Epiphany Greek Festival 2025

Hansard ID: HANSARD-1323879322-149428

Hansard session: Fifty-Eighth Parliament, First Session (58-1)

Epiphany Greek Festival 2025

Mr MARK COURE (Oatley)

—Speaker, I rise to congratulate the St Basil's NSW/ACT organisation and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, for successfully hosting the Epiphany Greek Festival in 2025. This is a fantastic event that takes place each and every year at Carss Bush Park, with thousands of locals flocking to the area to enjoy some beautiful food, listen to some great music and take part in cultural activities. On the day, there were also some fantastic performances by several Greek dance groups, including the Hellenic Lyceum Dance Group, Sydney Greek Dancing School, and the Aristotelion Dance Academy. The array of local talent on display was nothing short of incredible. The highlight of the day certainly was the 'Great Blessing of the Waters', where hundreds of men and boys swam out into Kogarah Bay to retrieve the Holy Cross, cast out into the Georges River by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios. I would like to thank everyone who made the day a success and I especially want to thank St Basil's and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia for continuing to put this event on every year.