ή ὆θησβξίνπ 1984.
Ἀπεζηάιιεζαλ πξνζθιήζεηο, ζηφλ Πεβαζκηψηαην Ἀξρηεπίζθνπν, ηφλ πνιηηεηαθφ
Ξξσζππνπξγφ, ηφλ Γεληθφ Ξξφμελν ηῆο ἗ιιάδνο, ηφλ Ὑπνπξγφ Ξαηδείαο θ. Greg
Crafter θαί ἄιινπο ἐπηζήκνπο. Ξιῆζνο θφζκνπ θαηέθιεηζε ηήλ αἴζνπζα ὅπνπ ὁ
Πεβαζκηψηαηνο Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο θαί Ξνηκελάξρεο καο Θ.Θ. Πηπιηαλφο, ε὎ιφγεζε
ηήλ ηξάπεδα, ἔθνςε ηήλ ηνχξηα κεηά ηνῦ Ξξνέδξνπ θ. Γεσξγίνπ Θαξαηαζᾶ θαί
ὁκίιεζε ζπγθηλεηηθά ε὎ρφκελνο γηά ηήλ ἀξρή κηᾶο λέαο πεξηφδνπ πξνφδνπ θαί
ε὎εκεξίαο.
Archbishop Stylianos and the then president Mr George Karatassas at the 25 year Anniversary Dinner
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EΞΗΠΖΚΖ Π΢ΛΔΓΟΗΑΠΖ ΓΗΑ ΡΑ ΡΔΙΗΘΑ ΠΣΔΓΗΑ ΡΝ΢

ΛΑΝY ΘΑΗ ΑIΘΝ΢ΠΖΠ
὇ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο ἐλέθξηλε ηά ζρέδηα λένπ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ θαί Αἰζνχζεο ηήλ 12ελ
Α὎γνχζηνπ 1985. Ρήλ γξαπηή θαί ἐπίζεκνλ ἔγθξηζε γηά ηήλ ἀλέγεξζε ηνῦ λένπ
Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ, ηήλ ιάβακε ἀπφ ηφ ἖θεηε῔ν Ἀδειαῒδνο ηήλ 20ελ Ἰαλνπαξίνπ 1986.
ΡΔΙΔΡΖ ΘΔΚΔΙΗΝ΢ ΙΗΘΝ΢

Ρήλ 19ελ ὆θησβξίνπ 1986 ἔγηλε ὁ Ἁγηαζκφο θαί ἐηέζε ὁ ζεκέιηνο ιίζνο ηνῦ λένπ
Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ. Ἡ Φηιφπησρνο Ἀδειθφηεηα κέ ζπλεηζθνξέο ηῶλ παξεπξεζέλησλ
πηζηῶλ ζπγθέληξσζε ηφ ρξεκαηηθφ πνζφλ ηῶλ $30.000 δνιιαξίσλ.
EΛΑΟΜΖ EΟΓΑΠΗΥΛ, AΞΝΞΔΟΑΡΥΠΖ

὇ ἀείκλεζηνο Θσλζηαλη῔λνο Γήκαο κέ ηά παηδηά ηνπ Ἰσάλλελ θαί Πππξίδσλα,
ἔξξημαλ ηά κπεηά ζεκειίσλ θαί δαπέδνπ. Νἱ νἰθνδφκνη: Βαζίιεηνο
Νἰθνλνκφπνπινο, Γεκήηξηνο Ρζαιαβνχηαο, Γεψξγηνο Εέξβαο, Δ὎άγγεινο
Ληθνιηᾶο, Ξαλαγηψηεο Ἀζπηψηεο, Γεψξγηνο Νἰθνλνκφπνπινο, Πηαῦξνο
Γξαθηαδέιεο, Γεκήηξηνο Οέθθαο, Ρξίθσλαο Πηακαηφπνπινο, Σξῆζηνο
Σξηζηφπνπινο, Θσλ/η῔λνο Καδνκέλνο, Ἀξγχξηνο Γξνχζαο, κέ ηά παηδηά ηνπο θαί
ηνχο βνεζνχο ηνπο. Κέ ηήλ ζπλεξγαζία ηῶλ κειῶλ ηνῦ Γ. Ππκβνπιίνπ, ηνῦ θ.
Ἠξαθιῆ Κπεξνῦθα κέ ηήλ κπνπιληφδα ηνπ θαί πιῆζνο ἐζεινληῶλ, ἔθηηζαλ ηά
ηνηρψκαηα κέζα ζέ ἕλα κῆλα θαί ἐθαζάξηζαλ ηφλ πεξίγπξν ηνῦ λεφδκεηνπ Ἱεξνῦ
Λανῦ.
Extension of old church
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H ΞΟΥΡΖ ΘΔΗΑ ΙΔΗΡΝ΢ΟΓΗΑ

Ρήλ Θπξηαθή 1ελ Φεβξνπαξίνπ, ἐηειέζακε ηήλ πξψηε Θ. Ιεηηνπξγία θάησ ἀπφ
ηήλ λέα ὀξνθή. ὇ θφζκνο ἔκεηλε θαηάπιεθηνο γηά ηά πφζα εἶραλ γίλεη κέζα
ζηήλ ἑβδνκάδα πνχ πέξαζε. Ἔθηνηε, ὅιεο νἱ Ἱεξέο ἀθνινπζίεο ἐηεινῦλην εἰο
ηφλ λεφδκεην Ἱεξφ Λαφ, θαζ’ ὅλ ρξφλνλ ἐγίλνληαλ θαί νἱ δηάθνξεο ἐπηζθεπέο, ηά
ζνβαληίζκαηα θαί ὁ θαιισπηζκφο ηνῦ λένπ πιένλ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ. Ππγθηλεηηθή
὏πῆξμε ἟ θαηαλφεζε ηῶλ ε὎ιαβῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ καο, δηά ηίο δηάθνξεο ηαιαηπσξίεο
πνχ ὏πεβιήζεζαλ θαηά ηήλ δηάξθεηα ηῶλ Ἱεξῶλ ἀθνινπζηῶλ θαί Κπζηεξίσλ ηῆο
἖θθιεζίαο καο. Ξνιιέο θνξέο ὁ Ἱεξέαο καο, ἀλάθεξε ὅηη ὁ Θεφο ηφλ ἔζηεηιε λά
὏πεξεηήζεη ἁγίνπο.
ΝI ΞΟΥΡΔΠ AΓΗΝΓΟΑΦΗΔΠ
Ρέιε Α὎γνχζηνπ 1987 ἄξρηζαλ νἱ πξῶηεο ἁγηνγξαθίεο ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ καο, ὏πφ
ηνῦ ἀεηκλήζηνπ ἁγηνγξάθνπ θ. Ινχπνπ, κέ δσξεέο ηῶλ ε὎ιαβῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ καο.
ΞΥΙΖΠΖ ΡΖΠ ΝΗΘΗΑΠ AΟΗΘΚΝΠ 89 BEULAH ROAD

NORWOOD
Ξαξ’ ὅιε ηήλ ἐζεινληηθή ἐξγαζία θαί ηίο δσξεέο ηῶλ πηζηῶλ, ηφ δάλεηνλ εἶρε
ἀλέιζε ζηίο $250.000 δνιιάξηα. Κέ ηνχο ζπλερῶο α὎μαλφκελνπο ηφθνπο ζά
ἦηαλ πνιχ δχζθνιν λά μερξεσζε῔. Ἔηζη θαηφπηλ ζνβαξῆο ζπδεηήζεσο ηῶλ
κειῶλ ηνῦ Γ.Π., ηῶλ κειῶλ ηῆο ἀλνηθνδνκήζεσο θαί ηήλ ζπλαίλεζε ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο
καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο, ἀπεθαζίζζε λά πσιεζε῔ ηφ νἴθεκα ἀξηζκφο 89. Ρήλ 29ελ
Πεπηεκβξίνπ 1987 θαί θαηφπηλ δεκνπξαζίαο ἐπσιήζε ηφ νἴθεκα ζηήλ ηηκή ηῶλ
$150.200 δνιιαξίσλ. Πηίο ἀξρέο ηνῦ 1988, ἀηελίδνληαο ηφλ ε὎ξχρσξν θαί
κεγαινπξεπῆ Ἱεξφ Λαφ, ηίο ιηγνζηέο ἀιιά ὡξαηφηαηεο ἁγηνγξαθίεο, ηήλ
πξνζσξηλή ἐπέθηαζε ηνῦ Ρέκπινπ κέ ηίο βπδαληηλέο εἰθφλεο, ηφλ Ἱεξφ Ἄκβσλα,
ηά κνλαζηεξηαθά ζηαζίδηα, ηνχο ιακπξνχο πνιπειαίνπο, ηφ ζχζηεκα
θιηκαηηζκνῦ, ηήλ ἐπέθηαζε θαί ηφ πιαθφζηξσην ηῆο πξνζφςεσο, ηφ κάξκαξν
θαί ηφ ραιί ηνῦ δαπέδνπ, ἐλνηψζακε ὅηη νἱ πξνζδνθίεο καο εἶραλ βξε῔ ηήλ
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ἐθπιήξσζή ηνπο. Ἕλα κεγάιν ἔξγν ἐπηηεχρζε. Ἕλα ὄλεηξν ἔγηλε

πξαγκαηηθφηεηα. Ἕλαο πφζνο βξῆθε ηήλ ἐθπιήξσζή ηνπ. Ρψξα εἴρακε ηφ
δηθαίσκα γηά ιίγε ἀλάπαπζε.
EΞΔΘΡΑΠΖ ΡΖΠ ΑIΘΝ΢ΠΖΠ

Ἡ κηθξή αἴζνπζα πίζσ ἀπ’ηφλ Λαφ δέλ κᾶο ρσξνῦζε γηά ηίο ζπλεδξηάζεηο ηῆο
λενιαίαο –πεξίπνπ 100 κέιε- θαί ηήλ πξνβνιή ζξεζθεπηηθῶλ ηαηληῶλ. Πηίο ἀξρέο
ηνῦ 1989, ἀλαγθαζηήθακε λά θάλνπκε κηά δηαπιάηπλζε ηῆο κηθξῆο αἰζνχζεο, κέ
ηήλ βνήζεηα ηνῦ θ. Ἰσάλλνπ Ξαιηάξε.
EΝΟΡΑΠΚΝΗ ΡΖΠ 30 EΡΖΟΗΓΑΠ ΚΑΠ

Ρήλ 4ελ Λνεκβξίνπ 1989, γηνξηάζακε κέ ιακπξφηεηα θαί ἀλάινγνπο
παλεγπξηζκνχο ηήλ Ρξηαθνληαεηεξίδα ηῆο Θνηλφηεηαο-἖λνξίαο καο. Εήζακε
ζηηγκέο κεγαιείνπ, ἁπιφηεηαο θαί νἰθνγελεηαθῆο δεζηαζηᾶο. Ρήλ ἐθδήισζε
ἐιάκπξπλε κέ ηήλ παξνπζία ηνπ ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο Α὎ζηξαιίαο
θαί Ξνηκελάξρεο καο, Θ.Θ. Πηπιηαλφο. Ξαξάιιεια ἐηίκεζαλ κέ ηήλ παξνπζία
ηνπο ηνχο ἑνξηαζκνχο, ὁ ἀληηπξφζσπνο ηνῦ Ξνιηηεηαθνῦ Ξξσζππνπξγνῦ θ.
Greg Crafter κέ ηήλ ζχδπγφλ ηνπ, ὁ ἐληηκφηαηνο Γεληθφο Ξξφμελνο ηῆο ἗ιιάδνο
εἰο Ἀδειαῒδαλ θ. Γηνλχζηνο Θνπληνπξέαο, ὁ ἀξρεγφο ηῆο ἀμησκαηηθῆο
ἀληηπνιίηεπζεο θ. John Olsen κέ ηήλ ζχδπγφλ ηνπ, ὁ Ἀληηπξφεδξνο ηνῦ
Ἀξρηεπηζθνπηθνῦ Ππκβνπιίνπ ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο θ. Ἰσάλλεο
Θηνζφγινπ κέ ηήλ ζχδπγφλ ηνπ, ὁ Ξξφεδξνο ηῶλ ἱδξπκάησλ Βαζηιεηάδνο εἰο
Ἀδειαῒδαλ θ. Βαζίιεηνο Ραιηαληδῆο θαί ἄιινη πξνζθεθιεκέλνη. Θαί πάιη ὁ
Πεβαζκηψηαηνο ὡκίιεζε ζηήλ ἑιιεληθή θαί ἀγγιηθή, ἐπήλεζε ηφ ἔξγν ηνῦ Ἱεξέσο
θαί ηφ ἔξγν ὄρη κφλν ηνῦ ηφηε Ξξνέδξνπ θ. Θσλ/ηίλνπ Κχισλ, ηνῦ Γ.Π. θαί ηῆο
Φηινπηψρνπ, ἀιιά θαί ὅισλ ηῶλ κέρξη ηνῦδε Ξξνέδξσλ θαί ζπλεξγαηῶλ, πνχ
θηινηίκσο θαί ἀληδηνηειῶο ἐξγάζηεθαλ γηά ηήλ παξνῦζαλ πξφνδν.
ΑΓΝΟΑ ΝΗΘΗΑΠ 42 SHELDON STREET NORWOOD

Κέζα ζηφ ἔηνο ηνῦ 1990, ἔγηλε ἟ ἀγνξά ηῆο νἰθίαο βνξείσο ηνῦ πάξθηλγθ, 42
Sheldon St. ὅπνπ θαί ἐλνηθηάζακε γηά κεξηθά ρξφληα. Ἀξγφηεξα πήξακε ηφλ ρῶξν
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ηνῦ νἰθνπέδνπ, ἐπεθηείλακε ηφλ ρῶξν ζηαζκεχζεσο α὎ηνθηλήησλ, ἔγηλε ἟

὏πνδηαίξεζε ηνῦ νἰθνπέδνπ θαί ηφ 1998 πνπιήζακε ηήλ νἰθίαλ.
Commemorative 30th Anniversary cake by Eleni Langanis
ΒΔΙΡΗΥΠΔΗΠ ΘΑΗ ΙΝΗΞΔΠ EΟΓΑΠΗΔΠ

Ρφλ Κάξηην ηνῦ 1993 ἔγηλε ἟ ηνπνζέηεζε ζπζηήκαηνο θιηκαηηζκνῦ ηῆο
ιακαξηλέληαο αἰζνχζεο ὅπνπ ζηεγαδφηαλ ηφ γξαθε῔ν ηνῦ Ἱεξέσο γηά πεξίπνπ
δέθα ρξφληα. Ρήλ ἴδηα ἐπνρή ἔγηλε ὁ ἀκθηζεαηξηθφο Γπλαηθσλίηεο ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ
Λανῦ θαί ινηπέο κηθξνεπηζθεπέο ἐληφο ηνῦ Λανῦ. Ρφλ Γεθέκβξην ηνῦ 1993, ἐπί
πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Θενθάλε Γθνπηδηνχιε, ἔγηλε ὁ ἐιαηνρξσκηζκφο ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ
Λανῦ ἐμσηεξηθά, ὏πφ ηνῦ θ. Ἰσζήθ Θσκᾶ θαί ηήλ βνήζεηα ηνῦ θ. Δ὎αγγέινπ
Γεσξγίνπ δσξεάλ.
ΝIΘΝΓΔΛΔΗΑΘΝΠ Π΢ΛΔΝΟΡΑΠΚΝΠ
Ρφ ἔηνο 1994, εἶρε ἀλαθεξπρζῆ παγθνζκίσο ὥο ἔηνο ηῆο νἰθνγελείαο. Κέ α὎ηή
ηήλ ε὎θαηξία, ὁ π. Πηαῦξνο ἔζηεηιε πξνζθιήζεηο ζέ ὅια ηά ἀλδξφγπλα πνχ εἶρε
ηειέζε ηνχο γάκνπο ηνπο, λά ἔιζνπλ κέ ηά παηδηά ηνπο λά ζπλενξηάζσκε ηφ
γεγνλφο. ἗θαηνληάδεο γνλε῔ο παηδηά θαί ἐλνξ῔ηεο καο, ζπκκεηε῔ραλ ζηήλ
Ἀξρηεξαηηθή Θεία Ιεηηνπξγία ηήλ ὁπνία ἐηέιεζε ὁ Θενθηιέζηαηνο ἖πίζθνπνο
Ἀξηαλδνῦ θ. Ἰσζήθ. Ρήλ ὁκηιία ηνῦ Θενθηιεζηάηνπ γχξσ ἀπ’ηήλ νἰθνγέλεηα,
ηήλ κεηαθξάζακε ζηήλ ἀγγιηθή θαί κέ ἔμνδα ηῆο Φηινπηψρνπ καο ηήλ ἔρνκε ζέ
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βηβιίν ζέ ἀκθφηεξεο γιψζζεο.
ΓΟAΠΖ ΡΖΠ ΛΔΝΙΑΗΑΠ

Ιφγσ ηνῦ α὎μεκέλνπ ἀξηζκνῦ λενιαίαο, ἄξρηζαλ λά ιεηηνπξγνῦλ ηξε῔ο Θχθινη
Ἁγίαο Γξαθῆο. Κέ ηφλ ηξφπν α὎ηφ, ἐμππεξεηνῦληαη ἔθηνηε νἱ πλεπκαηηθέο
ἀλάγθεο ὅισλ ηῶλ ἟ιηθηῶλ. Κέζα ζηήλ πξψηε δεθαεηία, ἔγηλαλ 40 ζεκηλάξηα, κέ
ζέκαηα ζξεζθεπηηθνῦ, θνηλσληθνῦ θαί πνιηηηζηηθνῦ ἐλδηαθέξνληνο.
Γεκηνπξγήζεθαλ ὁκάδεο πνδνζθαίξνπ, βφιευ κπψι θαί πξσηάζιεκα πίλθ πφλθ.
Ἔγηλαλ ὀξγαλψζεηο ἐθδξνκῶλ ζέ ἐπαξρηαθέο πφιεηο θαί ἐμνρέο. Ἡ λενιαία καο,
ἁπαξηηδνκέλε πάλσ ἀπφ 100 ἄηνκα, εἶρε κεγάιε δξᾶζε ζηφλ πλεπκαηηθφ ηνκέα,
κέ ηαθηηθφ ἐθθιεζηαζκφ θαί κπζηεξηαθή δσή, κέ πξνζνρή ζηίο λεζηε῔εο ηῆο
἖θθιεζίαο καο θαί ηαθηηθή ἐμνκνιφγεζε. Ἀλαθέξνκε κφλν κηά πεξίπησζε, πνχ
δέλ πξφιαβε ὁ καθαξηζηφο π. Λεθηάξηνο Θειιῆο λά ἐμνκνινγήζεη ὅια ηά παηδηά
ἀπ’ηφ πξσῒ κέρξη ηφ βξάδπ θαί ζπλέρηζε ηήλ ἑπνκέλε. Α὎ηά, ἕσο ὅηνπ ἦιζε ἟
ἀπφθαζε λά δεκηνπξγεζε῔ ἟ Θεληξηθή Λενιαία.
Youth gathering for a barbecue Youth members helping out with cleaning
chores after a function at the Redlegs
Football Club
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OΦΦΗΘΗΝ
Ρήλ Ρεηάξηε 20ελ Ἰνπιίνπ 1994, ἀλήκεξα ηνῦ Ξξνθήηνπ Ἠιηνῦ ηνῦ Θεζβίηνπ, ὁ
Πεβαζκηψηαηνο Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο Α὎ζηξαιίαο θ.θ. Πηπιηαλφο, πξνρείξεζε ηφλ Ἱεξέα
καο π. Πηαῦξν Ταξνκκάηε, κέ ηφ ὆θθίθην ηνῦ Παθειιαξίνπ.
AΞΝΦΑΠΖ AΛΔΓΔΟΠΖΠ ΘΝΗΛΝΡΗΘΝ΢ ΘΔΛΡΟΝ΢

Θαηά ηφ ἔηνο 1994, ἔγηλαλ ζνβαξέο ζπδεηήζεηο γχξσ ἀπ’ηήλ ἀλέγεξζε αἰζνχζεο
γηά ηίο ἀλάγθεο ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο. Ππγθεθξηκέλα ζηήλ ἖ηεζία Γεληθή
Ππλέιεπζε ηνῦ ἰδίνπ ἔηνπο, ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Θ.Γθνπηδηνχιε, πξνηάζεθε λά
πξνβνῦκε ζέ ζρέδηα θαί θφζηνο. Ἡ γεληθή ὏πνζηήξημε ηῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ καο γηά ηφ
ἔξγν ἦηαλ ἐιπηδνθφξα. Φαίλεηαη ὅηη ἟ ε὎ρή ηνῦ Πεβαζκησηάηνπ γηά ηήλ
ἀλέγεξζε αἰζνχζεο εἰζαθνχζζε ἀπ’ηφλ Θεφ. Κέ ηήλ ἀλαηνιή ηνῦ 1995, κεξηθέο
θπξίεο, δηνξγάλσζαλ κεζεκεξηαλφ γεῦκα γη’α὎ηφ ηφλ ζθνπφ.
ΓΖΚΗΝ΢ΟΓΗΑ ΛΔΑΠ EΛΝΟΗΑΠ

Πέ ρξνληθφ δηάζηεκα ἑλφο ηξηκήλνπ, Ἰνχλην, Ἰνχιην θαί Αὔγνπζην ηνῦ 1995 ἟
Ἱεξά καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπή ἵδξπζε ηήλ ἖λνξία ηῶλ Ἁγίσλ Οαθαήι Ληθνιάνπ θαί
Δἰξήλεο ζηφ Ἄζειζηνλ. Ρφ Γ. Ππκβνχιην ηῆο λέαο ἖λνξίαο ἀπνηειε῔ην ἀπφ
ἐλεξγά θαί κή, κέιε ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία.
ΔΝΟΡΑΠΚΝΠ 70ΔΡΗΑΠ ΡΖΠ IΔΟΑΠ AΟΣΗΔΞΗΠΘΝΞΖΠ

Ξέληε κέιε ηῆο βπδαληηλῆο Κνπζηθῆο ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία ζπκκεηε῔ραλ ζηήλ
ρνξσδία «Ἰσάλλεο ὁ Γακαζθελφο», θαηά ηίο ἐθδειψζεηο ηῆο 70ἐηίαο ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο
Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο Α὎ζηξαιίαο. Νἱ ἐθδειψζεηο γηά ηφ γεγνλφο α὎ηφ, ἔιαβαλ ρψξα
ζηήλ Ἀδειαῒδα ηήλ πξψηε ἑβδνκάδα ὆θησβξίνπ 1995. Ππγρξφλσο γηνξηάζακε
θαί ηήλ ἐλ Α὎ζηξαιία 20εηή πηζηή πνηκαληνξία ηνῦ Πεβαζκησηάηνπ
Ἀξρηεπηζθφπνπ Α὎ζηξαιίαο θ.θ. Πηπιηαλνῦ.
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ΠΣΔΓΗΑ ΑIΘΝ΢ΠΖΠ-Π΢ΓΘΑΡΑΘΔΠΖ ΠΔΒΑΠΚΗΥΡΑΡΝ΢

Ρήλ Θπξηαθή 5ε Λνεκβξίνπ 1995, κέ ηήλ ἀλάδεημε λένπ Γ. Ππκβνπιίνπ, ηά κέιε
πξνψζεζαλ ηήλ ἰδέα ἀλεγέξζεσο Θνηλνηηθνῦ Θέληξνπ. ὇ Γξακκαηέαο θ.
Ληθφιανο Ἀλάξγπξνο ἀλέιαβε ηά πξνζρέδηα. Ρήλ Ρξίηε 14ε Καῒνπ 1996, ἐπί
πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Γεσξγίνπ Θαξαηαζᾶ, ἐμειέγε εἰδηθή ἐπηηξνπή γηά ηήλ ἀλέγεξζε
ηνῦ Θνηλνηηθνῦ Θέληξνπ. Ρήλ Θπξηαθή 20ή Ἰνπιίνπ 1996, ἀλήκεξα ηνῦ
Ξξνθήηνπ Ἠιηνῦ ηνῦ Θεζβίηνπ ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο Α὎ζηξαιίαο
Θ.Θ. Πηπιηαλφο, ἱεξνχξγεζε θαί ἐθήξπμε εἰο ηφλ Ἱεξφ Λαφ καο, ὅπνπ θαί
πξνρείξεζε ηφλ π. Πηαῦξν Ταξνκκάηε κέ ηφ ὀθθίθην ηνῦ Νἰθνλφκνπ.
Ξαξάιιεια ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο ζπλεράξεη ηά κέιε ηνῦ Γ. Ππκβνπιίνπ θαί γεληθά
ηά κέιε ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο, γηά ηήλ ἀπφθαζε θαί ηά ζρέδηα
ἀλεγέξζεσο Θνηλνηηθνῦ Θέληξνπ. Ἡ παξνπζία ηνῦ Πεβαζκησηάηνπ θαί ἟ ζεηηθή
παξφηξπλζε ζηίο ζεάξεζηεο ἀπνθάζεηο ηῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ, ἐλεζάξξπλε ὅινπο καο.
Ρήλ Θπξηαθή 8ε Πεπηεκβξίνπ 1996, ἔιαβε ρψξα ζηφ Redlegs Football Club ἟
πξψηε ὀξγαλσκέλε ἐθδήισζε ὏πέξ ηνῦ Θνηλνηηθνῦ Θέληξνπ ὅπνπ ἀπέθεξε ηφ
θαζαξφ θέξδνο ηῶλ $8.000 δνιιαξίσλ.
EΞΗΠΘΔΤΖ ΡΝ΢ ΞΑΛΑΓΗΥΡΑΡΝ΢

Ρήλ 9ε Λνεκβξίνπ 1996, ἐπηζθέθζε ηήλ Ἀδειαΐδα, ὁ Ξαλαγηψηαηνο Νἰθνπκεληθφο
Ξαηξηάξρεο Θ.Θ. Βαξζνινκα῔νο. Ἡ ἐπίζθεςε ηνῦ Ξαλαγησηάηνπ ζηήλ
Α὎ζηξαιηαλή Ἤπεηξν ἐζηήξημε ηφ ζξεζθεπηηθφ θξφλεκα ὅισλ ηῶλ θαλνληθῶλ
὆ξζνδφμσλ ἀδειθῶλ ἖θθιεζηῶλ θαί ἀλέβαζε ηήλ ὆ξζνδνμία ζηά κάηηα ηῆο
πνιπεζληθῆο θαί πνιπζξεζθεπηηθῆο θνηλσλίαο ηῆο Α὎ζηξαιίαο. Θαη’ α὎ηήλ Ρνπ
ηήλ ἐπίζθεςε ὁ Ξαλαγηψηαηνο, ἐθηφο ηῆο πνιππιεζνῦο θαί ἱζηνξηθῆ Θείαο
Ιεηηνπξγίαο πνχ ἐηέιεζε ζηφ Clipsal Power House, ἐηέιεζε Ἁγηαζκφ θαί
ε὎ιφγεζε ηφ Ἰκβξηαθφ Ππίηη, ὅπνπ νἱ Ἴκβξηνη ἐλνξ῔ηεο καο ἀγφξαζαλ. Ρφλ
Ξαλαγηψηαην βνήζεζαλ ζηφλ Ἁγηαζκφ, ὁ π. Πηαῦξνο Ταξνκκάηεο θαί ὁ π.
Ληθφιανο Θνιίλδνο.
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Bishop Nikandros speaking in the courtyard of the Church of Panagia Mouhliotisa in Constantinople in the presence of His
Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago, Bishop Dionysios of Synadon and other
guests. August 2009
ΠΣΔΓΗΑ ΘΝΗΛΝΡΗΘΝ΢ ΘΔΛΡΟΝ΢ - ΘΔΡΗΘΖ AΞΑΛΡΖΠΖ

ΡHΠ ΓΖΚΑΟΣΗΑΠ
Ρά ζρέδηα γηά ηφ Θνηλνηηθφ Θέληξν ἐηειείσζε ὁ θ. Ληθφιανο Ἀλάξγπξνο ζέ
ζπλεξγαζία κέ ηφλ Ξνιηηηθφ Κεραληθφ θ. Είζζε Γθίλν. Ρήλ πξψηε ἑβδνκάδα ηνῦ
Α὎γνχζηνπ 1997, ἐιάβακε ηήλ ζεηηθή ἀπάληεζε ηῆο Γεκαξρίαο, λά
πξνρσξήζσκε κέ ηά λέα ζρέδηα ζηήλ ἀλέγεξζε ηνῦ Θνηλνηηθνῦ Θέληξνπ.
ΘΑΡΑΘΔΠΖ ΠΣΔΓΗΥΛ ΡΝ΢ ΘΝΗΛΝΡΗΘΝ΢ ΘΔΛΡΟΝ΢

Ρήλ 27ελ Καῒνπ 1997, ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Γεσξγίνπ Θαξαηαζᾶ, ζχκθσλα κέ ηίο
὏πνδείμεηο ηῆο Γεκαξρίαο ἔγηλε ἟ παξνπζίαζε ηῶλ ηειεπηαίσλ ζρεδίσλ. Ρήλ 1ελ
Ἰνπλίνπ 1997, ἔγηλε ἟ δεχηεξε ὀξγαλσκέλε ἐθδήισζε ὏πέξ ηνῦ Θνηλνηηθνῦ καο
Θέληξνπ ζηφ Redlegs Football Club, ἟ ὁπνία ἀπέθεξε ηφ θαζαξφ θέξδνο ηῶλ
$9.000 δνιιαξίσλ.
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ΘΔΡΗΘΖ AΞΑΛΡΖΠΖ ΡΖΠ ΓΖΚΑΟΣΗΑΠ

Ρήλ πξψηε ἑβδνκάδα ηνῦ Α὎γνχζηνπ 1997, ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Ἰσάλλνπ
Θηνζφγινπ, ἐιάβακε ἐπί ηέινπο ηήλ ζεηηθή ἀπάληεζε ηῆο Γεκαξρίαο, λά
πξνρσξήζσκε κέ ηά λέα ζρέδηα. Ἔθηνηε, ηά πάληα ἔγηλαλ κέ ηφλ ἴδην
ἀμηνδήιεπην ξπζκφ πνχ γλσξίζακε θαηά ηήλ θαηεδάθηζε ηνῦ παιαηνῦ θαί ηήλ
ἀλέγεξζε ηνῦ λένπ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ καο.
EΛΑΟΜΖ EΟΓΑΠΗΥΛ
Ρέιε Λνεκβξίνπ 1998, ἔγηλε ἟ θαηεδάθηζε ηνῦ ἱεξαηηθνῦ γξαθείνπ, ηῆο
βηβιηνζήθεο θαί ινηπῶλ πεπαιαηνκέλσλ ρψξσλ ὄπηζζελ ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ θαί ηήλ
Θπξηαθή 6ε Γεθεκβξίνπ ηνῦ ἰδίνπ ἔηνπο, ἔιαβε ρψξα ἟ ηειεηή ἐθζθαθῆο ηνῦ
ἐδάθνπο, παξνπζία ηνῦ Θνηλνπνιηηεηαθνῦ Βνπιεπηῆ θ. Christopher Pyne MP,
ηνῦ Γεκάξρνπ ηῆο πεξηνρῆο Mr. L. Fioravanti ηνῦ Ἔθδηθνπ Ἄξρνληα ηνῦ
Νἰθνπκεληθνῦ Θξφλνπ θ. Ἰσάλλνπ Θηνζφγινπ θαί ινηπῶλ ἐπηζήκσλ. Ρήλ Ρξίηε
19ε Ἰαλνπαξίνπ 1999, ἔγηλε ἟ ηζηκεληφζηξσζε ζεκειίσλ θαί δαπέδνπ θαί ηά
πάληα ἑηνηκάζζεζαλ γηά ηήλ ἐπίζεκνλ ηειεηή ηνῦ Θεκειίνπ ιίζνπ.
ΡΔΙΔΡΖ ΘΔΚΔΙΗΝ΢ ΙΗΘΝ΢ - IΠΡΝΟΗΘΝ ΓΔΓΝΛΝΠ

Ρήλ Θπξηαθή 24ε Ἰαλνπαξίνπ 1999 θαί θαηφπηλ πνιπαξρηεξαηηθνῦ
Ππιιείηνπξγνπ, ἔιαβε ρψξα ἟ ἐπίζεκε ηειεηή ηνῦ Θεκειίνπ ιίζνπ,
πξνεμάξρνληνο ηνῦ Πεβαζκησηάηνπ Ἀξρηεπηζθφπνπ Α὎ζηξαιίαο Θ.Θ. Πηπιηαλνῦ,
βνεζνπκέλνπ ὏πφ ηῶλ Θενθηιεζηάησλ βνεζῶλ ἖πηζθφπσλ ηνπ: θ.θ. Γέξβεο
Ἰεδεθηήι, Ἀξηαλδνῦ Ἰσζήθ θαί Ἀπνιισληάδνο Πεξαθείκ. Ρά ἀπνθαιππηήξηα
ἔγηλαλ ὏πφ ηνῦ Πεβαζκησηάηνπ, βνεζνπκέλνπ ὏πφ ηνῦ Ξνιηηεηαθνῦ
Ξξσζππνπξγνῦ θ. John Olsen. ἖δῶ ζεκεηψλνπκε ὅηη γηά πξψηε θνξά ἐηειέζζε
εἰο ηφλ Ἱεξφ Λαφ καο πνιπαξρηεξαηηθφ Ππιιείηνπξγν κέ ηέζζεξηο Ἀξρηεξε῔ο θαί
ηήλ παξνπζία ηφζσλ ἐπηζήκσλ. Ξαξάιιεια ἀλαθέξνπκε ὅηη θαηά ηήλ δηάξθεηα
ηῆο Θείαο Ιεηηνπξγίαο, ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο ρεηξνζέηεζε ηφλ Ξξσηνςάιηε καο θ.
Ἀλδξέα Ταξνκκάηε ζέ Ἀλαγλψζηε. Θαηά ηήλ δηάξθεηα ηῆο ηειεηῆο ηνῦ Θεκειίνπ
ιίζνπ, νἱ παξεπξηζθφκελνη, ἐπξφζθεξαλ ὏πέξ ηνῦ Θνηλνηηθνῦ καο Θέληξνπ γχξσ
ζηίο $14.000 δνιιάξηα.
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His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos and the Hon John Olsen unveiling the foundation stone for the Community Centre
Π΢ΛΔΣΗΠΖ EΟΓΑΠΗΥΛ
Ρήλ Γεπηέξα 7ε Ἰνπλίνπ 1999, ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Ληθνιάνπ Ἀλαξγχξνπ,
ἄξρηζε ἟ κεηαθνξά ηῶλ πξνπαξαζθεπαζκέλσλ ηνηρίσλ γηά ηφ Θνηλνηηθφ καο
Θέληξν. Κέζα ζέ δχν ἑβδνκάδεο, ηά ηνηρία εἶραλ ἀλαξηεζῆ θαί ἄξρηζε ἟
ηνπνζέηεζε ηῆο ὀξνθῆο. Πηήλ ζπλέρεηα, νἱ ἀλνηθηφθαξδνη θαί θηιφηηκνη ρηίζηεο
πνχ εἶραλ ρηίζεη θαί ηφλ Ἱεξφ Λαφ πξίλ 14 ρξφληα, ἄξρηζαλ ηφ ρηίζηκν ηῶλ
κεζνηνίρσλ. Κέ ξίγε ζπγθηλήζεσο, νἱ ε὎ιαβε῔ο ἐλνξ῔ηεο καο ἔβιεπαλ ηφ ὄλεηξν
δεθάδσλ ἐηῶλ λά παίξλεη ζάξθα θαί ὀζηᾶ.
EKΓΖΙΥΠΖ
Ρήλ Θπξηαθή 22α Α὎γνχζηνπ 1999 θαί ζηφ πέξαο ηῆο Θείαο Ιεηηνπξγίαο, ἔιαβε
ρψξα ζηφ ζθεπαζκέλν πιένλ Θνηλνηηθφ καο Θέληξν, πινχζην γεῦκα ὏πφ ὁκάδνο
ε὎ιαβεζηάησλ θπξηῶλ, ὏πέξ ηῶλ ηξαπεδηῶλ θαί ηῶλ θαζηζκάησλ ηνῦ Θέληξνπ.
Ρφ θαζαξφ θέξδνο ηῆο ἐθδειψζεσο ἦηαλ $27.000 δνιιάξηα.
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ΡΔΠΠΑΟΑΘΝΛΡΑΔΡΖΟΗΓΑ - Θ΢ΟΑΛ΢ΜΗΑ
Κέ κεγαινπξέπεηα ἐλζνπζηαζκφ θαί ἀλάινγνπο παλεγπξηζκνχο, γηνξηάζακε ηά
40 ἔηε ἀπ’ηῆο ἱδξχζεσο ηῆο ε὎ινγεκέλεο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο ηνῦ Ξξνθήηνπ
Ἠιηνῦ Λφξγνπλη θαί Ἀλαηνιηθῶλ Ξξναζηείσλ, θαζψο θαί ηά Θπξαλχμηα ηνῦ
Θνηλνηηθνῦ καο Θέληξνπ. Κέ πξνεμάξρνληα ηφλ Πεβαζκηψηαην Ἀξρηεπίζθνπν
Α὎ζηξαιίαο θαί Ξνηκελάξρε καο Θ.Θ. Πηπιηαλφ, ηφλ Θενθηιέζηαην θαί ινηπῶλ
θιεξηθῶλ, ηήλ παξνπζία ηνῦ Ξνιηηεηαθνῦ Ξξσζππνπξγνῦ Mr. John Olsen, ηνῦ
ἀξρεγνῦ ηῆο Ἀληηπνιίηεπζεο Mr. Mike Rann, ηνῦ ἖ληηκνηάηνπ Γεληθνῦ Ξξνμέλνπ
ηῆο ἗ιιάδνο θ. Ἠιηνῦ Καιηέδνπ, Ὑπνπξγῶλ θαί Βνπιεπηῶλ ηῆο Θπβέξλεζεο θαί
ηῆο ἀμησκαηηθῆο ἀληηπνιίηεπζεο, ινηπῶλ ἐπηζήκσλ θαί πιήζνπο θφζκνπ, ἔιαβαλ
ρψξα κέ ὅιε ηήλ ἐπηζεκφηεηα νἱ ἑνξηαζκνί. Πηά πιαίζηα ηῶλ ἐθδειψζεσλ ηῆο
40εηνῦο δσῆο θαί δξάζεσο ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο, ἐπηζθέθζεθε ηήλ πφιε
καο κηά ζεβαζηή ἀληηπξνζσπία ηῆο Σξηζηηαληθῆο ἖λψζεσο ηνῦ Πχδλευ ὏πφ ηήλ
πξνεδξία ηνῦ Θαζεγεηνῦ θ. Κηραήι Ἀλησληάδε, ὅπνπ ἔδσζαλ 5 δηαιέμεηο
πλεπκαηηθνῦ θαί ἐπηζηεκνληθνῦ πεξηερνκέλνπ, ηξε῔ο ὁκηιίεο θαί ἕλα παηδαγσγηθφ
ζθέηο. Ξαξάιιεια κέ ηήλ ζπλεξγαζία ηῆο Φηινπηψρνπ καο, ἐπαξνπζίαζαλ κηά
ἐμαηξεηηθή ἔθζεζε ὆ξζνδφμνπ Σξηζηηαληθνῦ ἐληχπνπ.
The completed Community Centre
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H EΞΝΚΔΛΖ HΚΔΟΑ
Νἱ ἐλζνπζηαζκνί, νἱ κεγαινπξέπεηεο, ηά ζπγραξεηήξηα θαί ηά παλεγχξηα
ἐηειείσζαλ. Κπξνζηά καο βξεζήθακε ἀληηκέησπνη κέ ἕλα πειψξην βνπλφ. Ἕλα
βνπλφ πνχ ἔπξεπε λά μεπεξαζηε῔, ὅζν ηφ δπλαηφλ πηφ ἀζφξπβα. ἗βδνκαδηα῔εο
ἐθδειψζεηο, πξνγξακκαηηζκνί, δηαζπλδέζεηο θαί πνιιή πξνζεπρή, δηφηη ζηήλ
πξνζπάζεηά καο λά γίλνπλ ηά πάληα ηέιεηα, ηφ θφζηνο ηνῦ Θνηλνηηθνῦ καο
Θέληξνπ εἶρε ἀλέιζε ζηίο $900.000 δνιιάξηα. Πηήλ δηάξθεηα ηνῦ κελφο
Φεβξνπαξίνπ 2000, πιεξψζακε $250.000 δνιιάξηα. Ὅινη κείλακε θαηάπιεθηνη.
Ξνῦ βξέζεθαλ ηφζα ρξήκαηα;
ΘΑΡΑΠΘΖΛΥΠΖ
Ρήλ Ξαξαζθεπή 4ε Φεβξνπαξίνπ 2000, πξαγκαηνπνηήζεθε ηξηήκεξε
θαηαζθήλσζε ζηφ Victor Harbour, ὅπνπ ζπκκεηε῔ραλ 40 ἄηνκα. Ρφ Πάββαην ηφ
πξσῒ ἐπηζθέθζεη ὁ π. Πηαῦξνο ηήλ θαηαζθήλσζε θαί ἐηέιεζε Ὄξζξν θαί Θεία
Ιεηηνπξγία ζηήλ Ἀγγιηθή γιῶζζα, ὅπνπ πνιιά παηδηά ἐθνηλψλεζαλ. Ἦηαλ κηά
ἐμαηξεηηθή ε὎θαηξία πλεπκαηηθῶλ ὁκηιηῶλ, πεξηζπιινγῆο, μεγλνηαζηᾶο θαί
παηρληδηνῦ, ὅπνπ ὅινη ἔιαβαλ κέξνο θαί ἀπήιαπζαλ ἕλα ζαπκάζην ηξηήκεξν.
EΘΓΖΙΥΠΖ AΞΝΛΝΚΖΠ Δ΢ΑΟΔΠΘΔΗΑΠ

Ρήλ Θπξηαθή 12ε Καξηίνπ 2000 θαί ζηφ πέξαο ηῆο Θείαο Ιεηηνπξγίαο, ἔιαβε
ρψξα ζηήλ αἴζνπζα ηνῦ Θνηλνηηθνῦ καο Θέληξνπ, ηφ πξνγξακκαηηζκέλν γεῦκα
὏πέξ ηῶλ δσξεηῶλ θαί ε὎εξγεηῶλ, πνχ ἐπξφζθεξαλ θαί ἐβνήζεζαλ πρίν, κατά
θαί μετά ηήλ ἀλνηθνδφκεζε θαί ἐπίπισζε ηνῦ Θνηλνηηθνῦ καο Θέληξνπ.
Ξαξάιιεια κέ ηφ γεῦκα, πξνζθέξζεθε εἰο ἔθαζηνλ ε὎ραξηζηήξηα πεξγακελή. ὇
Ἱεξέαο καο, ζπγθηλεκέλνο ε὎ραξίζηεζε ηνχο πᾶληεο θαί ε὎ρήζεθε ὅπσο ὁ
Ξαληεπφπηεο Θχξηνο ἀπνδίδεη εἰο ἕθαζηνλ πινχζηεο ηίο δσξεέο Ρνπ.
EΘΙΑΗΘΔ΢ΚΔΛΖ OΚΗΙΗΑ ΡΝY ΠΔΒΑΠΚΗΥΡΑΡΝ΢

Ρφ Πάββαην 8ε Ἀπξηιίνπ 2000, ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο ἔδσζε ηήλ πξψηε ἐθιατθεπκέλε
ὁκηιία ηνπ ζηήλ Λφηηα Α὎ζηξαιία, ζηήλ αἴζνπζα ηῆο ἖λνξίαο καο. Πηήλ ὁκηιία
πεξεπξέζεζαλ ὁ Γεληθφο Ξξφμελνο, Θαζεγεηέο, Θενιφγνη, παλεπηζηεκηαθνί,
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ἐθπαηδεπηηθνί θαί ἁπινί ὁκνγελε῔ο καο, νἱ ὁπν῔νη κέ ἐλδηαθέξνλ παξεθνινχζεζαλ

ηήλ θαηά πάληα ηεθκεξησκέλε ζενινγηθή ὁκηιία κέ ζέκα: «Ἁμαρτία-
Μετάνοια».
ΞΔΟΗΦΟΑΜΖ ΡΝ΢ CARPARK

Ρήλ Γεπηέξα 18ε Γεθεκβξίνπ 2000, ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Θσλζηαληίλνπ Γάιθνπ
ἄξρηζαλ νἱ ἐξγαζίεο γηά ηήλ πεξίθξαμε ηνῦ Θάξ-πάξθ ηῆο ἖θθιεζίαο καο. Κέζα
ζέ δχν ἑβδνκάδεο, κέ ηήλ βνήζεηα ηῶλ ἀδειθῶλ: Ξέηξνπ, Σξήζηνπ, Ἰσάλλνπ
θαί Ἀλαζηαζίνπ Οαληηκήζε, νἱ ὁπν῔νη πξνζθέξζεθαλ θαί ἔθηηζαλ ηά ηνηρία ηῆο
πεξίθξαμεο δσξεάλ, ηφλ θ. Γεκήηξην Ρζαιαβνχηα γηά κεξηθά ἀπφ ηά ὏ιηθά, ηνχο
ἀδειθνχο Ἠιία θαί Φψηε Ιπθνχξα γηά ηφ δσξεάλ ζνβάληηζκα, ηφλ θ. Ἰσζήθ
Θσκᾶ γηά ηφ δσξεάλ βάςηκν, ἄιιαμε ἟ πξφζνςε θαί λνηθνθπξεχζε ἟ α὎ιή καο.
Π΢ΛΑΛΡΖΠΖ ΛΔΝΙΑΗΑΠ «YOUTH REUNION»

Ρφ Πάββαην 10ε Φεβξνπαξίνπ 2001, ζηά πιαίζηα ηῆο 100εηεξίδνο ηῆο
Α὎ζηξαιηαλῆο Θνηλνπνιηηείαο, ἟ Θνηλφηεηα-἖λνξία καο, ἐθάιεζε ὅια ηά παιαηά
θαί λέα κέιε ηῆο Λενιαίαο καο, ζέ θνηλή ζπλάληεζε. ὇ Θενθηιέζηαηνο
἖πίζθνπνο Σξηζηηαλνππφιεσο θ. Πεξαθείκ, ὁ Θνηλνπνιηηεηαθφο Βνπιεπηήο Mr.
Christopher Pyne MP, ἟ ἐθπξφζσπνο ηῶλ ἐθδειψζεσλ ηῆο 100εηεξίδαο ζηήλ
Λφηην Α὎ζηξαιία, Mrs Denise Maddigan, ὁ Ἔθδηθνο Ἄξρσλ ηνῦ Νἰθνπκεληθνῦ
Θξφλνπ θ. Ἰσάλλεο Θηνζφγινπ θαί ἄιινη ἐπίζεκνη ἐηίκεζαλ ηήλ ἱζηνξηθή
ἐθδήισζε
ΞΑΗΓΗΘΖ ΣΑΟΑ
Πηίο ἀξρέο ηνῦ 2001 ἔιαβε ρψξα ἟ ιεηηνπξγία Ξαηδηθῆο Σαξᾶο ζηνχο ρψξνπο ηνῦ
Θνηλνηηθνῦ καο Θέληξνπ. Ἡ παηδηθή Σαξά ἐιεηηνχξγεζε γηά ηέζζεξα ρξφληα κέ
ηήλ ἐζεινληηθή ἐξγαζία ηῆο θ. ἗ιέλεο ἖ιεπ. Γάιθνπ, Ἦηαλ κηά ζαπκάζηα
πξσηνβνπιία ηῆο Θαηερήηξηαο θ. Γάιθνπ θαί εἶρε ἱθαλνπνηεηηθή ἀληαπφθξηζε ὄρη
κφλν ἀπφ ηίο ἑιιελίδεο λεαξέο κεηέξεο ἀιιά θαί ἄιισλ ἐζληθνηήησλ.
ΡΝ ΞΟΥΡΝ ΔΙΙΖΛΝ-Α΢ΠΡΟΑΙΗΑΛΝ ΚΝ΢ΠΔΗΝ

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Ρφ 1998, ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Ληθνιάνπ Ἀλαξγχξνπ, ηφ Γ. Ππκβνχιην ἔζηεηιε

αἴηεζε ζηφ Federation Community Project Program γηά θξαηηθή ἐπηρνξήγεζε.
Πηίο ἀξρέο ηνῦ 2001 ἔγηλε ἟ ἔγθξηζε ηῆο θξαηηθῆο ἐπηρνξήγεζεο θαί ηήλ 20ήλ
Φεβξνπαξίνπ 2001 ἀπνπεξαηψζε ηφ ἗ιιελν-Α὎ζηξαιηαλφ Κνπζε῔ν ζηήλ
Θνηλφηεηα-἖λνξία καο. Γεκηνπξγήζε εἰδηθή ἐπηηξνπή ηνῦ Κνπζείνπ γηά ηήλ
ζχλαμε θαί ηαθηνπνίεζε ηῶλ ἐθζεκάησλ, κέ πξφεδξν ηφλ θ. Ἰσάλλε Θηνζφγινπ.
Ἡ πξψηε ζπλέληεπμε Ρχπνπ ἔγηλε ηήλ Ξέκπηε 20ή Γεθεκβξίνπ 2001. Δἶλαη
κεγάιε καο ηηκή, πξσηίζησο ζάλ Ἱεξά Ἀξρηεπηζθνπή Α὎ζηξαιίαο θαί θαηφπηλ ζάλ
἖λνξία θαί Θνηλφηεηα, λά δηαζέηνπκε κηά γσληά θαί λά θηινμελνῦκε ἕλαλ ηέηνην
πνιηηηζηηθφ ζεζαπξφ. Καζεηέο θαί καζήηξηεο ἰδηνηηθῶλ θαί θξαηηθῶλ ζρνιείσλ,
ἐπηζθέπηνληαη ζπρλά ηφ Κνπζε῔ν καο θαί κειεηνῦλ ηήλ ἐθθιεζηαζηηθή θαί
πνιηηηζηηθή ἱζηνξία καο. Ρφ ἐπίζεκν ἄλνηγκα ηνῦ Κνπζείνπ ἔγηλε ὏πφ ηνῦ
὇κνζπνλδηαθνῦ Ὑπνπξγνῦ θ. Christopher Pyne, ηήλ 5ε Καξηίνπ 2002 ὏πφ
Ξξνεδξίαο θ. Γηακαληῆ Γηακαληνπνχινπ. Ἡ ἐπίζεκε ἐγγξαθή ζηά κεηξῶα ηῆο
Λνηίνπ Α὎ζηξαιίαο ὡο “AUSTRALIAN HELLINIC MUSEUM (SA)” ἔγηλε ηήλ 2αλ
Α὎γνχζηνπ 2002.
ΞΛΔ΢ΚΑΡΗΘΝΠ ΡΖΠ EΛΝΟΗΑΠ ΚΑΠ

Ρήλ Θπξηαθή 22α Ἀπξηιίνπ 2001 θαί θαηά ηφ Ἀξρηεξαηηθφ ζπιιείηνπξγν πνχ
ἐηέιεζε ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο Α὎ζηξαιίαο Θ.Θ. Πηπιηαλνῦ,
βνεζνχκελνο ὏πφ ηνῦ Θενθηιεζηάηνπ ἖πηζθφπνπ Σξηζηηαλνππφιεσο θ.
Πεξαθείκ, ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο πξνρείξηζε ηφλ π. Πηαῦξν Ταξνκκάηε εἰο
πλεπκαηηθφλ (ἐμνκνιφγνλ).
Π΢ΛΑΛΡΖΠΖ (REUNION)
Ρφ Πάββαην 8ε Πεπηεκβξίνπ 2001, ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ θ. Θσλζηαληίλνπ Γάιθνπ,
ζηά πιαίζηα ηῆο Θνηλνπνιηηεηαθῆο ἗θαηνληαεηεξίδνο, ἔγηλε ζπλάληεζε παιαηῶλ
θαί λέσλ κειῶλ ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο, ζηήλ αἴζνπζα ηνῦ Θνηλνηηθνῦ καο
Θέληξνπ. Ξξφεδξνη, κέιε Γ.Ππκβνπιίσλ, Φηινπηψρσλ, ἐπηηξνπῶλ θαί
὏πνεπηηξνπῶλ, ζπγθεληξψζεθαλ λά πνῦλ ηά παιαηά θαί ηά λέα. Λά ζπλ-
δεηπλήζνπλ ζάλ κηά νἰθνγέλεηα θαί λά ζπλ-δηαζθεδάζνπλ κέζα ζηφ ἀδειθηθφ
θιίκα ηῶλ θφπσλ ηνπο. Ἦηαλ κεγάιε ραξά θαί ε὎ραξίζηεζε λά παξαθνινπζε῔
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θαλείο, Γηθαζηέο, Γηθεγφξνπο, Ππκβνχινπο, Γαζθάινπο, Ἱεξνςάιηεο θαί ινηπά

ἐθιεθηά κέιε ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο ζέ κηά ηέηνηα ἀδειθηθή ὁκήγπξε, κέ
ηφλ ἖πίζθνπφ ηνπο θαί ηφλ Ἱεξέα ηνπο. Ἀμέραζην κέλεη α὎ηφ πνχ ὁ ἐλ ἐλεξγεία
Ξξφεδξνο εἶπε: «Ξξψηε θνξά θάζνκαη ζηφ ἴδην ηξαπέδη κέ πέληε Ξξνέδξνπο.
Νὔηε ὁ Κπνχο λά ἤκνπλα».
Π΢ΕΖΡΖΠΔΗΠ ΓΗΑ ΡΖΛ ΑΓΗΝΓΟΑΦΖΠΖ

Ρήλ Ρξίηε 13ε Λνεκβξίνπ 2001 ἐπί πξνεδξίαο ηνῦ λενεθιεγέληνο, θ. Ἀλδξένπ
Ταξνκκάηε θαί ηίο ε὎ινγίεο ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο, ἀξρίζακε ηίο
ζπδεηήζεηο γχξσ ἀπ’ηήλ ἁγηνγξάθεζε ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ καο. Ἔγηλαλ νἱ ζρεηηθέο
ἐπαθέο κέ ἁγηνγξάθνπο ηῆο Α὎ζηξαιίαο θαί ηῆο ἗ιιάδνο. Θάλακε ζπγθξίζεηο
ηέρλεο θαί ηειηθά ζπκθσλήζακε κέ ηήλ ὏πφδεημε ηνῦ Θενθηιεζηάηνπ ἖πηζθφπνπ
Σξηζηηαλνππφιεσο θ. Πεξαθείκ. ὇ Ἱεξέαο καο κεηά ηνῦ Θενθηιεζηάηνπ,
ἐπηζθέθζεθαλ ηφ ἐξγαζηήξην ηνῦ Ἁγηνγξάθνπ θ. Ἰσάλλνπ Θαιέηδε θαί κέ ιίγα
ιφγηα ηνῦ ἀλάθεξαλ ηίο ζθέςεηο ηνπο γηά ηήλ ἁγηνγξάθεζε ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ καο.
Ἔγηλαλ νἱ ζρεηηθέο πξνδηαγξαθέο, ἟ ζενινγηθή ἁγηνθαηάηαμε ηῶλ ζεκάησλ πξφο
ἁγηνγξάθεζε, ὏πεγξάθεζαλ ηά ζρεηηθά ζπκθσλεηηθά, ἔγηλε ἟ ζρεηηθή
ἐλεκέξσζε ηῶλ ε὎ιαβῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ καο θαί ηειηθά ἄξρηζε ηφ ἔξγν κέζα ζηφ
2002 θαί ἐηειείσζε ηφ 2005.
ΔΛΗΠΣ΢ΡΖΠ HΙΔΘΡΟΗΘΝ΢ ΟΔ΢ΚΑΡΝΠ

Ρφ ηξηθαζηθφ ξεῦκα δέλ ἐπαξθνῦζε θαί ρξεηαδφηαλ ἟ ηνπνζέηεζε ἞ιεθηξηθνῦ
ἐληζρπηῆ ὕςνπο $45.000 δνι. Κέ ηήλ πξνζσπηθή ἐξγαζία ἐζεινληῶλ θαί ηήλ
ἐληειῶο δσξεάλ ἐγθαηάζηαζε ὏πφ ηνῦ θ. Βαζηιείνπ Θνπκπάξνπ, ηήλ 22α
Καξηίνπ 2003 ζεξαπεχζε θαί α὎ηή ἟ ἀλάγθε.
ΓΟΑΦΔΗΝ ΡΝ΢ IΔΟΔΥΠ
Ρφ Κάτν ηνῦ 2003 ἔγηλε ἟ γεληθή ἐπίπισζε ηνῦ Γξαθείνπ ηνῦ Ἱεξέσο κέ ηήλ
ε὎γελή πξνζθνξά ηνῦ θ. Γεσξγίνπ, Γεσξγίαο θαί Βαζηιηθῆο Θαλαθάξε.
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ΑΠΦΑΙΡΝΠΡΟΥΠΖ
Ρήλ Γεπηέξα 7ε Ἰνπλίνπ 2004 ἔγηλε ἟ ἀζθαιηφζηξσζε ηνῦ Car-Park ηῆο
἖θθιεζίαο καο θαί ζέ κηά ἑβδνκάδα ραξάρζεζαλ νἱ γξακκέο ζηαζκεχζεσο.
Ξαξάιιεια ἀλεγήξακε ηήλ λέα ἀπνζήθε ὄπηζζελ ηνῦ ὏πνζηέγνπ γηά ηήλ
ζηέγαζε ηῶλ δηαθφξσλ ἀληηθεηκέλσλ θαί ἐξγαιείσλ ηῆο ἐλνξίαο καο.
AΛΑΞΑΟΑΠΡΑΠΖ ΡΖΠ OΙ΢ΚΞΗΑΓΝΠ 2004 ΘΑΗ ΒΑΘ΢

ΞΔΛΘΝΠ
Ρήλ 11ε Πεπηεκβξίνπ 2004, θαηά ηήλ ζρνιηθή γηνξηή θαί ηήλ γηνξηή ηνῦ παηέξα,
ἔγηλε ἀλαπαξάζηαζε ηῆο ὆ιπκπηάδνο 2004. Θαζψο ἐηειείσζε ἟ ἐθδήισζε, ὁ
Ἱεξέαο καο, κέ ἔληνλε ηήλ ζπγθίλεζε κᾶο ἀλήγγεηιε ηφλ ρακφ ηνῦ ἑιηθνπηέξνπ
πνχ ἐπέβαηλε ὁ Α΄ ἖πίζθνπνο Καδαγαζθάξεο (γλσζηφο ζέ ὅινπο καο)
π.Λεθηάξηνο Θειῆο.
Greek School students at the 2004 Athens Olympics commemorative function
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Bishop Nektarios’ six month Memorial Service held at the Parish of Prophet Elias
ΘΙΖΟΗΘΝΙΑΗΘΖ Π΢ΛΑΜΖ ΑΓΔΙΑΗΓΝΠ

Ρήλ Ρξίηε 26ε ὆θησβξίνπ 2004, πξσηνβνπιία ηνῦ Θενθηιεζηάηνπ ἖πηζθφπνπ
Γνξπιαίνπ θ. Ληθάλδξνπ, ἔιαβε ρψξα εἰο ηήλ αἴζνπζα ηνῦ Θ.Θέληξνπ
Θιεξηθνιατθή ζχλαμε Ἀδειαῒδνο. Πηήλ ζχλαμε παξεπξέζε ζχζζσκνο ὁ Ἱεξφο
θιῆξνο Ἀδειαῒδνο, ἀληηπξφζσπνη ηῶλ Γ. Ππκβνπιίσλ, κέιε ηνῦ Ἀξρηεπηζθνπηθνῦ
Ππκβνπιίνπ, ὁ Ξξφεδξνο θαί κέιε ηῆο Γηαθνηλνηηθῆο ἐπηηξνπῆο, Λνκηθνί
Πχκβνπινη ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο, κέιε ηνῦ ἑιιεληθνῦ Θέληξνπ Ξξνλνίαο,
κέιε ηῆο θεληξηθῆο Λενιαίαο θαί ἄιινη ὁκνγελε῔ο. Ρῆο ζπλάμεσο πξνήδξεπζε ὇
Πεβαζκηψηαηνο Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο Α὎ζηξαιίαο θαί Ξνηκελάξρεο καο Θ.Θ. Πηπιηαλφο.
Ἦηαλ κηά ὡξαηφηαηε νἰθνγελεηαθή ζχλαμε ηνῦ ὆ξζνδφμνπ πνηκλίνπ ηῆο
Ἀδειαῒδνο. Ρά δεζηά παηξηθά ιφγηα ηνῦ Πεβαζκησηάηνπ ἐλεζάξξπλαλ ηνχο
ζπκκεηέρνληαο, δηφηη ἐθαλέξσλαλ ηήλ ἀγσλία ηνῦ Ξνηκέλνο γηά ηά ινγηθά ηνπ
πξφβαηα: «Ξξνζέρεηε, δηφηη νἱ θαηξνί καο εἶλαη πνλεξνί,» εἶπε ὁ Πεβαζκηψηαηνο
θαί ὁ λνῦο καο κεηαθέξζεη ζηίο ζπλάμεηο πνχ ἔθακλε ὁ Ἀπφζηνινο Ξαῦινο.
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ΠΡΔΓΑΠΖ ΘΔΛΝ΢ ΚΔΡΑΜ΢ ΛΑΝ΢ ΘΑΗ ΑΗΘΝ΢ΠΖΠ

Πηίο 10 Καξηίνπ 2005 ἔγηλε ἟ ζηέγαζε κεηαμχ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ θαί Θ. Θέληξνπ.
Ξαξάιιεια ηνπνζεηήζεθαλ θαί νἱ γηάιηλεο πφξηεο ζηήλ ἀλαηνιηθή εἴζνδν ηῆο
αἰζνχζεο. Κέ α὎ηφ ηφλ ηξφπν δέλ ἐλνριε῔ ηνχο γείηνλεο ὁ ζφξπβνο ηῶλ
ἐθδειψζεψλ καο θαί ἟ αἴζνπζά καο εἶλαη πηφ ἀζθαιηζκέλε.
AΓΗΑΠΚΝΠ EΞΗ ΡΖ ΙΖΜΖ ΡΖΠ AΓΗΝΓΟΑΦΗΠΖΠ

Ρήλ Θπξηαθή 9ε ὆θησβξίνπ 2005 θαί ζηφ πέξαο ηῆο Ἀξρηεξαηηθῆο Θείαο
Ιεηηνπξγίαο, ὁ Θενθηιέζηαηνο ἖πίζθνπνο Γνξπιαίνπ, βνεζνχκελνο ὏πφ ηνῦ π.
Πηαχξνπ θαί ηνῦ παηξφο Θσλ/ληίλνπ Γηάλλα, ἐηέιεζε ηφλ Ἁγηαζκφ ηῶλ εἰθφλσλ,
παξνπζία πάλησλ ηῶλ δσξεηῶλ. Πηήλ ζπλέρεηα ἐπξνζθέξζε πινχζην
κεζεκεξηαλφ γεῦκα ζηήλ αἴζνπζα ηνῦ Θ. Θέληξνπ ἐληειῶο δσξεάλ γηά ὅινπο
ηνχο δσξεηέο ηῶλ ἱεξῶλ εἰθφλσλ. ὇ Θενθηιέζηαηνο ὡκίιεζε κέ ἔπαηλν γηά ηφ
πξνζεθηηθφ ἔξγν ηνῦ ἁγηνγξάθνπ θ. Ἰσάλλνπ Θαιέηδε θαί ηνῦ πξφζθεξε κεηά
ηνῦ Ξξνέδξνπ ἕλα ὡξαηφηαην κλεκεηῶδεο βηβιίν γηά ἐλζχκην.
ΘΑΗΛΝ΢ΟΓΗΝ ΓΟΑΦΔΗΝ & ΓΑΛΔΗΠΡΗΘΖ ΒΗΒΙΗΝΘΖΘΖ

Ρφλ Ἰαλνπάξην ηνῦ 2006 ὏πφ ηήλ πξνεδξία ηνῦ θ. Σξήζηνπ Θνξψλε, ἔγηλε
θαηλνχξγηα Γαλεηζηηθή Βηβιηνζήθε, ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο. Ξιαηζηψζεθε κέ
ἀξθεηά ρξήζηκα ἐγθπθινπαηδηθά, ἱζηνξηθά, ινγνηερληθά θαί ζξεζθεπηηθά βηβιία.
἖πίζεο ζηίο ἀξρέο ηνῦ 2007 ηειεηνπνηήζεθε θαί ηφ Γξαθε῔ν ηνῦ Γ. Ππκβνπιίνπ
κέ ὅιεο ηίο ἀλέζεηο.
ΑΙΙΑΓΖ ΔΞΗΞΙΥΛ ΡΝ΢ ΗΔΟΝ΢ ΛΑΝ΢ ΚΑΠ

Πηήλ ἐηεζία Γεληθή Ππλέιεπζε ηφλ ὆θηψβξην ηνῦ 2006 ὁ π. Πηαῦξνο ἀλάθεξε
ηήλ ἀλάγθε ἀλαλέσζεο ηνῦ Ρέκπινπ, ηνῦ Γεζπνηηθνῦ Θξφλνπ, ηῶλ
Ξαξαζξνλίσλ θαί ηῶλ Ἀλαινγίσλ. Ξαξάιιεια ἀλαθέξζεθε ἀπ’ηνχο ζπλέδξνπο
ηφ ἄιιαγκα ηῶλ θαζηζκάησλ ηνῦ Λανῦ, ὁ ἐιαηνρξσκαηηζκφο ηνπ κέζα ἔμσ θαί
ἀιιαγή ηῶλ ζπξῶλ, ἐλ ὅςε ηῶλ ἑνξηαζκῶλ ηῆο Ξαληεθνληαεηεξίδαο καο. Πέ
θνηλή ζπλάληεζε ηῶλ κειῶλ ηνῦ Γ. Ππκβνπιίνπ θαί ηῆο Φηινπηψρνπ, ἐιήθζε ἟
ἀπφθαζε λά πξνρσξήζνπκε κέ ηήλ ἀιιαγή ηῶλ ἐπίπισλ πνχ ζχκθσλα κέ ηφλ
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π. Πηαῦξν ζά ἀλήξρεην ζηφ ρξεκαηηθφ πνζφλ ηῶλ $150.000. Ρφ πξῶην γεῦκα

὏πέξ ηνῦ Ρέκπινπ ἐδηνξγάλσζαλ νἱ θπξίεο:
Καξία Πθπξηνῦ, Βαζηιίλα Ρζηάξνπ, Γέζπνηλα Ρζακπαξιῆ, Αἰθαηεξίλα Κειηνῦ,

Δ὎αγγειία Ἀιηηπαξκάθε, Γέζπνηλα Κειηνῦ, Σξπζάλζε Ρζακπαξιῆ, πξεζβ.
Θπξηαθή Ταξνκκάηε ηήλ Θπξηαθή ηνῦ Θσκᾶ, 15ε Ἀπξηιίνπ 2007 θαί
ζπγθέληξσζαλ ηφ πνζφλ ηῶλ $68.000 δνιιαξίσλ. Ρφ δεχηεξν γεῦκα γη’ α὎ηφλ
ηφλ ζθνπφ, δηνξγάλσζαλ νἱ θπξίεο: Λίηζα Κπνπξκᾶ, Δ὎αγγειία Θάθθα, Γέζπνηλα
Γεκεηξίνπ, ἗ιέλε Νἰθνλφκνπ, Σξπζῆ Θηνζφγινπ, Λίηζα Ξαιηάξε, Θσλζηαληίλα
Ξαξψλε, ἗ιέλε Τσξάθε, Λίλα Είιια ηήλ Θπξηαθή 4ε Λνεκβξίνπ 2007 θαί
ζπγθέληξσζαλ ηφ πνζφλ ηῶλ $42.000 δνιιαξίσλ. Ρφ ηξίην γεῦκα ὏πέξ ηνῦ
Ρέκπινπ ηφ δηνξγάλσζαλ νἱ θπξίεο: Ἰσάλλα Σαηδεαλαζηαζηάδε, Καξία Γηαιακᾶ,
Δἰξήλε Ρνχηζε, Ἀλαζηαζία Γψγνπ, Καξηάλζε Θεθαιηαλνῦ, Βαζηιηθή Θαλαθάξε,
Βεζιεέκ Γξαθνχιε, Γεσξγία Θνξψλε, ἗ιέλε Ιαγθάλε, Ἀλησλία Γεσξγίνπ,
Ινπθία ὆ξθαλνῦ, Λνκηθή Πηνχπνπ, πξεζβ. Θπξηαθή Ταξνκκάηε ηήλ Θπξηαθή
ηνῦ Θσκᾶ 4ε Καῒνπ 2008, ζπγθεληξψλνληαο ηφ πνζφλ ηῶλ $18.171 δνιιαξίσλ.
Θαηά ηήλ α὎ηήλ ἐθδήισζε, ἀλαθνηλψζε θαί ἟ ἀλάγθε ηῶλ θαζηζκάησλ ηνῦ
Λανῦ, ὅπνπ νἱ παξεπξηζθφκελνη ὏πνζρέζεθαλ 50 θαζίζκαηα ὏ςνπο $12.500
δνιιαξίσλ. Ρφ Ρέκπινλ ἐηνπνζεηήζε ηήλ 12ελ Ἰνπλίνπ 2008 ὏πφ ηνῦ
Θαηαζθεπαζηνῦ θ. Θσλ/ηίλνπ Ενχβεινπ. Ρά 300 ἐθθιεζηαζηηθά θαζίζκαηα ηνῦ
Ἱ.Λανῦ καο εἶλαη δσξεά ηῶλ πηζηῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ καο θαί ηνπνζεηήζεθαλ εἰο ηφλ
Ἱεξφ Λαφ καο ηήλ Ρξίηε 20ήλ Ἰαλνπαξίνπ 2009.
Public Lecture given by His Eminence on 8 Father Stavros was bestowed the office of “Spiritual Fa-
April 2000 ther” (Confessor) by His Eminence.
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Organisers for the third function for the Iconostasis
Organisers for the function to raise funds for the chairs and Church furniture
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Arrival of the Iconostasis
The new Iconostasis
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Setting up the new chairs
Volunteers who helped unload and set up the new chairs
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ΔΙΑΗΝΣΟΥΚΑΡΗΠΚΝΠ ΡΝ΢ ΗΔΟΝ΢ ΛΑΝ΢

὇ ἐιαηνρξσκαηηζκφ ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ καο κέζα θαί ἔμσ θαί δηφξζσζε ηῆο ζθεπῆο,
ἔγηλε ηφλ Ἰαλνπάξην ηνῦ 2008, κεξίκλε ηνῦ θ. Ἰσζήθ Θσκᾶ θαί Γεξαζίκνπ Ινχε
κέ ηήλ βνήζεηα ηνῦ θ. Ιεσλίδα Νἰθνλνκνπνχινπ θαί ζπλεξγαζία κειῶλ ηνῦ Γ.
Ππκβνπιίνπ, ηνῦ θ. Σαξαιάκπνπ Ληθνινπνχινπ θαί Ἀλαζηαζίνπ Καλσιάθε. Ρίο
κπνγηέο ὕςνπο $3.500 δνιιαξίσλ ηίο δψξηζε ὁ θ. Ἰσάλλεο Γεκνγιίδεο. Ὅινη
ἐξγάζηεθαλ ἐληειῶο δσξεάλ.
ΔΘΓΟΝΚΖ ΞΟΝΠΘ΢ΛΖΚΑ - ΓΔ΢ΚΑ ΞΑΛΡΑΛΑΠΠΖΠ

Ρέιε Ἰαλνπαξίνπ 2008 ἟ Θνηλφηεηα-἖λνξία ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία, πξαγκαηνπνίεζε
ἐθδξνκή πξνζθχλεκα ζηήλ Ἱεξά Κνλή Ξαληαλάζζεο ζηφ Mangrove Creek NSW.
Νἱ ἐθδξνκε῔ο ἐπηζθέθζεθαλ θαί ἄιιεο Ἱεξέο Κνλέο, Ἱεξνχο Λανχο, ηήλ
Θενινγηθή Πρνιή ηνῦ Ἀπνζηφινπ Ἀλδξένπ, ηφ Opera House θαί ἄιια ἀμηνζέαηα
ηνῦ Πχδλευ. ἖δῶ ζεκεηψλνπκε ὅηη ἦηαλ ἟ πξψηε ἐπίζεκε ἐθδξνκή ἐθηφο
Πχδλευ πνχ ἐπηζθέθζε ηήλ λεφδκεηε Ἱεξά Κνλή ηῆο Ξαληαλάζζεο.
Sydney Trip 2008. Parishioners at Pantanassa Monastery
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EΘΓΖΙΥΠΖ YΞΔΟ ΡΖΠ IΔΟΑΠ ΚΝΛΖΠ ΞΑΛΡΑΛΑΠΠΖΠ

Ρήλ 9ε Φεβξνπαξίνπ 2008 κέ ηίο ε὎ινγίεο ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο Α὎ζηξαιίαο,
ὁ Ἠγνχκελνο ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο Κνλῆο π. Πηέθαλνο Ξαληαλαζζηψηεο, ἐπηζθέθζε ηήλ
Ἀδειαῒδα. Πηήλ ζπλέρεηα ὁ π. Πηέθαλνο ζπλνδεχνληαο ηεκάρηνλ Ἱεξνῦ ιεηςάλνπ
ηνῦ Ἁγίνπ Ἱεξνκάξηπξνο Σαξαιάκπνπο, ἦιζε εἰο ηφλ Ἱεξφ Λαφ ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε
Ἠιία, ὅπνπ ἔιαβε ρψξα κέγαο Ἀξρηεξαηηθφο ἗ζπεξηλφο κεηά ἀξηνθιαζίαο, ὏πφ
ηνῦ Θενθηιεζηάηνπ ἖πηζθφπνπ Γνξπιαίνπ θ. Ληθάλδξνπ. Ππγθηλεηηθή ἦηαλ ἟
ἀζξφα πξνζέιεπζε ηῶλ πηζηῶλ ὁκνγελῶλ καο, ηφζν θαηά ηφλ ἗ζπεξηλφ ὅζν θαί
θαηά ηήλ Ἀξρηεξαηηθή Θεία Ιεηηνπξγία ηήλ ἑπνκέλε. Πηφ πέξαο ηῆο Θείαο
Ιεηηνπξγίαο ἔιαβε ρψξα εἰο ηήλ αἴζνπζα θαί ηφ πξναχιην ηνῦ Θνηλνηηθνῦ καο
Θέληξνπ, πινχζην κεζεκεξηαλφ θαγεηφ γηά πεληαθνζίνπο πξνζθπλεηέο. Ρφ
γεῦκα ἦηαλ πξνζθνξά ηῶλ ε὎ιαβεζηάησλ θπξηῶλ: Ξξεζβπηέξαο Θπξηαθῆο
Ταξνκκάηε, Ἀλαζηαζίαο Ξάππα, Ἀλησλίαο Γεσξγίνπ, Γεσξγίαο Πηηαξᾶ, ἗ιέλεο
Ιαγθάλε, ἗ιέλεο Τσξάθε, Ινπθίαο Ληθνιηᾶ, Καξίαο Ἀλαξγχξνπ, Καξίαο
Πθπξηνῦ, Λαπζηθᾶο Ξαζαιίδε, Λίλαο Είιια, Λνκηθῆο Πηνχππνπ, Ρζακπίθαο
Γειβίδε, θαί Σξηζηίλαο Ἀζθιεπηλνῦ. Ρφ πξντφλ ηῆο ἐθδειψζεσο ὏πέξ ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο
Κνλῆο Ξαληαλάζζεο ἦηαλ $40.000 δνιάξηα. Ππγθηλεκέλνο ὁ π. Πηέθαλνο,
ε὎ραξίζηεζε ηνχο πᾶληεο θαί ε὎ρήζεθε κέ ηήλ θαξδηά ηνπ θάζε πξφνδν ζηήλ
ε὎ινγεκέλε α὎ηή Θνηλφηεηα-἖λνξία.
Father Stefanos greeted by parishioners upon his arrival to Adelaide
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 Ξξνκήζεηα εἰδῶλ ιαηξείαο

 Θενινγηθή Πρνιή
 Θαζαξηφηεηα ὅισλ ηῶλ ρψξσλ: Ἱεξφο Λαφο, ἖λνξηαθφ Θέληξν, ἀπνζῆθεο,
Πρνιηθέο αἴζνπζεο, πξναχιην, ζθεχε θ.η.ι.
Γξαζηεξηφηεηεο-Θνηλσληθή δξᾶζε Φηινπηψρνπ

 Γεχκαηα-Γε῔πλα
 Ξξστλά θαί ἀπνγεπκαηηλά Ρέτα, ινπθνπκάδεο, γιπθίζκαηα
 Ξξνβνιή ηαηληῶλ
 Πεκηλάξηα
 Ἔθζεζε ρξηζηηαληθνῦ ἖ληχπνπ θαί βπδαληηλῆο εἰθφλαο
 ἖πηζθέςεηο Λνζνθνκείσλ
 ἖πηζθέςεηο Γεξνθνκείσλ
 Κεηαθνξά θαγεηῶλ ζέ ἟ιηθησκέλνπο
 Κέξηκλα ἐπηζθεπηῶλ
 ἗ιιεληθφ Φεζηηβάι
 Ἔθηαθηεο ἐθδειψζεηο
Philoptohos members
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Πηίο ἀξρέο Ἰνπλίνπ 2009 ἔγηλε ἟ ηνπνζέηεζε ἞ιεθηξνληθῆο θσδσλνθξνπζίαο εἰο
ηφλ Ἱεξφ Λαφ. Ἔθηνηε γίλεηαη ἟ θσδσλνθξνπζία κέ ηφ πάηεκα ἑλφο θνπκπηνῦ.
Π΢ΠΡΖΚΑ ΖΣΖΡΗΘΖΠ ΡΝ΢ ΗΔΟΝ΢ ΛΑΝ΢

Ρφλ Ἰνχιην 2009 ἔγηλε ἟ ηνπνζέηεζε ζχγρξνλνπ ζπζηήκαηνο ἞ρεηηθῆο εἰο ηφλ
Ἱεξφ Λαφ, ὅπνπ ἔρεη ἀλεβάζεη ηήλ πνηφηεηα ηνῦ ἤρνπ ἐζσηεξηθά θαί ἐμσηεξηθά
ηνῦ Λανῦ.
ΦΗΙΝΞΡΥΣΝΠ - ΚΔΙΖ
Nomiki Stouppos, Barbara Pizimolas, Eleni Langanis, Despina Langanis, Nina
Zille, Nina Oon, Anastasia Diakostergou, Anna Orfanou, Maria Karatassas,
Georgia Karatassas, Georgia Thomas, Katerina Vlahos, Despina Klimentou,
Αἰθαηεξίλα Κειηνῦ, Γήκεηξα Ξεηξνπνχινπ, Maria Avgenakis, Maria Anargyros,
Antonia Georgiou, Katerina Dandalis, Chrysi Kiosoglou, Bethlehem Drakoulis,
Sotiriia Mitsos, Nafsika Pasalidis, Lucy Nikolias, Aspasia Mihalakas, Chrysoula
Paronis, Konstantina Paronis, Chrysanthy Tsambarlis, Despina Tsambarlis,
Patricia Lewis, Areti Milios, Kalliopi Keramidas, Eleni Psorakis, Chrysanthy
Spyroulias, Mati Smernos, Magdaline Kosmadopoulos, Maria Spanou,Martha De
George.
Ρφ Ἔξγν ηῆο Φηινπηψρνπ

 Φξνληίδα ηῶλ πησρῶλ
 Φξνληίδα ηῶλ ἟ιηθησκέλσλ
 Ἔθηαθηεο ἀλάγθεο
 Φξνληίδα ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ
 Πηνιηζκφο Ἱεξῶλ εἰθφλσλ, ἖πηηαθίσλ, Ἱεξνῦ Λανῦ

 Γηαηήξεζε Γαλεηζηηθῆο Βηβιηνζήθεο
 Γηαηήξεζε θαί ἀλαλέσζε Βηβιηνπσιείνπ
 Ξαξνπζίαζε ἖ηεζίαο ἖θζέζεσο
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Philoptohos AGM mid 1990s
Philoptohos preparing for another function
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The women of Philoptohos preparing delicious Loukoumathes
Philoptohos Committee members 2009
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ΘΑΡΖΣΖΡΗΘΑ ΠΣΝΙΔΗΑ
Ἡ ιεηηνπξγία Θαηερεηηθνῦ ζρνιείνπ ἄξρηζε ἀπφ ηφ πξῶην ἔηνο ηῆο ἱδξχζεσο ηῆο
Θνηλφηεηνο- ἖λνξίαο ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία. Ππζηεκαηηθή θαηήρεζε ζέ ηξία
ηκήκαηα, κέ ηά ἐγθεθξηκέλα ὏πφ ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο θαηερεηηθά
βνεζήκαηα ηῆο ΝΣΔΔ ηνῦ Πχδλευ, ἄξρηζε ἀπ’ηφ 1984 θαί ἐληεῦζελ.
Θαηερήηξηεο-Θαηερεηέο
Λίλα Είιια, ἗ιέλε Ιαγθάλε, Θσλζηαληίλα Ξαξψλε, Αἰθαηεξίλα Βιάρνπ,
Καγδαιηλή Θνζκαδνπνχινπ, Κηραήι Νἰθνλφκνπ, Βαζηιηθή Θαλαθάξε, Ἀλδξνχια
Πσηεξίνπ, ἗ιέλε Βιάρνπ, Πηακαηία Ταξνκκάηε, Καξία Κήηζνπ, ἗ιέλε Γάιθνπ,
Βαζηινπνχια Ρζαθχξε, Πηαπξνχια Τσξάθε, Ἰνπιία Τσξάθε, Γεσξγία Θαζάξα,
Ξνιπμέλε Θεθαιηαλνῦ, Ἰσάλλα Θσκᾶ, Γήκεηξα Θσκᾶ, Ἀιεμία Παιαγάξα.
἖θδειψζεηο
 ἖ηεζία βξαδπά κέ Σξηζηνπγελληάηηθα Θάιαληα.
 Θάιαληα ζηίο νἰθίεο ηῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ καο.
Sunday School children dying eggs on Holy

Thursday 2008
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Sunday School students performing the cup game at the Carols by Candlelight 2004
Eleni Langanis showing Sunday school children the decoration process for making Kolliva
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ΝΟΘΝΓΝΜΔΠ ΣΟΗΠΡΗΑΛΗΘΔΠ OΚΑΓΔΠ

Μερσξηζηέο ὁκάδεο ἀξξέλσλ θαί ζειέσλ ζηφ πξφηππν ηῶλ ρξηζηηαληθῶλ
ὁκάδσλ ηνῦ Πχδλευ ἄξρηζαλ λά ιεηηνπξγνῦλ ζηήλ Θνηλφηεηα-἖λνξία ηνῦ
Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία ἀπφ ηίο ἀξρέο ηνῦ 1984 κέρξη ηφ 1990. Ξάλσ ἀπφ 100 λένη θαί
λεάληδεο γαινπρήζεθαλ ζηνχο θφιπνπο ηῶλ ρξηζηηαληθῶλ καο ὁκάδσλ, κέ
ηαθηηθή ἐμνκνιφγεζε θαί κπζηεξηαθή δσή. Ἀπφ ηφ 1994 θαί ἐληεῦζελ θαη’
ἐληνιήλ ηνῦ ηφηε ἖πηζθφπνπ, νἱ λένη θαί νἱ λεάληδεο ηῆο ἖λνξίαο καο
πξνζεηέζεζαλ ζηίο ηάμεηο ηῆο Θεληξηθῆο Λενιαίαο ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο
Ἀδειαῒδνο.
὇καδάξρεο
὇ Ἱεξέαο, Λίλα Είιια, Ἀλδξέαο Ταξνκκάηεο, Θσλζηαλη῔λνο Ταξνκκάηεο,
Κηραήι Ταξνκκάηεο, Πηαπξνχια Τσξάθε.
἖θδειψζεηο 1984 -1994

 ἗βδνκαδηαία κειέηε Ἁγίαο Γξαθῆο
 Γηάδνζε ηνῦ ὀξζνδφμνπ ρξηζηηαληθνῦ ἐληχπνπ
 Κπζηεξηαθή δσή
 Γηνξγαλψζεηο πνδνζθαίξνπ, Voley Ball, Ping Pong, Tennis
 ἖θδξνκέο, (Berri, Renmark, Port Pirie)
 Βπδαληηλή κνπζηθή, ρξηζηηαληθά ηξαγνχδηα
 Ἱεξέο ἀθνινπζίεο ζηήλ ἀγγιηθή
 Ξξνβνιή ρξηζηηαληθῶλ θαί ἞ζηθν-θνηλσληθῶλ ἔξγσλ
 Ξαξνπζίαζε ἐπνηθνδνκεηηθῶλ ρξηζηνπγελληάηηθσλ ἔξγσλ θαί δηαιφγσλ
 Θάιαληα ζηίο νἰθίεο ηῶλ ἐλνξηηῶλ καο
 Τπραγσγηθέο ἐθδειψζεηο
 Πεκηλάξηα
 Ρφ δεμί ρέξη ζέ ὅιεο ηίο ἐλνξηαθέο καο ἐθδειψζεηο
 Ξξνπαξαζθεπή γηά ηήλ ἀλάιεςε ἐλνξηαθῶλ θαζεθφλησλ
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Members of the youth at the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy in 1996
Youth members receiving a blessing from His Grace Bishop Nikandros
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Ρά ηειεπηα῔α ρξφληα νἱ δξαζηεξηφηεηεο ηῆο Λενιαίαο καο ζπλερίδνληαη κέ ηίο

ἑβδνκαδηα῔εο ζπγθεληξψζεηο Κειέηεο Ἁγίαο Γξαθῆο, παξνπζίαζε ηῆο
Σξηζηνπγελληάηηθεο γηνξηῆο, πξνβνιή ἐπηκνξθσηηθῶλ ηαηληῶλ, Ἱεξέο ἀθνινπζίεο
ζηήλ Ἀγγιηθή, Πεκηλάξηα θ.η.ι.
ΠΣΝΙΔΗΑ EΙΙΖΛΗΘΖΠ ΓΙΥΠΠΑΠ

Ξαξ’ ὅια ηά πεηξάκαηα ζηφ ἐθπαηδεπηηθφ ζχζηεκα ηῶλ ἑιιεληθῶλ ζάλ δεχηεξε
γιψζζα, ἀπφ ηφ 1986 κέρξη ζήκεξα, ηά ζρνιε῔α ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο
ἔρνπλ ἐπαλεηιεκκέλσο βξαβεπζῆ. Α὎ηήλ ηήλ ζηηγκή θνηηνῦλ ζηά ζρνιε῔α ηῆο
Θνηλφηεηνο- ἖λνξίαο ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία 150 καζεηέο/ηξηεο.
Γάζθαινη-Γαζθάιεο 1984-2009
Λίλα Είιια, Οίηα Ἰσαλλίδνπ, Γεσξγία Μελνθνῦ, Δἰξήλε Θνληνπνχινπ, Α὎γή
Λαζαλαήι, Σξῆζηνο Θαινγεξᾶο, Γεψξγηνο Φξαηδῆο, Ληθφιανο Βέιθνο, Πηέθαλνο
Ληθνιαῒδεο, Αἰθαηεξίλα Γεσξγνπνχινπ, Ἰσάλλεο Γεσξγφπνπινο, Πσηήξηνο
Καζηέαο, Ἄξηεκηο Γακάρε,Ρξηαληαθπιιηά Κπαθαληψδν, Αἰθαηεξίλα Τπιάθνπ,
἗ιέλε Πσηεξνπνχινπ, Καξία Τάιηνπ, Δ὎ηπρία Ξπζαξνχιε Καξία Κπέθα,
Αἰθαηεξίλα Κπέθα, Καξγαξίηηα Θαβνχθε, ἗ιέλε Θνπκπάξνπ, Ξαηξίλα
Ἀλησλνπνχινπ, Καξία Ππαλνῦ, Κηραήι Ταξνκκάηεο, Αἰθαηεξίλα Ξαηηληψηε,
Ληθφιανο Ξαζράιεο, θαζψο θαί ἀπεζπαζκέλνη δάζθαινη ἐθ ηῆο Γελεηείξαο καο.
Γξαζηεξηφηεηεο
 Πρνιηθφ Γνπψιθαζνλ
 Πρνιηθή ρνξνεζπεξίδα
 Ξξνγξάκκαηα κέ ζρνιηθνχο ρνξνχο
 Πρνιηθέο ἐπηδείμεηο
 ἖θδξνκέο
 Πρνιηθά παηρλίδηα
 ἖ζληθέο ἐπεηείνπο
 Πρνιηθνχο δηαγσληζκνχο
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Greek School students reciting poems at the end of year school concert
Greek School students participating in Greek National Day celebrations
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Greek School students at Greek National Day celebrations at the War Memorial
Greek School students dressed in Greek National costumes
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ΚΑΘΖΚΑΡΑ ΣΝΟΝ΢
Ρά πξῶηα ρξφληα, δηδάζθνληαλ ηά παηδηά ηῶλ ζρνιείσλ καο ρνξφ ἀπ’ηφλ
δάζθαιφ ηνπο. Ἀξγφηεξα πξνζειήθζεζαλ εἰδηθνί ὅπνπ ἀλέιαβαλ ηφ ἔξγν ηνῦ
ρνξνδηδαζθάινπ. Πήκεξα ὅια ηά παηδηά ηῶλ ζρνιείσλ καο καζαίλνπλ ἑιιεληθνχο
ρνξνχο ἀπφ δηαθεθξηκέλνπο ρνξνδηδαζθάινπο.
Σνξνδηδάζθαινη-Σνξνδηδαζθάιηζζεο 1984-2009
Οίηα Ἰσαλλίδνπ, Βαζίιεηνο Κνπδαθίηεο, Γεψξγηνο Θαηζηκπξῆο, Θνξίλα
Καηζηκάλε, Ξαλαγηψηα Καηζηκάλε, Σξηζηίλα Κφξηα, Αἰθαηεξίλα Ρζαθχξε,
Γξαζηεξηφηεηεο
 Ππκκεηνρή ζηφ ἑιιεληθφ Φεζηηβάι ηνῦ Γιελέιγθ
 Πηφ ἑιιεληθφ Γιέληη
 Πηφ Γνπψιθαζνλ
 Πηίο ζρνιηθέο θαί ἐλνξηαθέο ἐθδειψζεηο
ΘΙΖΟΗΘΝΙΑΗΘΔΠ Π΢ΛΔΙΔ΢ΠΔΗΠ
Πηίο πξῶηεο Θιεξηθνιατθέο Ππλειεχζεηο ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο, δέλ ἦηαλ
εὔθνιν λά ἐθπξνζσπεπζῆ πάληνηε ἟ Θνηλφηεηα-἖λνξία καο. Ἀιιά ἀπφ ηφ 1984
θαί ἐληεῦζελ ἟ Θνηλφηεηα-἖λνξία καο ἐθπξνζσπε῔ηαη πιήξσο ζέ ὅιεο ηίο
Θιεξηθνιατθέο Ππλειεχζεηο ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο.
Members from our Community at a Clergy-Laity Conference
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ΞΝΙΗΡΔΗΑΘΑ ΘΑΗ ΘΝΗΛΝΞΝΙΗΡΔΗΑΘΑ Π΢ΛΔΓΟΗΑ

Πέ ὅια ηά ζπλέδξηα Λενιαίαο, ὅπνπ θη’ἄλ ἐιάκβαλαλ ρψξα α὎ηά,
Θνηλνπνιηηεηαθά ἤ πνιηηεηαθά, ἟ Θνηλφηεηα - ἖λνξία καο ἀληηπξνζσπεχεηαη
πιήξσο.
ΠΔΚΗΛΑΟΗΑ
Πεκηλάξηα δηνξγαλσζέληα ὏πφ ηνῦ Ἱεξέσο, ηῆο λενιαίαο, ηνῦ Γ. Ππκβνπιίνπ ἤ
ηῆο Φηινπηψρνπ καο, ἐζεκείσλαλ πάληνηε ἐπηηπρία. Ρά ζεκηλάξηα ἦηαλ ζνβαξνῦ
πεξηερνκέλνπ θαί θνηλνῦ ἐλδηαθέξνληνο.
Θέκαηα:
 Θξεζθεπηηθά
 ἖θθιεζηαζηηθά
 Ξαηεξηθά
 Ἀληηαηξεηηθά
 Ἀληηζρηζκαηηθά
 Ξαηδαγσγηθά
 ἖πηζηεκνληθά
 Ἰζηνξηθά
 Θνηλσληθά
 Θέκαηα: πίζηεσο, δηαηξνθῆο, Ὑγείαο
EΛΝΟΗΑΘΔΠ EΘΓΖΙΥΠΔΗΠ
Ρά πξῶηα ρξφληα ηῆο ἱδξχζεσο ηῆο Θνηλφηεηαο-἖λνξίαο ηνῦ Ξξνθήηε Ἠιία,
ἐιάκβαλαλ ρψξα νἱ δηάθνξεο ἑνξηαζηηθέο ἐθδειψζεηο, ζέ κηά κηθξή αἴζνπζα
πίζσ ἀπ’ηφλ Λαφ, ζηφ πξναχιην, θάησ ἀπφ ηέληα ἤ θαί ζέ δηάθνξεο ἄιιεο
αἴζνπζεο ηῆο πεξηνρῆο. Ἡ ηαιαηπσξία, πνιιέο θνξέο ἦηαλ ἀγσληψδεο γηά ηά
κέιε ηνῦ ἑθάζηνηε Γ. Ππκβνπιίνπ. Ἀπ’ηφ 1999 θαί ἐληεῦζελ κέ ηφ κεγάιν
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ἐπίηεπγκα ηῆο ἀλνηθνδφκεζεο ηνῦ ἐλνξηαθνῦ Θέληξνπ, νἱ ἐθδειψζεηο γίλνληαη

πνιηηηζκέλα θαί ἄλεηα.
Νἱ ἐπίζεκεο ἐλνξηαθέο ἐθδειψζεηο πνχ ιακβάλνπλ ρψξα ζηήλ αἴζνπζα ηνῦ

Θέληξνπ θαη’ἔηνο εἶλαη:
 ἖ηήζηα Σξηζηνπγελληάηηθα Θάιαληα
 Ξξσηνρξνληάηηθε ρνξνεζπεξίδα
 Γεῦκα ηήλ Θπξηαθή ηῆο Ρπξηλῆο
 Γεῦκα κέ ςάξη ηῶλ Βαῒσλ
 Γεῦκα ὏πέξ ηῆο Θενινγηθῆο Πρνιῆο
 Σνξνεζπεξίδα ηφ Πάββαην πξίλ ηνῦ Ξξνθήηνπ Ἠιηνῦ
 Γεῦκα ἀλήκεξα ηνῦ Ξξνθήηνπ Ἠιηνῦ
 Ἀπνγεπκαηηλά ηέτα γηά θηιαλζξσπηθνχο ζθνπνχο
 Γεχκαηα γηά ηίο ἀλάγθεο ηῆο ἖θθιεζίαο καο
 Πρνιηθή ρνξνεζπεξίδα ηφ πξῶην Πάββαην ηνῦ Πεπηεκβξίνπ (Γηνξηή ηνῦ
παηέξα)
 Ξξνβνιή ζξεζθεπηηθῶλ θαί ἐπνηθνδνκεηηθῶλ ηαηληῶλ

 Γεῦκα ἀλήκεξα ηῆο ἐηεζίαο ἐπεηείνπ ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο, δεχηεξε
Θπξηαθή Λνεκβξίνπ
 Ἀπνγεπκαηηλή ζπλάληεζε κέ θαγεηφ θαί ἀπνινγηζκφο ὅισλ ηῶλ ἐπηηξνπῶλ,

὏πνεπηηξνπῶλ θαί θνξέσλ ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο, γηά ηφ ἔηνο πνχ πέξαζε
θαί ιήςε λέσλ ἀπνθάζεσλ.
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Executive Committee and Philoptohos members working tirelessly at a Prophet Elias feast day festival
Parishioners at the conclusion of Prophet Elias feast day Divine Liturgy
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Easter Night 2009
Easter Night 2009
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EΒΓΝΚΑΓΗΑIΝ ΓΗΓΙΥΠΠΝ Φ΢ΙΙΑΓΗΝ

«Ν ΙΝΓΝΠ ΡΝ΢ ΘΔΝ΢»
Ἡ πξψηε ἔθδνζε ἔγηλε ηφλ Ἰνχλην ηνῦ 1984 θαί ζπλερίδεηαη κέρξη ζήκεξνλ ἄλεπ
δηαθνπῆο. Δἶλαη 16ζέιηδν, ἐθδίδεηαη ὏πφ ἐπηηξνπῆο θαί ζθνπφ ἔρεη ηήλ δηάδνζε
ηνῦ Θείνπ Ιφγνπ θαί γεληθή ἐλεκέξσζε ηῶλ πηζηῶλ ζέ ἑβδνκαδηαία βάζε, ὅπσο:
Ἀλαθνηλψζεηο, θνηλσληθέο ἀγγειίεο θαί ἐλεκέξσζε γχξσ ἀπφ ηά ἐλνξηαθά
δξψκελα. Ρφ Φπιιάδην α὎ηφ ζπξξηθλσκέλν ζέ δχν ηφκνπο 800 ζειίδσλ
θαη’ἔηνο, ε὏ξίζθεηαη ζηφ Βηβιηνπσιε῔ν ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο.
ΚΔΙΖ ΡΖΠ EΞΗΡΟΝΞΖΠ Φ΢ΙΙΑΓΗΝ΢

὇ Ἱεξέαο, Πηακαηία Ταξνκκάηε, Ἀλδξέαο Ταξνκκάηεο, Θσλζηαλη῔λνο
Ταξνκκάηεο, ἗ιέλε Ταξνκκάηε, Κηραήι Ταξνκκάηεο, Βαζηιηθή Θαλαθάξε, Λίλα
Είιια, Βαζηιηθή Άλησλίνπ, Καγδαιηλή Θνζκαδνπνχινπ, ἖ιεπζέξηνο θαί
Αἰθαηεξίλα Ξαηεληφηε.
EΘΓΖΙΥΠΔΗΠ ΠΡΑ ΞΙΑΗΠΗΑ ΡΖΠ

ΞΔΛΡΖΘΝΛΡΑΔΡΖΟΗΓΑΠ ΚΑΠ
Κέ ἀπφθαζε ηῆο ἖ηεζίαο Γεληθῆο Ππλειεχζεσο ηῆο 2αο Λνεκβξίνπ 2008
δησξγαλψζεθε εἰδηθή ἐπηηξνπή γηά ηήλ δηεθπεξαίσζε ηῶλ δηαθφξσλ
ἐθδειψζεσλ ηῆο Ξεληεθνληαεηεξίδαο καο. Ἡ ἐλ ιφγσ ἐπηηξνπή ὏πφ ηήλ
πξνεδξίαλ ηνῦ θ. Ἰσάλλνπ Θηνζφγινπ πξνγξακκάηηζε ζρεδφλ κηά ἐθδήισζε ηφλ
κῆλα. Κέ ηήλ ἔλαξμε ηνῦ 2009 ἔιαβε ρψξα ἟ πξψηε ἐθδήισζε
(Ξξσηνρξνληάηηθε ρνξνεζπεξίδα) ἟ ὁπνία ἐζεκείσζε κεγάιε ἐπηηπρία. Ἡ
δεχηεξε, (Πεκηλάξην) ὏πφ ηνῦ Θαζεγεηνῦ Γεσξγίνπ Φξαδῆ, ηήλ Θπξηαθή 15ε
Καξηίνπ 2009, κέ ζέκα: «Ἡ ζπκβνιή ηῶλ Ξαηέξσλ ηῆο ἖θθιεζίαο ζηήλ
Γηακφξθσζε ηῆο ἖θπαηδεπηηθῆο Ξνιηηηθῆο ηνῦ Βπδαληίνπ». Κέ ἐλδηαθέξνλ ηήλ
παξεθνινχζεζαλ ἐθηφο ηνῦ ἖ληηκνηάηνπ Γεληθνῦ Ξξνμέλνπ θ. Γ. Σαηδνπνχινπ,
ηνῦ θαζεγεηνῦ ηῶλ λενειιεληθῶλ ηνῦ Ξαλεπηζηεκίνπ Φιίληεξο Κ. Ρζηαλίθα,
ἄλζξσπνη ηῶλ γξακκάησλ θαί παξνηθηαθνί παξάγσληεο. Θαηά θνηλή ὁκνινγία
ἦηαλ κηά ζαπκάζηα ηεθκεξησκέλε παηεξηθή ὁκηιία. Ἡ ηξίηε ἐθδήισζε μεπέξαζε
θάζε πξνζδνθία, ἐθ’ὅζνλ κέζα ζ’ἑλα ηξηήκεξν, (10ε, 11ε θαί 12ε Ἀπξηιίνπ), ἟
ηξηαληακειήο ἀπνζηνιή ηῆο ΝΣΔΔ ηνῦ Πχδλευ, ὏πφ ηήλ πξνεδξίαλ ηνῦ Ἰαηξνῦ
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Ἰσάλλνπ Ταξνκκάηε θαί ηνῦ Θαζεγεηνῦ Κηραήι Ἀλησληάδε κᾶο παξνπζίαζαλ

δχν ὏πέξνρα θαί ἐπηθνδνκεηηθά ἔξγα ἐπί ζθελῆο, δχν ζεκηλάξηα ἀθαδεκατθνῦ
ἐπηπέδνπ, ἐθθιεζηαζηηθνχο ὕκλνπο κέ βπδαληηλή ρνξσδία θαί ὏πέξνρα
ρξηζηηαληθά ηξαγνχδηα ηῶλ ρξηζηηαληθῶλ ὁκάδσλ. ἗θαηνληάδεο ζπκπαξνίθσλ
καο παξεθνινχζεζαλ θαί ζπλεράξεθαλ ηήλ ηξηαληακειή ὁκάδα ηῆο ΝΣΔΔ ηνῦ
Πχδλευ. Ρέηαξηε ἐθδήισζε, ἦηαλ ζπγθηλεηηθή ζεαηξηθή παξάζηαζε ἐπί ζθελῆο,
κέ ηίηιν «὇ Ἄζσηνο ΢ἱφο» ὏πφ ηήλ δηεχζπλζε ηνῦ θ. Θσλζηαληίλνπ Φσηηάδε,
ηήλ 16ελ Ἰνπλίνπ 2009. Ρήλ παξάζηαζε παξεθνινχζεζαλ ὁ Θενθηιέζηαηνο
἖πίζθνπνο Γνξπιαίνπ θ. Λίθαλδξνο, ὁ ἖ληηκφηαηνο Γεληθφο Ξξφμελνο θ.
Σαηδφπνπινο, ἐθιεθηνί πξνζθεθιεκέλνη θαί πιῆζνο ὁκνγελῶλ καο. Θαηά θνηλή
ὁκνινγία ἟ ἐθδήισζε α὎ηή ἦηαλ ηέιεηα. Πηά πιαίζηα ηῆο Ξεληεθνληαεηεξίδαο
καο ἦηαλ θαί ἟ ἀθνινπζία ηνῦ ἗ζπεξηλνῦ ηῆο Ἀγάπεο, ὅπνπ κέ ιακπξφηεηα
ἔιαβε ρψξα εἰο ηφλ Ἱεξφ Λαφ καο, ρνξνζηαηνῦληνο ηνῦ Θενθηιεζηάηνπ
἖πηζθφπνπ Γνξπιαίνπ θ. Ληθάλδξνπ, βνεζνπκέλνπ ὏πφ ηνῦ ὆ξζνδφμνπ Ἱεξνῦ
θιήξνπ ηῆο Ἱεξᾶο καο Ἀξρηεπηζθνπῆο θαί ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ θιήξνπ ηῶλ ἀδειθῶλ
὆ξζνδφμσλ ἖θθιεζηῶλ ηῆο Ἀδειαῒδνο. Ἡ ἐθδήισζε ὅκσο πνχ ἔγξαςε ἱζηνξία,
ὄρη κφλν γηά ηήλ Ἀδειαῒδα ἀιιά θαί γηά ὁιφθιεξε ηήλ Α὎ζηξαιία, ἦηαλ ἟
Βπδαληηθή Ππλαπιία. Θαη’α὎ηήλ δψζεθε ἟ ε὎θαηξία λά ηηκήζνπκε ηφλ πξῶην
Ἱεξνςάιηε ηῆο Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο θ. Ἠιία Φξαγθνχιε. Ἡ 40κειήο ρνξσδία
ηῆο Βπδαληηλῆο κνπζηθῆο «Ἰσάλλεο ὁ Γακαζθελφο» ὏πφ ηνῦ Ἄξρνληνο
Ξξσηνςάιηε Ἡιηνῦ Φξαγθνχιε, θαηέπιεμε ηνχο πᾶληεο. ἖θηέιεζαλ ἄξηζηα θαί
κέ ἀθξίβεηα ζέ βπδαληηλή λφηα, ηνχο ἐθθιεζηαζηηθνχο καο ὕκλνπο ζηίο
ἑθαηνληᾶδεο ηῶλ πεξεπξηζθνκέλσλ ὁκνγελῶλ καο θαί δηθαίσο ἀπέιαβαλ ηφλ
θαζνιηθφλ ἔπαηλνλ. Γχξσ ζηνχο ηεηξαθνζίνπο ὁκνγελε῔ο καο θαζειψζεθαλ γηά
ηξε῔ο ὥξεο ζηφ θάζηζκά ηνπο ε὎θξαηλφκελνη ηήλ βπδαληηλή παλδαηζία. ὇ζαχησο
ἀπήιαπζαλ ηνχο ὕκλνπο θαί ηά ηξαγνχδηα ἀπ’ηήλ γπλαηθεία ρνξσδεία ηῆο
Θνηλφηεηνο-἖λνξίαο καο. Γηά ηίο ηξεΐο ἑπφκελεο ἐθδειψζεηο ηῆο
Ξεληεθνληαεηεξίδνο καο ζά γξάςεη ηφ Ιεχθσκα ηῆο ἑπφκελεο δεθαεηίαο.
Ππγραξηηήξηα θαί ἔπαηλνο ζηά κέιε ηῆο ὆ξγαλσηηθή ἐπηηξνπῆο ηῆο

πελεληάρξνλεο ἐπεηείνπ καο, ἁπαξηηδνκέλε ἀπ’ηφλ Ξξφεδξν θ. Ἰσάλλε
Θηνζφγινπ θαί ηά κέιε: Θψζηα Φσηηάδε, Ἀλδξέα Ταξνκκάηε, Πηαπξνχια
Τσξάθε, Δ὎γελία Γεσξγνπνχινπ, Κηραήι Ταξνκκάηε, ἗ιέλε Σάιηε, Γεψξγην
Γεκεηξίνπ θαί Ληθφιαν Ἀλάξγπξν.
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Palm Sunday Lunch 2009. Dr John Psarommatis’ gave a talk as port of the Christian Society of
Sydney’s commemorative visit
Clergy during the 2009 Agape service
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Benefactors &
Donors
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The fifty year anniversary of our Community and Parish marks a magnificent and histori-
cal achievement within our Holy Archdiocese. This accomplishment would never have
been possible without the power of unity, love and devotion, of our faithful Christians.
For fifty whole years our faithful parishioners and supporters have tirelessly offered their
work and expertise in order to achieve their goals. The names listed below are only
some of the main Benefactors and Donors who have contributed to the establishment,
growth and progress of this blessed Parish & Community of Prophet Elias Norwood &
Eastern Suburbs Inc. There are a great number of unnamed humble and devoted peo-
ple who continuously offer towards the everyday needs of our Parish & Community. For
all those named and unnamed faithful parishioners who live and enjoy the labour of their
hands today, we take this opportunity to extend our heartfelt gratitude and pray that our
good Lord may grant them health and prosperity. For those who have departed this life,
we pray that our Lord Jesus may repose their souls and grant them eternal life.
AGATHAGELOS Mr & Mrs G AGORASTOS Mr & Mrs P AKTAPODAS Mr & Mrs E
ALBANESE Mr & Mrs L ALTIPARMAKI Mrs E AMBEDAKIS Mr & Mrs P
ANARGYROS Mr & Mrs I ANARGYROS Mr & Mrs N ANASTASIADIS Mr & Mr D

ANGELARAS Mr & Mrs E ANGELOU Mr & Mrs G ANGELOU Mr & Mrs M
ANTONARA Mrs M ANTONAS Mr & Mrs K ANTONIOU Mr & Mrs H
APOSTOLIDIS Mr & Mrs H ARETZIS Mr D ARONIS Mr & Mrs M
ATHANASIOU Mr & Mrs G ATHANASOULIS Mr & Mrs P ATKINSON Mr M. MP
ATZEMIS Mr & Mrs A AUSSIE FLOWER FARM AXARLIS Mr & Mrs D.
AXARLIS Mr & Mrs Or AYGENAKIS Mr & Mrs C BAKANIOZO Mr & Mrs P
BANAGOS Mr & Mrs E BANOS Mr & Mrs H BEROUKAS Mr & Mrs I
BIBIS Mr & Mrs K BORAS Mr & Mrs A BOUBARIS Dr & Mrs D
BOUCON Mr & Mrs A BOUCON Mr & Mrs B BOURMAS Mr & Mrs C
BOUTSIKOU Mr & Mrs D BLACKWELL FUNERALS BLAIR Mr & Mrs S
BOGIATZI Mrs K BOUNTRIS Mr & Mrs C CHAKIRIS Mr & Mrs D
CHAKIRIS Mr & Mrs G CHAKIRIS Mr & Mrs K CHAKIRIS Mr & Mrs T
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CHRISTODOULOU Mr & Mrs J CHRISOSTOMOU Mr & Mrs A CHRISTAKIS Mr & Mrs H
CHRISTAKIS Mr & Mrs N CHRISTOU Mr & Mrs E CHRYSSAVGIS A
CHRYSSAVGIS Rev. & Pres. M CHRYSOSTOMOU Mr & Mrs M CICCARELLO Ms V. MP
DALKOS Mr & Mrs K DALKOS Mr & Mrs T DANDALIS Mr & Mrs J
DELVIS Mr V DEMETRIOU Mr & Mrs G DEMETRIOU Mr & Mrs P
DIAKOSTERGOU Mr & Mrs D DIAKOU Family DIAMANTIS Mr & Mrs C
DIAMANTOPOULOS Mr & Mrs D DIELOS Mr D DIMARIS Mr & Mrs T
DIMAS Mr & Mrs F DIMAS Mr & Mrs J DIMAS Mr & Mrs K
DIMITRIOU Ms K DIMITRIOU K & V DOUROS Mr & Mrs M
DOUROS Mr & Mrs N DRAKOULIS Mr & Mrs G DRAKOULIS Mr S
DROUSAS Mr & Mrs A ELEFTHERAKIS Mr & Mrs G ELLIS Ms K. MP
EVGENIOU Mr & Mrs N FARAH Mr & Mrs Z FOTAKIS Mr & Mrs E
FOTIADES Mr & Mrs K FOTOPOULOS Mr & Mrs K FOTOPOULOS Mr & Mrs T
FOURTOUNIS Mr & Mrs T GIALAMAS Mr & Mrs AN GIALAMAS Mr & Mrs ATH
GALANOPOULOS Mr & Mrs G GAMBRANIS Mr & Mrs O GAMBRANIS Mr & Mrs P
GAROUFALIS Mr & Mrs D GELADARIS Ms E LaRocca GENIMAHALIOTIS Mr & Mrs G
GENIMAHALIOTIS Mr & Mrs V GEORGIAKATIS Mr & Mrs E GEORGIOU Ms K
GEORGIOU Mr & Mrs E GEORGOPOULOS Mrs E GEORGOPOULOS Mrs S
GIADZIS Mr D GIANGOUNA Mr P GIALAMAS Ms M
GIANARAS Mr & Mrs G GIANNINIS Mr & Mrs M GIANNIS Mr & Mrs G
GIANNOPOULOS Dr & Mrs A GIANNOPOULOS Mr & Mrs G GIANTSIS Mr & Mrs D
GINOS ZISSIS GIONIS Mr & Mrs N GIOVANIDIS Mr A
GLAVAS Mr D GLEZOS Ms S GOGOS Mr & Mrs A
GOGOS Mr & Mrs E GONDZIOULIS Mr & Mrs T GRAFIADELIS Mr & Mrs D
GRAFIADELIS Mr & Mrs S GRAMATOPOULOS Mr & Mrs A GRAMATOPOULOS Mr & Mrs AN
GRAMATOPOULOS Mr & Mrs D GRETSAS Mr & Mrs E HASSOUROS Mr & Mrs D
HASSOUROS Mr & Mrs G HATZIANASTASIADIS Mr & Mrs S HATZIGEORGIOU Mr & Mrs J
HATZINIKOLAOU Mr & Mrs M HATZIS Ms E HORTARAS
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IKONOMAKOU Mr & Mrs P IKONOMOPOULOS Mr & Mrs G IKONOMOPOULOS Mr & Mrs L
IKONOMOPOULOS Mr & Mrs V IKONOMOS Mr & Mrs M IKONOMOU Mr & Mrs A
IKONOMOU Mr & Mrs P IOANNOU Mr & Mrs K IPSIMI A.
IPSIMI Mr & Mrs K IPSIMI Mrs M KAKKAS Mr & Mrs M
KALAPATSONIS Mr & Mrs H KALAPATSONIS Mr & Mrs I KALAPATSONIS Mr & Mrs N
KALAS Mrs M KALETZIS Mr J KALIONIS Mr & Mrs G
KALIOS Mr K KALKANAS Mr & Mrs P KALOS Ms S
KALYVAS Mr & Mrs A KALYVAS Mr & Mrs G KAMBOURIS Ms I
KAMBOURIS Mr P KANAKARI Mr & Mrs G KANAKARI Ms V
KANELLOS Ms D KANTIS Mr & Mrs P KAPELOS Mr & Mrs S
KAPSIS Mr & Mrs K KARAGIANNIS Mr & Mrs F KARAGIOKSI Mr & Mrs J
KARAGIOKSI Mr & Mrs V KARAHALIOU Mr & Mrs E KARAKOUSIS Mr & Mrs H
KARANIS Mr & Mrs G KARANIS Mr & Mrs S KARATASSAS Mr & Mrs A
KARATASSAS Mr & Mrs G KARAVOLAS Mr & Ms A KARIPIDOU Mrs S
KARLOVASITIS Mr D KASSARAS Mr & Mrs J KASSARAS Mr & Mrs M
KATIS Mr & Mrs E KATIS Mr & Mrs N KATSOULIS Mr & Mrs G
KATSOULIS Mr & Mrs J KATSOULIS Mr & Mrs N KEFALIANOS Mr & Mrs A
KEFALIANOS Mr & Mrs J KERAMIDAS Mr & Mrs E KIOSOGLOUS Mr & Mrs A M
KIOSOGLOUS Dr & Mrs A J KIOSOGLOUS Mr & Mrs J A KIOSOGLOU Mr & Mrs M
KLIMENTOU Mr & Mrs E KLIMENTOU Mr Mrs K KLIMENTOU Mr & Mrs M
KLIMENTOU Mr & Mrs V KONSTAS Mr & Mrs V KONTAKOS Ms K
KONTOU Mr & Mrs G KORONIS Mr & Mrs C KORONIS Mr & Mrs G
KORONIS Mr & Mrs K KOSMADOPOULOS Mr & Mrs N KOSMAS Mr & Mrs E
KOSTIS Ms L KOTZIA Ms D KOTZIA Ms K
KOTZIA Mr & Mrs M KOTZIA Mrs P KOTZIA Mr S
KOUFALAKIS Mr & Mrs N KOULARA KOUMBAROS Mr & Mrs V
KOURNIOTIS Mr & Mrs A KOUSIAVELOS Ms K KOUTSIDIS Mrs M
KOTSONOPOULOS Rev. & Pres. S KOUTSOUKOU Mr & Mrs I KOUTSOUKOU Mr & Mrs J
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KOUTSOURIDIS Mr & Mrs G KOUVARIS Mr & Mrs S KOZNO Mr & Mrs S
KAVOUKI Mr & Mrs KRASTAMIS Mr & Mrs G KRATSIS Mr D
KRISTOPOULOS Mr & Mrs C KRISTORIS Mr & Mrs P LAHANA Mr & Mrs E
LAMBOS Mr & Mrs G LANGANIS Mr & Mrs D LANGANIS Mr & Mrs E
LANGANIS Mr & Mrs I LANGANIS Ms M LANGANIS Mr & Mrs S
LAPARIDIS Mr & Mrs G LAPARIDIS Mr & Mrs K LAPARIDIS Mr & Mrs X
LAZARAKIS Mr & Mrs N LEONIDAS Ms I LEONTIOU Mr & Mrs M
LEWIS Mr & Mrs G LEWIS Mr S LIAKIMIS Ms E
LIASKOS Mr & Mrs K LIBERTY M LOIZOU Mr & Mrs K
LOIZOU Mr & Mrs G LOIZOU Mr & Mrs S LOUKA Ms A
LOUKA Mr & Mrs L LOUKAS Mr & Mrs P LOULAKIS Mr & Mrs K
LOULIAS Mr & Mrs C LYCOURAS Mr & Mrs I MAHERAS Mr & Mrs C
MAGIAFOGLOU Mr & Mrs S MAIOS Mrs E MALAMATINA Mr & Mrs K
MALIOS Mr & Mrs K MANOLAKIS Mr & Mrs I MANOLAKIS Mr & Mrs S
MARINAKIS Mr & Mrs A MARIONOS Ms M MAROULIS Mr & Mrs E
MAROUSOPOULOS Mr & Mrs K MARSELLOS Mr & Mrs A MASTEAS Rev. A
MASTEAS Rev. S MASTROSAVVAS Mr & Mrs S MATSIMANIS Mr C
MATSIMANIS Mr P MATZIAVAS Mr & Mrs I MATZIORIS X & B
MAVRANGELOS Mrs G MAVROPSIS Ms C MAZOMENOS Mr & Mrs K
MERKOURIS Mr & Mrs V MIHALAKA Ms A MIHALARAS Mr & Mrs P
MIHALOS Mr & Mrs K MILARAS Mr & Mrs P MILIOS Mr & Mrs Markos
MILIOS Mr & Mrs Michael MILIOS Mr & Mrs S MILON Mr & Mrs K
MITROUSIS Mr & Mrs J MITSELOS Mr & Mrs I MITSOPOULOS Mr & Mrs G
MITSOPOULOU Ms N MITSOS Mr S MORIAS Mr & Mrs A
MORIAS Ms E MORIAS Mr & Mrs G MOSHAKIS Mr & Mrs H
MOURTZIOS Mr & Mrs P MOUSTRIDOU Mr & Mrs P MOUTSOS
MUCHU Mr & Mrs A NAKOS Mr & Mrs P +NIKANDROS OF DORYLEON
NIKOLIAS Mr & Mrs D NIKOLIAS Mr & Mrs E NIKOLOPOULOS Mr & Mrs H
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NYSIRIOS Mr & Mrs G NYSIRIOS Mr & Mrs S ORFANOU Mr & Mrs A
ORFANOU Mr & Mrs C ORFANOU Mr & Mrs P ORFANOU Ms L
OON Mr & Mrs N ORTH. CHRI. SOCIETY SYDNEY PALASIS Mr & Mrs K
PALTOGLOU Mr & Mrs C PALTOGLOU Mr & Mrs K PALYARIS Mr & Mrs E
PALYARIS Mr & Mrs J PANAGIOTIDIS Mr & MRS T PANAGIOTOPOULOS Mr & Mrs V
PANAGOPOULOS Mr & Mrs V PANATSOU Mr & Mrs N PANOPOULOS Mr & Mrs A
PANOS Ms C PANTELIS Mr & Mrs K PAPACHRISTOS Mr & Mrs K
PAPADELOS Mr & Mrs PAPADONIOU Mr & Mrs I PAPADOPOULOS Mr & Mrs J
PAPADIMITRIOU Mr & Mrs J PAPAGEORGAKIS Mr & Mrs C PAPAGEORGE Ms M
PAPAGEORGIOU Mr & Mrs A PAPAGEORGIOU Mr & Mrs G PAPAGEORGIOU Mr & Mrs V
PAPAGEORGIOU Ms Z PAPAS Mr & Mrs D PAPASTAMATIS Mr & Mrs S
PAPATHEODOSIOY Mr & Mrs D PAPHITIS Mr & Mrs N PARONIS Mr & Mrs E
PARONIS Mr & Mrs I PARONIS Mr & Mrs J PASALIDIS Ms D
PASALIDIS Mr & Mrs I PASCHALIS Ms T PATINIOTIS Mr & Mrs T
PATRIKI Ms E PATSALOS Mr & Mrs A PATSALOS Mr & Mrs P
PATSIS Mr & Mrs D PAZIOS Mr & Mrs A PEGLIS Ms I
PETERS Mr & Mrs A PETERS Mr & Mrs E PETERS Mr & Mrs H
PETROPOULOS Mr & Mrs J PETROPOULOS Mr & Mrs P PETROPOULOS Mr & Mrs T
PHILIPPOU Mr & Mrs C PINIROS Mr & Mrs P PINIROS Mr V
PIZIMOLAS Mr & Mrs A PIZIMOLAS Mr & Mrs A PIZIMOLAS Mr & Mrs J
PIZIMOLAS Mr & Mrs Philimon PIZIMOLAS Mr & Mrs Phillip PLATIS Mr & Mrs G
PLATIS Mr & Mrs N PLOUBIDIS Mr & Mrs N PORTARIANOS Ms K
POUPOULAS Mr & Mrs D POUPOULAS Mr & Mrs G POURIESIS Mr & Mrs N
PSAROBAS Ms D PSAROMATIS Mr & Mrs A PSAROMATIS Mrs S
PSAROMATIS Mr & Dr C PSAROMATIS Dr & Mrs J PSAROMATIS Mr M
PSAROMATIS Rev & Pres S PSEFTELIS Mr & Mrs G PSEFTELIS Mr & Mrs J
PSEFTELIS Mr & Mrs M PSILOS Mr & Mrs D PSORAKIS Mr & Mrs G
PSORAKIS Mrs I PYTHAROULIS Mr & Mrs S REKKAS Mr & Mrs D
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RETSAS Mr & Mrs D ROUFOS Mr & Mrs I SALAGARAS Ms S
SARANTAVGAS Mr & Mrs D SARLAS Mr & Mrs A SAVVAIDES Mr & Mrs A
SAVVAIDES Mr & Mrs E SAVVAS Mr & Mrs C SFYRIOS Ms A
SFYRIOS Mr & Mrs E SFYRIOS Mr & Mrs J SFYRIOS Mr & Mrs P
SFYRIOS Mr & Mrs P SFRYRIOS Mr P & Mrs M SFYRIOS Mr & Mrs T
SFYRIOS Ms V SIAHAMIS Mr & Mrs I SIAMARIS Ms J
SIBONI Mr & Mrs P SIMOS Mr & Mrs T SITARAS Mr & Mrs J
SKOUNOS Mr A SLOUMATIS Mr & Mrs P SMERNOS Mr & Mrs P
SORVANIS Mr & Mrs E SOTIROPOULOS Mr & Mrs G SPANOS Mr & Mrs D
SPANOU Mr & Mrs G SPILIOTIS Mr & Mrs G SPIROULIA Mr & Mrs K
STAM Ms K STAM Mr & Mrs P STAMATOPOULOS Ms E
STAMATOPOULOS Mr & Mrs G STAMATOPOULOS Mr & Mrs N STAMATOPOULOS Mr & Mrs P
STAMATOPOULOS Mr & Mrs T STAMATOPOULOS Mr & Mrs V STAMOUDIS Mr & Mrs V
STATHORI Mr & Mrs M STAVROPOULOS Mr & Mrs G STAVROPOULOS Mrs An.
STAVROPOULOS Mr & Mrs V STEFANIDIS Mr & Mrs K STEFANOPOULOS Mr & Mrs N
STOJANOVIC Ms E STOUPOS Mr & Mrs E STOUPOS Mr & Mrs G
STRASCHKO Ms M STYLIANOS Mr & Mrs D TALIANGIS Mr & Mrs B
TEAZIS Mr & Mrs C TETTIS Ms A TETTIS Mr & Mrs D
THEODOROU Mr & Mrs P THESSALINIKEUS Mr & Mrs K THOMA Mr & Mrs D
THOMA Mr & Mrs J THOMA Ms P TIFLITIS Mr & Mrs G
TOMAZOS Mr & Mrs P TOUTSIS Mr & Mrs K TRIFOI A & c
TRIPODI Mrs P TSAKALOS Mr & Mrs E TSAKALOS Mr & Mrs S
TSAKIRIS Mr & Mrs D TSALAVOUTAS Mr & Mrs D TSAMBARLIS Ms C
TSAMBARLIS Ms D TSAMBARLIS Mr & Mrs S TSAOUSOGLOU Mr & Mrs K
TSAOUSOGLOU Mr & Mrs M TSEKOURAS Mr & Mrs P TSIAROS Mr & Mrs A
TSIAROS Mr & Mrs C TSIMOPOULOS Mr & Mrs D TSIMOURIS Mr & Mrs N
TSOTRAS Mr A TSORTAS Ms P TSORTAS Mr & Mrs S
TSOURTOS TSOUTOURAS Mr & Mrs G TSOUVALAS Mr & Mrs P
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TZANNES Mr & Mrs G TZIORTZIS Mr & Mrs C TZIORTZIS Mr & Mrs M
VAGENAS Mr & Mrs A VALIOTIS Mr & Mrs G VARVOUNIS Mr & Mrs N
VASILIKIOTIS Ms E VENETSIANOS Mr & Mrs G VENIZELOU
VIDALIS Mr & Mrs S VIGLIS Mr & Mrs K VIVLIOS Mr & Mrs B
VLAHOS Mr & Mrs A VLAHOS Ms A VLAHOU Ms E
VLAHOULIS Mr & Mrs S VLAHOULIS Dr & Mrs N XENEFON Mr & Mrs T
XENITIS Mr & Mrs S ZANNIS Mr & Mrs C ZAVOS Mr & Mrs J
ZAVOS Mr & Mrs V TZEREFOS Mr & Mrs D ZERVAS Mr & Mrs G
ZILLE Mr & Mrs K ZILLE Mr & Mrs P ZILLE Mr & Mrs R
ZISSOPOULOS Mr & Mrs S
Mr Ilias and Mrs Marianthi Langanis.
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ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΙΚΑ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΑ 1959-2009
1959-1961 1961-1963
Ἀντώνιος Κιοσόγλου Πρόεδρος Ἀντώνιος Πάτσαλος Πρόεδρος
Ἐμμανουήλ Στοῦππος Ἀντιπρόεδρος Δημήτριος Λαγκάνης Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Δημοσθένης Ἀξαρλῆς Γραμματέας Εὐθύμιος Σορβανῆς Γραμματέας
Στυλιανός Λαγκάνης Ταμίας Εὐάγγελος Νικολιᾶς Ταμίας
ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ
Ἰωάννης Καπέτας Ἀνδρέας Ὀρφανοῦ
Μιχαήλ Παπαγεωργίου Μιχαήλ Παπαγεωργίου
Ἀντώνιος Πάτσαλος Ἰωάννης Πιζήμολας
Σάββας Μαστροσάββας Παντελεήμων Σφυριός
Δημήτριος Γκλαβᾶς
1963-1965 1965-1967
Ἀντώνιος Πάτσαλος Πρόεδρος Ἰωάννης Καπέτας Πρόεδρος
Δημήτριος Λαγκάνης Ἀντιπρόεδρος Μάρκος Μηλιός Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Εὐθύμιος Σορβανῆς Γραμματέας Ἐμμανουήλ Σφυριός Γραμματέας
Εὐάγγελος Νικολιάς Ταμίας Χρῆστος Κορώνης Ταμίας
Ἀνδρέας Ὀρφανοῦ Στυλιανός Λαγκάνης
Ἰωάννης Πιζήμολας Γεώργιος Στοῦππος
Παντελεήμων Σφυριός Ἀντώνιος Πάτσαλος
Ἐμμανουήλ Φωτάκης
147
1967-1969 1969-1971
Μάρκος Μηλιός Πρόεδρος Μάρκος Μηλιός Πρόεδρος
Ἀνδρέας Ὀρφανοῦ Ἀντιπρόεδρος Ἀνδρέας Ὀρφανοιῦ Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Φιλήμων Πιζήμολας Γραμματέας Φιλήμων Πιζήμολας Γραμματέας
Χρῆστος Κορώνης Ταμίας Χρῆστος Κορώνης Ταμίας
Γεώργιος Στοῦππος Γεώργιος Στοῦππος
Ἐμμανουήλ Φωτάκης Ἐμμανουήλ Φωτάκης
Ἠλίας Μιτσέλος Ἠλίας Μιτσέλος
Σταῦρος Ζησόπουλος Σταῦρος Ζησόπουλός
Σταῦρος Γραφιαδέλης
1971-1973
1973-1975
Μάρκος Μηλιός Πρόεδρος
Ἰωάννης Κιοσόγλου Πρόεδρος
Ἀνδρέας Ὀρφανοῦ Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Γεώργιος Χασοῦρος Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Φιλήμων Πιζήμολας Γραμματέας
Γεώργιος Ἀθανασίου Γραμματέας
Χρῆστος Κορώνης Ταμίας
Γεώργιος Καρατασᾶς Ταμίας
ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ
ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ
Ἐμμανουήλ Φωτάκης
Σταῦρος Ζησόπουλος
Γεώργιος Στοῦππος
Γεώργιος Στοῦππος
Ἠλίας Μιτσέλος
Γεώργιος Γεννημαχαλιώτης
Χαράλαμπος Καρακούσης
Ἐμμανουήλ Σφυριός
Χαράλαμπος Νικολόπουλος
Παντελεήμων Μούρτζιος
148
1975-1977 1977-1979
Στυλιανός Λαγκάνης Πρόεδρος Ἀνδρέας Ὀρφανοῦ Πρόεδρος
Χρῆστος Κορώνης Ἀντιπρόεδρος Χαράλαμπος Καρακούσης Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Γεώργιος Ἀθανασίου Γραμματέας Γεώργιος Ἀθανασίου Γραμματέας
Χρῆστος Κυριάκου Ταμίας Χρῆστος Κυριάκου Ταμίας
Γεώργιος Γεννημαχαλιώτης Χρῆστος Κορώνης
Θεόδωρος Φουρτούνης Θεόδωρος Φουρτούνης
Γεώργιος Καρατασᾶς Παναγιώτης Τζορβᾶς
Χριστοφῆς Ὀρφανοῦ Γεώργιος Χασοῦρος
Γεώργιος Χασοῦρος Κωνσταντῖνος Λουλάκης
1979-1981 1981-1983
Βασίλειος Ταλιαντζῆς Πρόεδρος Θεόδωρος Φουρτούνης Πρόεδρος
Ἰωάννης Κιοσόγλου Ἀντιπρόεδρος Δημήτριος Στυλιανοῦ Γραμματέας
Γεώργιος Γεννημαχαλιώτης Γραμματέας Κωνσταντῖνος Δάλκος Ταμίας
Γεώργιος Δημητρίου Ταμίας ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ
ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ Στυλιανός Κάπελλος
Δημήτριος Θεοδωρίδης Νικόλαος Κατῆς
Χριστοφῆς Ὀρφανοῦ Ἐλευθέριος Τζορβάς
Κωνσταντῖνος Δάλκος Βασίλειος Γεωργίου
Θεόδωρος Φουρτούνης Χαράλαμπος Νικολόπουλος
Νικόλαος Κατῆς Σπυρίδων Κούβαρης
Ἰωακείμ Παρώνης
149
1983-1985 1985-1987
Γεώργιος Καρατασᾶς Πρόεδρος Γεώργιος Καρατασᾶς Πρόεδρος
Χαράλαμπος Καρακούσης Ἀντιπρόεδρος Χρῆστος Κορώνης Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Κωνσταντῖνος Μύλων Γραμματέας Κωνσταντῖνος Μύλων Γραμματέας
Θεόδωρος Πετρόπουλος Ταμίας Θεόδωρος Πετρόπουλος Ταμίας
Βασίλειος Παναγόπουλος Δημήτριος Καρλοβασίτης
Μάρκος Μηλιός Φιλήμων Πιζήμολας
Χριστοφῆς Ὀρφανοῦ Ἀναστάσιος Καρατασᾶς
Ἀναστάσιος Καρατασᾶς Εὐάγγελος Γεωργίου
Στυλιανός Κάπελλος Νικόλαος Καλαπατσώνης
Εὐάγγελος Γεωργίου Στυλιανός Κάπελλος
Γεώργιος Γουρδουβέλης 1989-1991

Φώτιος Δήμας Θεόφιλος Παναγιωτίδης Πρόεδερος
Γεώργιος Ἀθανασίου Ἀντιπρόεδρος

1987-1989
Στυλιανός Μήτσου Γραμματέας
Κωνσταντῖνος Μύλων Πρόεδρος
Ἀχιλλέας Μόριας Ταμίας
Γρηγόριος Καλύβας Ἀντιπρόεδρος
ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ
Κωνσταντῖνος Πατσῆς Γραμματέας
Ἀχιλλέας Μόριας Ταμίας
Παναγιώτης Ἀθανασούλης
ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ
Εὐάγγελος Νικολιᾶς
Ἀθανάσιος Καλύβας
Ἀναστάσιος Καρατασᾶς
Ἀναστάσιος Καρατασᾶς
Σπύρίδων Μηλιός
Εὐάγγελος Γεωργίου
Γεώργιος Νησύριος
Ἰωακείμ Παρώνης
Γεώργιος Νησύριος
Δημοσθένης Πατσῆς
Φιλήμων Πιζήμολας
Κωνσταντῖνος Τσαούσογλου
150
1991-1993 1993-1995
Θεοφάνης Γκουτζιούλης Πρόεδρος Θεοφάνης Γκουτζιούλης Πρόεδρος
Γεώργιος Ἀθανασίου Ἀντιπρόεδρος Γεώργιος Ἀθανασίου Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Θεόφιλος Παναγιωτίδης Γραμματέας Κωνσταντῖνος Δάλκος Γραμματέας
Βασίλειος Βιοῦκον Ταμίας Βασίλειος Βιοῦκον Ταμίας
Κλήμης Κλημέντου Χρῆστος Κορώνης
Στυλιανός Μήτσου Κλήμης Κλημέντου
Εὐάγγελος Νικολιᾶς Εὐάγγελος Γεωργίου
Διαμαντῆς Διαμαντόπουλος Εὐάγγελος Νικολιᾶς
Μιχαήλ Μηλιός Σταῦρος Γραφιαδέλης
Γεώργιος Νησύριος Σπυρίδων Μηλιός
Θεόδωρος Φουρτούνης Χαράλαμπος Νικολόπουλος
Κωνσταντῖνος Τσαούσογλου Μιχαήλ Μηλιός
Διαμαντῆς Διαμαντόπουλος
1995-1996
1997-1999
Γεώργιος Καρατασᾶς Πρόεδρος
Ἰωάννης Κιοσόγλου Ἀντιπρόεδρος Νικόλαος Ἀνάργυρος Πρόεδρος
1996-1997 Νεόφυτος Εὐγενίου Ἀντιπρόεδρος

Ἰωάννης Κιοσόγλου Πρόεδρος Κωνσταντῖνος Δάλκος Γραμματέας
Νικόλαος Ἀνάργυρος Γραμματέας Ἄγγελος Πέτρου Ταμίας
Κλήμης Κλημέντου Ταμίας
ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ
ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ
Σωτήριος Βλαχούλης Κλήμης Κλημέντου
Ἀνδρέας Χρυσοστόμου Βασίλειος Κουμπάρος

Διαμαντῆς Διαμαντόπουλος Κωνσταντῖνος Τσαούσογλου
Νεόφυτος Εὐγενίου
Γεώργιος Κουτσουρίδης
Κωνσταντῖνος Δάλκος
Σωτήριος Βλαχούλης
Βασίλειος Κουμπάρος
Εὐάγγελος Γεωργίου
Χρῆστος Κορώνης Ἀνδρέας Χρυσοστόμου
Σπυρίδων Μηλιός Διαμαντῆς Διαμαντόπουλος
151
1999-2001 2001-2003
Κωνσταντῖνος Δάλκος Πρόεδρος Ἀνδρέας Ψαρομμάτης Πρόεδρος
Διαμαντής Διαμαντόπουλος Ἀντιπρόεδρος Ἰωάννης Κουμπάρος Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Ἀνδρέας Ψαρομμάτης Γραμματέας Στέφανος Νικολαῒδης Ταμίας
Κλήμης Κλημέντου Ταμίας Γεράσιμος Λούης Γραμματέας
Εὐἀγγελος Νικολιάς Χρῆστος Κορώνης
Βασίλειος Κουμπάρος Διαμαντής Διαμαντόπουλος
Σταῦρος Γραφιαδέλης Παναγιώτης Ματσιμάνης
Εὐάγγελος Γεωργίου Νικόλαος Παφίτης
Γεράσιμος Λούης Εὐάγγελος Νικολιάς
Χρῆστος Κορώνης Εὐάγγελος Γεωργίου
Δημήτριος Λαγκάνης Κωνσταντῖνος Καψῆς
Σπυρίδων Μηλιός Κλήμης Κλημέντου
Κάρολος Ζίλλας Ζίλλας Κάρολος
2003-2005 2005-2007
Ἰωάννης Κουμπάρος Πρόεδρος Χρῆστος Κορώνης Πρόεδρος
Ἄγγελος Μπιοῦκον Ἀντιπρόεδρος Θωμᾶς Σφυριός Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Γεράσιμος Λούης Γραμματέας Γεράσιμος Λούης Γραμματέας
Θωμᾶς Σφυριός Ταμίας Αἰμίλιος Γῶγος Ταμίας
Μενέλαος Χρυσοστόμου Μενἐλαος Χρυσοστόμου
Στυλιανός Φουμάκης Εὐάγγελος Νικολιᾶς
Δημήτριος Κοσμᾶς Εὐάγγελος Γεωργίου
Εὐάγγελος Γεωργίου Ἰωάννης Χαλικιᾶς
Εύάγγελος Νικολιᾶς Στυλιανός Φουμάκης
Διαμαντής Διαμαντόπουλος Στυλιανός Δρακούλης
Στέφανος Χατζηαναστασιάδης Στέφανος Χατζιαναστασιάδης
152
2007-2009
Χρῆστος Κορώνης Πρόεδρος
Θωμᾶς Σφυριός/ Εὐάγγελος Γεωργίου Ἀντιπρόεδρος
Ἐλευθέριος Πατινιώτης Γραμματέας
Αἰμίλιος Γῶγος Ταμίας
ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ
Σπυρίδων Μηλιός
Στυλιανός Δρακούλης
Στυλιανός Φουμάκης
Ἰωάννης Χαλικιᾶς
Στέφανος Χατζιαναστασιάδης
Κωνσταντῖνος Μαρουσόπουλος
153
Pictorial History
Community &
Parish Life
1959 - 2009
154
Ladies Choir
Chanters at Vasilopita service
155
Archangels Divine Liturgy
Prophet Elias Dinner Dance
156
Carols by Candlelight
Agiasmos service conducted by Fr Charalambos
157
Prophet Elias Youth

members
The marriage of Mr John and Mrs Chryssi Kiosoglous 1967
158
St Nicholas Vespers service
Divine Liturgy officiated by First Bishop of Madagascar Nektarios Kellis
159
Archbishop Stylianos and Clergy at Prophet Elias Vespers service
“Come receive the Light” Easter 2008
160
Prophet Elias feast day Procession
Greek School students at 25 March National Day celebrations in the Community Centre
161
Dormition of Theotokos feast day procession
Prophet Elias feast day luncheon
162
Epitaphios
Palm Sunday 2005
163
Fr Christmas (Mr Klimis Klimentou) distributing gifts at the annual Carols night
Holy Friday preparations
164
Left Chanters 2008
Preparation of fish 1996
165
Philoptohos preparing Loukoumades 1996
The Fr Stavros conducts the wedding service of Mr John and Mrs Zoi Politis
166
Mr Ilias and Mrs Marianthi Langanis with their grand children outside the Church
Women's Choir
167
Archbishop Ezekiel clergy, family and invited guests at the special ceremony at which Mr John A Kiosoglous was
bestowed the title of “Archon Ekdikon”
President Mr Antoine Kiosoglous presenting Archbishop Ezekiel with a cheque for the Archdiocese.
168
Sunday of Orthodoxy 2009
Luncheon held at RSL Hall 1997
169
Mrs Sophia Karipidis lighting a candle
Philoptohos ladies enjoying each others company
170
Front of the Church 1970s
Parishioners attending Carols night
171
Ethnic Schools Board Accreditation Awards ceremony
Carols night. Among the distinguished guests in attendance was the Hon Dimitrios Hatzopoulos Consul General of
Greece in South Australia
172
Moments before the new chairs were set up in the Church
Executive Committee 2005-2007
173
Prophet Elias Feast Day. Mr Stylianos Langanis holding the icon of Prophet Elias, assisted by Mr Dimitrios Langanis
Prophet Elias Feast Day officiated by the first Bishop of Madagascar Nektarios
174
Mr and Mrs Antonios Tsiaros, Mr and Mrs Andrew Psaromatis and Fr Stavros with His All Holiness Patriarch
Bartholomew I at the Imbrian House in 1996
Left Chanters Mr Dimitrios Langanis and Mr Nikolaos Ploumbidis
175
“Let us lift up our hearts”
His Grace Bishop Nikandros conducting the Baptism of Kimberly Psaromatis. The God-Father Mr Anthony J
Kiosoglous
176
The wedding of Mr Graham and Mrs Athena Crocker
177
Greek Independence Day luncheon
178
Easter 2008
Fr Stephanos with members of our Community at Adelaide airport
179
Philoptohos members preparing Book and Icon Exhibition mid 1993
Preparations for the decoration of the Epitaphios 2006
180
Community members Mr Dimitrios Diakostergou, Georgios Kanakaris and Mr Petros Moustrides are acknowledged at
the Prophet Elias Dinner Dance
Executive Committee Early 1990s
181
Christ is Risen! Easter 2002
Members of the Christian Orthodox Society of Sydney perform a play on the 10 April 2009 as part of the 50 year
celebrations of the Community and Parish
182
Executive Committee 1998 - 1999
Second fundraising function for Iconostasis
183
Community members with Archbishop Ezekiel, Bishop Dionysios, Fr Kyriakos Psalios, and Fr Miltiades Chryssavgis
5 generations. Great-great-grandmother, great-grandmother, grandmother, father and daughter.
184
Executive Committee with Fr Miltiades 1959 - 1960
Executive Committee with Archbishop Ezekiel 1971
185
40 Year celebratory cake
Executive Committee with Archbishop Ezekiel 1963
186
Executive Committee 1973 - 1975
Youth members who performed at the Festival Theatre
187
Members of various committees 1962
Panagias 2009
188
Lazarus Saturday. Preparations for Palm Sunday
189
Above: Mr Dimitrios Langanis reading the epistle at the special ceremony where he was made a Reader by His Grace Bishop
Nikandros. Below: At the same ceremony which took place at the Vespers of the feast day of Prophet Elias 2009, Mr
George Karatassas was also made Reader
190
Agiasmos conducted outside the original Parish Hall
191
The Funeral service of Fr Stavros Kotsonopoulos
192
The wedding ceremony of Mr Michael and Mrs Sylvia Powell 9 January 1994
New Years Eve Function in the Car Park
193
New Years Eve. Fr Stavros distributes Vasilopita after the Midnight Service
Playgroup
194
Award given to parishioner Mrs Maria Marinos who has donated her award to the Parish and Community’s Australian
Hellenic Museum
Invited guests and parishioners from the Divine Liturgy marking the 40th Anniversary of The Community and Parish
195
Visit of Mr Mihalis Katavenos Greek Education Officer from the Greek consulate
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Playgroup
Youth BBQ
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Lunch after Fr Stavros’ ordination to the Diaconate
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Mr Nicholaos Ploumbidis and Mr Konstantinos Tsaousoglou carry the Icon of St Nicholas.
Sunday luncheon
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Prophet Elias Church and Community Centre 2009
Church courtyard
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Program for the Consecration services, 4 November 1961
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Message of the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras for the occasion of the Church’s consecration
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Message of the Greek Ambassador in Australia Mr Christodoulou for the occasion of the Church’s consecration
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Minutes from Executive Committee meeting 10 July 1962
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Minutes from the Philoptohos Committee 7 June 1961
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Church Iconography
Birth of Christ
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Church Iconography
Christ’s Baptism
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Church Iconography
Dormition of the Theotokos
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Church Iconography
The Crucifixion
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EPILOGUE
An epilogue is always needed at the end of a book because without one, the
book might be regarded as being incomplete. Finding words for this epilogue
was somewhat of a difficult task, as it was extremely difficult to conclude on fifty
whole years of continuous work and toil. This Parish & Community has been
the depository of the Orthodox Faith and Greek Orthodox values for half a
century. It was the positive pole of gravity for all compatriots and their major
activities. The Community was a spiritual retreat, a place of consolation and a
helping hand for many people in need. The Community and Parish of Prophet
Elias Norwood was the mother who wiped the running tears and healed the
spiritual wounds of thousands of grief-stricken people. The Community was the
source of happiness, enthusiasm, contrition and spiritual elevation. How is it
possible for us humans to epilogue and express the humanly inexpressible?
Perhaps only our Lord Jesus, the Theotokos and the Saints who are embedded
in the iconostasis of our Church are in a better position to conclude the last 50
years. After all these icons have experienced the heartbeats of the newly
wedded, the painful cry of the orphan, the secret sobbing of the mourning
father at the funeral of his child, and the bitter lament of the widow. Only they
have witnessed the Holy Grace that blesses the baptismal font, the newly
baptised child, the strong bond of the newly wedded, the blessing of the Holy
articles, vestments and furniture of the Church. They have seen the contrition
of heart of the person at Confession and have heard the myriad of mystical
prayers, by the beseeching faithful.
Engulfed with spiritual awe, we gaze upon the last 50 years and realise the
magnificence, significance, success and fruitfulness of this Parish and Community.
These achievements are attributed to the power of unity, love and faith for
God. In this commemorative book it was not possible to refer in detail to all
the events which occurred in the last fifty years as many of these were
mentioned in previous commemorative publications. The list of donors
mentioned in this book is only a small representation of the vast number of
people who have contributed in various ways. These people have sacrificed
both their own time and money and worked tirelessly for the glory of God.
Many of these people have expressed their wish to remain anonymous and we
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kindly respect their wishes. We stand silent in reverence, before those who
have passed over to eternal life and pray that our Good Lord will repose their
souls with peace and serenity. To those who will continue this beautiful work
in God’s vineyard, we pray that our Lord will grant them strength and wisdom
so that their work may continue to please the Lord. In conclusion, we shall do
away with our words and let Apostle Paul seal this milestone:
Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of

one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
(2 Corinthians13:11) AMEN.
ΕΠΙΛΟΓΟΣ
Καζώο θζάζακε ζηό ηέινο ηῆο ζύληαμεο ηνῦ βηβιίνπ, ζά λόκηδε θαλείο πῶο δέλ
ρξεηάδεηαη ηίπνη’ ἄιιν. Ὅκσο λνκίδνπκε ὅηη δίρσο ἔζησ θαί ἕλαλ κηθξό ἐπίινγν, ηό
Λεύθσκα ζά ἦηαλ ἐιιηπέο. Πῶο ὅκσο λά ἐπηινγήζεη θαλείο ἕλα ηεξάζηην ἔξγν πελῆληα
ἐηῶλ; Μόλν λά ζθεθζεῖ θαλείο ὅηη ζέ ηνῦην ηό ρξνληθό δηάζηεκα ηνῦ κηζνῦ αἰῶλα, ἡ
Κνηλόηεηα-἖λνξία καο ὑπῆξμε ζεκαηνθύιαθαο ηῆο Ὀξζνδόμνπ πίζηεσο θαί ηῶλ
ἑιιελνξζνδόμσλ ἰδαληθῶλ καο. Ὑπῆξμε πόινο ἕιμεσο ηῶλ πηζηῶλ ὁκνγελῶλ καο.
Ὑπῆξμε θαηαθύγην, παξεγνξία θαί ἀξσγόο ζέ ρηιηάδεο πνλεκέλνπο. Ὑπῆξμε ἡ ζηνξγηθή
κάλα πνύ ζθόγγηδε δάθξπα θαί ἔθιεηλε πιεγέο. Ὑπῆξμε πεγή ἀλείπσηεο ραξᾶο,
θαηάλπμεο, ἐλζνπζηαζκνῦ θαί πλεπκαηηθῆο ἀλάηαζεο. Πῶο ινηπόλ λά ἐπηινγήζεη θαλείο
θαί λά ἐθθξάζεη ηά ἀλζξσπίλσο ἀλέθθξαζηα; Ἴζσο κόλν ὁ Χξηζηόο καο, ἡ Παλαγηά καο
θαί νἱ εἰθνληδόκελνη Ἅγηνη ηνῦ Τέκπινπ ηνῦ Ἱεξνῦ Νανῦ, ζά κπνξνῦζαλ λά κᾶο πνῦλ.
Αὐηνί πνύ ἀθνπγθξάζηεθαλ ηά θαξδηνθηύπηα ηῶλ λενλύκθσλ, ηό θιάκα ηνῦ ὀξθαλνῦ,
ηόλ θξπθό ιπγκό ηνῦ παηέξα ζηήλ ἐμόδηνλ ηνῦ παηδηνῦ ηνπ, ηόλ ζξῆλν ηῆο ρήξαο.
Αὐηνί πνύ κόλνη εἶδαλ ηήλ Θεία Χάξε λά ἁγηάδεη ηήλ θνιπκβήζξα λά ινύεη ηόλ
λενθώηηζην, λά ἑλώλεη ηά ἀλδξόγπλα, λά θαζ’ἁγηάδεη ηά ἱεξά ζθεύε, ηίο εἰθόλεο θαί
ὁιόθιεξν ηόλ Ἱεξό Ναό. Μόλν αὐηνί πνύ εἶδαλ ηήλ κεηάλνηα θαί ηήλ ζπληξηβή ηνῦ
ἐμνκνινγνπκέλνπ θαί ἄθνπζαλ ηίο κύξηεο θαξδηαθέο πξνζεπρέο ηῶλ πηζηῶλ καο. Μόλν
αὐηνί ζά κπνξνῦζαλ λά ἐπηινγήζνπλ ηό ηεξάζηην αὐηό πλεπκαηηθό ἔξγν πνύ γηά
Πελῆληα ρξόληα ἔιαβε ρώξα ζέ ηνύηε ηήλ Κνηλόηεηα-἖λνξία. ἖κεῖο ἁπιῶο θιείζακε ηά
κάηηα καο θαί ἀθίζακε ηήλ γεκάηε ἀπό ἀλζξώπηλα γεγνλόηα ηαηλία ηνῦ ρξόλνπ πνύ
θαηέγξαςε ἡ κλήκε καο, λά ζπξξηθλσζνῦλ ζέ ηνῦην ηό ἁπιό Λεύθσκα. Ὡζηόζν,
ζήκεξα πνύ κέ θαηάλπμε ἀηελίδνπκε ηό κεγάιν θαί ἀμηνδήιεπην ηνῦην ἔξγν,
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ἀπεξηθξάζησο ὁκνινγνῦκε: «ὅ,ηη ἐπηηεύρζεη, ἦηαλ κέ ηήλ δύλακε ηῆο ἑλόηεηνο, ηῆο
ἀγάπεο θαί ηῆο πίζηεσο ζηόλ Θεό». Σηό παξόλ Λεύθσκα δέλ ἦηαλ δπλαηόλ λά
ἀλαθεξζνῦλ ιεπηνκεξῶο ὅια ηά γεγνλόηα κηᾶο ὁιόθιεξεο Πεληεθνληαεηεξίδνο.
Μεξηθέο ἀπό αὐηέο ηίο ιεπηνκέξεηεο ἔρνπλ ἤδε ἐθδσζεῖ ζηίο πξνεγνύκελεο ηξεῖο
἖πεηείνπο. Τά ἑθαηνληάδεο ὀλόκαηα πνύ ἀλαθέξζεζαλ ζέ ηνῦην ηό ηαπεηλό Λεύθσκα,
κόλν ἀληηπξνζσπεπηηθό ραξαθηῆξα ἔρνπλ. Ἕλα πιῆζνο ἀλσλύκσλ ζέ κᾶο πηζηῶλ, ἀιιά
ἐπσλύκσλ ζηόλ Παληνγλώζηε Κύξην, ἐξγάζηεθαλ, ἐθνπξάζηεθαλ, ἐμελύρηεζαλ θαί
παληνηνηξόπσο ἐπξόζθεξαλ πξόο δόμαλ Κπξίνπ. Σήκεξα πνύ ἀλνίγεη ἕλα λέν θεθάιαην
ρξόλνπ, ἀπεπζπλόκεζα ζηνύο ζπλερηζηέο ηῆο λέαο Πεληεθνληαεηεξίδνο, δαλεηδόκελνη ηά
ιόγηα ηνῦ Ἀπνζηόινπ Παύινπ: «Λοιπόν, ἀδελθοί, χαίρεηε, καηαρηίζεζθε,
παρακαλεῖζθε, ηό αὐηό θρονεῖηε, εἰρηνεύεηε, καί ὁ Θεός ηῆς ἀγάπης καί ηῆς
εἰρήνης ἔζηαι μεθ’ὑμῶν.» (Β΄Κορ.11) ΑΜΗΝ.
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Every endeavour has been made to record accurately the events which occurred and the
people who played a part in the life of the Parish & Community. Any inadvertent omissions and/
or errors which may have been made are unintentional and sincerely regretted.
The Editorial Committee
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50 Blessed Years

50 BLESSED YEARS 1959-2009

This book commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the

Τό παρόν Λεύκωμα τῆς

Dignitary Messages ........................................................................................................................10

Ecclesiastical Structure ...............................................................................................................26

Benefactors & Donors ............................................................................................................139

Executive Committees ............................................................................................................147

Pictorial History ............................................................................................................................154

ΑΠΟΛΤΣΙΚΙΟΝ ΣΟΤ ΠΡΟΦΗΣΟΤ

THE LIFE OF THE HOLY PROPHET ELIAS

His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos

MESSAGE FROM MIKE RANN

It has also served as a pillar of the Norwood and surrounding communities.

Μήνςμα από ηον κ. Δημήηπιο Υαηζόποςλο,

Mε την εσκαιρία τοσ εορτασμού

Εθθξάδσ ηα ζεξκά κνπ ζπγραξεηήξηα ζηνλ ηεξαηηθώο πξντζηάκελν, ην Δηνηθεηηθό ΢πκβνύιην, ηε

Αδειαΐδα, ΢επηέκβξηνο 2009

MESSAGE FROM MAYOR ROBERT BRIA

Community and Church of Prophet Elias

MESSAGE FROM THE

MESSAGE FROM THE HON. MICHAEL

50th Anniversary of the Community and

Congratulations on this wonderful achievement.

ΜΗΝΤΜΑ ΣΟΤ ΙΕΡΑΣΙΚΧ΢ ΠΡΟΙ΢ΣΑΜΕΝΟΤ

Μετά ἀδελφικῶν εὐχῶν

ΜΗΝΤΜΑ ΣΟΤ ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΤ ΣΗ΢

Μέ πνιιή ηήλ ἐθηίκεζε

MESSAGE FROM JOHN A. KIOSOGLOUS

John A. Kiosoglous MBE KSA AS ASM

The words of Solomon’s prayer perfectly reflect our achievements at this

Κέ αἰζζήκαηα βαζεηᾶο εὐγλσκνζχλεο πξφο ὅζνπο ζπλέβαιαλ, ηαπεηλά

ECCLESIASTICAL STRUCTURE - in South Australia from the

὇ λῦλ Ξνηκελάξρεο καο, ὁ Αὐζηξαιίαο Ἀξρηεπίζθνπνο Πηπιηαλφο (Σαξθηαλάθεο)

Archbishop Ezekiel Archbishop Stylianos

὇ Γέξβεο θ. Ἰεδεθηήι 1979 - 1983

὇ Σξηζηηαλνππφιεσο θ.Ξαῦινο 1984 - 1989

὇ Ἀξηαλδνῦ θ.Ἰσζήθ 1990 - 2000

὇ Σξηζηηαλνππφιεσο θ.Πεξαθείκ 2001 - 2002

὇ Γνξπιαίνπ θ.Λίθαλδξνο 2002 -

Archbishop Stylianos and Bishop

PARISH PRIESTS WHO SERVED AT PARISH OF PROPHET

Ξξεζβ. Θεφδσξνο Πηακαηφπνπινο 1962 - 1977

Ξξεζβ. Σαξάιακπνο Πηξάηνο 1977 - 1984

Ξξεζβ. Πηαῦξνο Ταξνκκάηεο 1984 -

Mixed Choir 1961

Left Chanters 1994

Prophet Elias Chanters 1989

Prophet Elias Chanters. Agape Vespers 2009

SEXTONS AND ALTAR HELPERS

ΛΔΝΘΝΟΝΗ & ΒΝΖΘΝΗ

Altar and wall iconography from within the Sanctuary

The First 25 Years

THE FIRST FIVE YEAR PERIOD

THE FOUNDATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND PARISH

PRELACY OF HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP EZEKIEL

FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING

The Executive Committee notified His Eminence Archbishop Ezekiel of

THE FIRST DIVINE LITURGY

On 7 January 1960, the Greek Orthodox Community and Parish of Prophet

On 22 January 1960, the Executive Committee reached agreement with the

Construction of first Church

Construction of first Church

The first Church