ANZAC BATTLES OF CRETE AND THE GREEK CAMPAIGN 78th ANNIVERSARY

Where: Cenotaph Martin Place Sydney
When: Saturday, 18 May 2019 at 2 pm
 
 
The  Joint  Committee for  the  Commemoration of the Anniversary of the  Battle of  Crete  and the  Greek Campaign  (Joint Committee) annually commemorates through a wreath laying ceremony the Anzac Battles of Greece and Crete of April-May 1941.
 
On the occasion of the 78th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete and the Greek Campaign,  the Committee wishes to invite  you and your families to attend  the very poignant  wreath laying ceremony at the Sydney Cenotaph Martin Place Sydney on Saturday 18 May 2019 at 2pm.
 
Please find below details of al the commemorations  of the 78th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete and the Greek Campaign.
 
Saturday,  18 May 2019, 1.45 pm
Wreath laying ceremony at The Cenotaph Martin Place Sydney 
Saturday, 18 May 2019, 7pm
Battle of Crete Annual Ball
Sunday, 9 May 2019, 9.30 am                 
Memorial Service, Greek Archdiocese Church
Sunday, 26 May 2019, 11.15 am
Memorial Service, Garrison Church

For more information, please contact:
Nick Andriotakis , Secretary, Joint Committee  for  the Commemoration of the Battle of Crete  & The  Greek  Campaign, Email: nick@lateralestate.com

Μητρική Στοργή, 1889, Γεώργιος Ιακωβίδης (Georgios Jakobides)

Mother's Day can be an opportunity to use Greek in creative ways in class. Apart from creating cards with brief messages in Greek for beloved women in our students' lives, we can explore how the theme of maternal bond is presented through literature and art.

Here are two examples where the themes of maternal affection and love are interestingly presented through the perspective of two males, a male Greek painter, Georgios Jakobides and a male Greek prosaist and poet, Georgios Vizyenos.

For more art and craft ideas for Mother's Day, you can visit the following sites: here and here
For the theme of 'motherhood' in art and literature, you can visit the following site: here

Η μητέρα, Γεώργιος Βιζυηνός

Πώς να πειράξω τη μητέρα
να κάμω εγώ να λυπηθεί,
που όλη νύχτα κι όλη μέρα
για το καλό μου προσπαθεί;

Πώς ν' αρνηθώ ή ν ' αναβάλω
ό,τι ορίζει κι απαιτεί,
αφού στη γη δεν έχω άλλο
κανένα φίλο σαν αυτή;

Αυτή στα στήθη τα γλυκά της
με είχε βρέφος απαλό,
με κάθιζε στα γόνατά της
και μ' έμαθε να ομιλώ.

Αυτή με τρέφει και με ντύνει
όλο το χρόνο που γυρνά,
και δίπλα στη μικρή μου κλίνη,
σαν αρρωστήσω ξαγρυπνά.

Αυτή σαν πέσω και χτυπήσω
φιλά να γειάνει την πληγή.
Αυτή, τι πρέπει να αφήσω
και τι να κάμω μ' οδηγεί.

Πώς το λοιπόν τέτοια μητέρα
να κάμω εγώ να λυπηθεί,
που όλη νύχτα κι όλη μέρα
για το καλό μου προσπαθεί;

With the Greek Orthodox Easter less than three weeks away (i.e. on Sunday, 28 April), students may benefit from a variety of activities associated with the Holy Week, between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, and the Easter preparations and customs observed in different areas in Greece.

Primary school students can engage with the reading of less complex texts, activities and craft ideas available here.

Greek Independence Day is a national holiday in Greece celebrated annually on the 25th of March alongside the Greek Orthodox Church’s Feast of the Annunciation to the Theotokos.  The celebration commemorates the beginning in 1821 of the Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution - η Ελληνική Επανάσταση του 1821.

To honour the Greek Independence Day, villages, smaller towns and cities throughout Greece hold a school flag parade, during which schoolchildren march in traditional Greek costume and carry Greek flags.  In certain cities, there is also an armed forces parade.


Educational resources here, here and here.
Απολυτίκιο Ευαγγελισµού της Θεοτόκου: here.
Software in English here.

Photo on the left:
The sortie of Missolonghi, oil on canvas by Theodoros Vryzakis, 1855