Chris Vlahonasios
The Cyber Church
Analysis and findings of online communications used by the Orthodox Church during the Covid-19 pandemic and its future use. Download to...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Apr 12, 2020
- 6 min
Brave New World of the Cyber Citizen
We are indeed living in very interesting times. Due to Covid-19, people around the world have been forced indoors. Things we took for...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Mar 8, 2020
- 4 min
BOOK REVIEW: ROYAL MONASTIC: PRINCESS ILEANA OF ROMANIA by Bev Cooke
When one thinks of royalty, notions of scandalous and riotous behaviour come to mind. While many may be following the latest developments...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Feb 9, 2020
- 10 min
St. Basil the Great and 21st century media
At the recent Melbourne Youth Conference, I presented a paper on social media inspired by St. Basil the Great’s ‘Address to Youth’. It’s...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Jan 23, 2020
- 1 min
How to change your social media privacy settings
We all want to have a good time online, but occasionally something unexpected happens. Cyberbullying, fraud and stalking are commonplace....
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Nov 4, 2019
- 2 min
Mastering Iconography: online tutorials by Ikonographics
By Chris Vlahonasios Icons are some of the most beautiful works of “art” in the world, but for Orthodox Christians they mean so much...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Oct 30, 2019
- 2 min
Light & Colour: The life and work of Julia Bridget Hayes
By Chris Vlahonasios Icons bring us into the presence of the Divine. With great skill and based on hundreds of years of tradition,...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Sep 11, 2019
- 3 min
That’s a wrap! Byzanfest 2019
By Chris Vlahonasios Byzanfest Founder & Director This year’s Festival has been very special in many ways. So far, it’s been the most...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Mar 24, 2019
- 1 min
An interview with Anthimos Ananiadis
Anthimos Ananiadis is talking about his plans, about bringing his experience from the American movie factory in Greece and creating a new...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Mar 9, 2019
- 1 min
Beastly Humans
Are we humans or beasts? Do we shine or have we fallen? Whose gates are these? Did we take what we gave away? You seek a smile, Here,...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Mar 9, 2019
- 1 min
You, magical bird
From the heavenly realm, lend me your gaze, So your wings can tell me about freedom, To please my soul and tempt my sighs, Towards the...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Mar 9, 2019
- 2 min
Until that day
When walking down towards the unknown, do you hear my thoughts whispering your name, or try to remember the words we never said? ...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Feb 25, 2019
- 6 min
Finding a window into Heaven: interview with author of ICON
There are many examples of anti-Christian works in our culture that depict what the world would be like if Christians took over. They...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Dec 20, 2018
- 8 min
Not simply black & White: violating human rights for ‘love’
The Australian public was promised that same-sex marriage (SSM) would not interfere or encroach on the rights of others. It was about...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Nov 8, 2018
- 5 min
Social Media, ‘self-spirituality’ and ‘nones’ amongst the youth
The Internet has empowered people with access to more information than any other generation in history, but there is a growing trend,...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Oct 11, 2018
- 5 min
Watching in the Dark: horror films & spiritual reality
Does the genre of horror complement the physical and spiritual parameters of our current existence? It’s that time of year again when...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Aug 31, 2018
- 3 min
And the Emmy goes to…Mount Athos!
Five-time Emmy winner and convert to Orthodoxy, Jonathan Jackson, offered one of his Emmies to the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi. It had...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Dec 14, 2017
- 8 min
Respecting the Divine: why Australia and all democracies should care about blasphemy laws
During the past few weeks there has been a significant increase in the number of vicious and insensitive anti-Christian public ‘artworks’...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Oct 1, 2017
- 5 min
The Brothers Robinson
Stephen Robinson and his brother, Andrew, are a filmmaker-duo that experiment with films across all genres. In Skype interview I talked...
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Chris Vlahonasios
- Sep 8, 2016
- 6 min
Telling their stories – global persecution & displacement of Christians
** Podcast transcript from The Moving Icon show on Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) ** Broadcast Sept 2015 Most of you are aware of the...
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