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Zissis Dardalis, the great benefactor of the Greek-Australian community, was buried in his hometown of Siatista in the municipality of Voio in Macedonia, Greece on the 25th of June 2023. Zissis had passed away in Melbourne on the 24th of March 2023 and after a memorial service in Melbourne his Read more…
It was with great sadness when the members of the Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies learned of the passing of Christos Mantzios on the 18th of March 2023. Christos provided an invaluable service to the Institute for many years as it’s Treasurer. In honour of Christos’s service, the President of Read more…
In a new era, with new practices and politics, the Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies (AIMS) continues to maintain its presence both in Australia and internationally. After 36 years of continuous contribution to the history, culture, and service to Macedonian Hellenism, and having organized four international conferences, having published six Read more…
A decades old schism between the church previously known as the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” and other homodoxian churches within the Eastern Orthodox Christian world came to an end on the 9th of May 2022 with the formal recognition of this church by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople as the “Archdiocese Read more…
The Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies, since its founding in 1986, promotes the culture and history of Macedonian Hellenism and defends the historical and cultural laws of Macedonia with scientific arguments. As a scientific institution, the AIMS, with its articles and publications, proved that Macedonia was an integral part of Read more…
Dr Anastasios Panagiotelis and Dr Vasilis Sarafidis, the Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies. In her recent SBS opinion piece, “The Business of Greece and Macedonia” Perth MP Alannah MacTiernan grossly misrepresents the official stance of Greek governments, both past and present. By propagating a number of falsehoods she unfairly depicts Read more…
6 May 2015 The Australian Macedonian Human Rights Committee (AMHRC) has written to Neos Kosmos asking the newspaper to apologise for publishing an opinion piece by Professor Anastasios Tamis. In a letter to the paper’s editor this week, AMHRC spokesman Dr Chris Popov requested that Neos Kosmos publish a statement Read more…
The Australian Institute for Macedonian Studies organized or played a key role in the arrangement and coordination of a significant number of concerts, festivals, musicals as well as theatrical plays. The cultural activities were important to communicate the socio-cultural role of the Institute to its members and to the broader Read more…