Twenty-seven members of the Greek community, who have distinguished themselves through many years of dedicated and self-sacrificial service to the Church and to their fellow human beings, were honoured by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia on Monday, 19 January. During the official Dinner held in Sydney to celebrate His Eminence’s name day, they were awarded the Medal of the Order of the Christ-loving, which constitutes a high honorary distinction of the Holy Archdiocese.
The Archbishop expressed to the honourees the gratitude of the local Church, as well as his own personal pride, and wished that God would grant every earthly good and abundant heavenly blessings to them and their families.
The 27 people who were honoured with the Medal of the Order of the Christ-loving are: James Athanasou, Harry Grafanakis, Theo Dalianis, Kosmas Dimitriou, Kalle Englezos, Viola Kalokerinos, Anna Kasapis, Maritsa Kelly, Anastasia Kokkinos, Ourania Kontoleontos, Dimitrios Liliopoulos, George Mavris, Michael Moschos, Theo Boutsikakis, Konstantinos Nicolaou, Sofia Ouzounoglou, George Panagis, Emilio Papastamatis, Emmanuel Roussakis, Christina Scalone, Ourania Sotiropoulos, Kandya Tagalakis, George Ioannis Taifalos, Andrew Tanos, John Tsingos, Anthony Hatziargyris, and Anastasia Chiras.
