The Archbishop of Australia, Makarios, during the official dinner held in Melbourne to mark the celebration of his Name Day, honored 39 devout and Christ-loving members of the local Church with the Medal of the Order of the Philochristoi. The recipients were recognized for their voluntary service to the Church, offering their valuable time from work, family life, or personal rest.
“Their offering is a tangible glorification of God and an act of love for humanity,” His Eminence stated in reference to the honorees, adding: “I thank them from the depth of my being, I take pride in them, and I rejoice because philotimo is something that we Greeks have never lost. I pray that they may have God’s blessing in their lives and in their families.”
The recipients of the Medal of the Order of the Philochristoi are: Nikolaos Avramopoulos, Ioannis Anagiannis, Genovefa Vlachou, Theodosia Vlachou, Kalliopi Vraka, Anastasia Gelli, Georgia Georgiou, Christos Dimitriou, Pavlos Douvartzidis, Konstantinos Emmanouil, Georgios Kailis, Dimitrios Karavasios, Stefanos Karamoschos, Matthaios Karakinos, Ioannis Kargas, Christos Koniditsiotis, Konstantinos Kolokythas, Petros Kotopoulos, Sofia Koutoula, Androula Leria, Maria Moutafi, Vasileios Bereveskos, Athanasios Binios, Martha Bitsola, Spyridon Bouziotis, Michail Xafis, Andreas Panagias, Theodora Panagiotou, Efthymios Paronis, Theodoros Politakis, Athanasia Tzimou, Panagiotis Tziotzis, Efstatios Tsalikidis, Anastasios Philippou, Georgios Charalambopoulos, Christodoulos Charalambous, Eleftheria Chatzipanagiotou, Georgios Christofis, and Christos Christofis.
