Dr Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis
Education and Leadership Consultant (GLCI)
Is a graduate of The University of Western Australia (UWA); BA, GradDipEd, MEd (Hons), EdD. She holds a Teacher’s Higher Certificate from the Department of Education, WA, and has three certificates for competency in Modern Greek (TAFEWA; The Aristotle University, Greece; and the Centre for the Greek Language, Greece).
A secondary school teacher of English and Languages (Greek and French), Angela has been in the profession for over 40 years, teaching in all tiers; primary, secondary and tertiary, the latter of which includes teaching pre-service teachers at UWA, The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA), Deakin University (DU), and Australian Catholic University (ACU). Angela has also taught Modern Greek to adults at UWA and UNDA.
A secondary school teacher of English and Languages (Greek and French), Angela has been in the profession for over 40 years, teaching in all tiers; primary, secondary and tertiary, the latter of which includes teaching pre-service teachers at UWA, The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA), Deakin University (DU), and Australian Catholic University (ACU). Angela has also taught Modern Greek to adults at UWA and UNDA.
Pol (Polychronis) Koutsakis
Principal (GLCI)
Was born in Chania, Crete, Greece in 1974.
He has won the National Book Award for Young Adult Literature in Greece, in 2016, for “Just one breath”, the second novel of his "Trilogy of Crete" crime novels. He has also won twice the National Award for Playwriting in Greece.
“Athenian Blues” and “Baby Blue” are the first two novels in the Stratos Gazis crime series, which is published by Bitter Lemon Press in the UK, USA and Australia and by Patakis Publications in Greece. Publishers Weekly, which for 150 years has been considered the “bible of the books business” in the USA has compared Pol favourably to James Elroy, the leading American crime writer.
He has won the National Book Award for Young Adult Literature in Greece, in 2016, for “Just one breath”, the second novel of his "Trilogy of Crete" crime novels. He has also won twice the National Award for Playwriting in Greece.
“Athenian Blues” and “Baby Blue” are the first two novels in the Stratos Gazis crime series, which is published by Bitter Lemon Press in the UK, USA and Australia and by Patakis Publications in Greece. Publishers Weekly, which for 150 years has been considered the “bible of the books business” in the USA has compared Pol favourably to James Elroy, the leading American crime writer.
Fr Emmanuel Stamatiou
Parish Priest
Periods of Service:
22/05/2004 - Present
Father Emmanuel was the spiritual child of Father Theoklitos Tsahuridis, who both supported and prepared him for the priesthood. On 25 May 1996, Father Emmanuel was ordained as a Deacon, and eight years later, on Saturday 22 May 2004, he was ordained into the priesthood at the Parish of Evangelismos by His Grace Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis.
Father Confessor: Yes
22/05/2004 - Present
Father Emmanuel was the spiritual child of Father Theoklitos Tsahuridis, who both supported and prepared him for the priesthood. On 25 May 1996, Father Emmanuel was ordained as a Deacon, and eight years later, on Saturday 22 May 2004, he was ordained into the priesthood at the Parish of Evangelismos by His Grace Bishop Ezekiel of Dervis.
Father Confessor: Yes
Fr Theoklitos Tsahuridis
Concelebrant Priest
Periods of Service:
13/12/1982 - 30/06/1996
11/12/2018 - Present
Father Theoklitos arrived in WA during December 1982. He would serve at Evangelismos until mid 1996, after which he was transferred to Sts Constantine and Helene. He later went back to Greece, and spent several years nurturing a parish there, after which, following his heart, he returned to us at the end of 2018.
He now joins Father Emmanuel at our Parish of the Annunciation of Our Lady.
Father Confessor: Yes
13/12/1982 - 30/06/1996
11/12/2018 - Present
Father Theoklitos arrived in WA during December 1982. He would serve at Evangelismos until mid 1996, after which he was transferred to Sts Constantine and Helene. He later went back to Greece, and spent several years nurturing a parish there, after which, following his heart, he returned to us at the end of 2018.
He now joins Father Emmanuel at our Parish of the Annunciation of Our Lady.
Father Confessor: Yes
Very Rev. Father Sotirios Vlahopoulos (Born 1928)
Past Parish Priest
Periods of Service:
26/05/2002 - 31/10/2004
Protopresbyter Sotirios Vlahopoulos was born in 1928 in the village of Kali Vrysi in Kastoria and was the son of a priestly family. He immigrated to Australia in 1956 and entered the priesthood in March 1997.
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26/05/2002 - 31/10/2004
Protopresbyter Sotirios Vlahopoulos was born in 1928 in the village of Kali Vrysi in Kastoria and was the son of a priestly family. He immigrated to Australia in 1956 and entered the priesthood in March 1997.
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Rev. Father Stylianos Skaros
Past Parish Priest
Periods of Service:
Unknown
Not much information is known about Father Stylianos Skaros.
Unknown
Not much information is known about Father Stylianos Skaros.
Rev. Father Antonios Papadokokolakis
Past Parish Priest
Periods of Service:
27/04/1977 - 17/12/1982
Not much information is known about Father Antonios Papadokokolakis, except that he was possibly born in Crete.
27/04/1977 - 17/12/1982
Not much information is known about Father Antonios Papadokokolakis, except that he was possibly born in Crete.
Very Rev. Archimandrite Damianos Karavanatzis
Past Parish Priest
Periods of Service:
28/05/1975 - 10/11/1975
Not much information is known about Archimandrite Damianos Karavanatzis.
28/05/1975 - 10/11/1975
Not much information is known about Archimandrite Damianos Karavanatzis.
Very Rev. Archimandrite Efstathios Kondilios (1923-1980)
Past Parish Priest
Periods of Service:
16/12/1970 - 11/12/1974
14/03/1976 - 24/04/1977
Born on Castellorizo, he migrated to Australia in 1946. He was ordained a priest in November 1970 and arrived in Perth December 1970.
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16/12/1970 - 11/12/1974
14/03/1976 - 24/04/1977
Born on Castellorizo, he migrated to Australia in 1946. He was ordained a priest in November 1970 and arrived in Perth December 1970.
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