Greek Orthodox church celebrates 50th anniversary

The church also provides services to the wider community in the region through their dedicated parish priest Reverend Dimitrios Giameos, long time congregation member Peter George said.On Monday Reverend Dimitrios Giameos lead a full church for the Commemoration of the Holy Icon.

Mr George has been a member of the congregation of the Greek Orthodox Parish and Community of “The Lady of Myrtles” since it was purchased and consecrated in his faith.In 1962 the church was consecrated and on September 30 there will be a special celebration to mark the special occasion.”It was a Baptist church before we bought it and converted it to Greek Orthodox,” Mr George said.

The church does not just support the Greek community in Dubbo but in the wider region also.”For the past 50 years we have had several priests, who have serviced the whole area from Bathurst to Lightning Ridge,” Mr George said.Mr George said the church plays a prominent role in the Dubbo and district Greek community.”What keeps us together is our faith, we have a great affinity with the church,” he said.”

Apart from that I think we are very good citizens and have integrated into the Australian community well.

“The church grounds have seen a large redevelopment, which began in 1984 and was finished in 1998.”The redevelopment of the church we did in three stages,” Mr George said.In over a decade, toilet and kitchen facilities were added to the church grounds as well as a hall.

“We only had 350 members at the time,” Mr George said.Since then the 150-seat church has been busy serving the Dubbo Greek community.”We have a couple of weddings coming up in the next couple of months,” Mr George said.