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[[Image:standrewspress.jpg|left|thumb|Logo of St Andrew's Orthodox Press]][[St Andrew's Orthodox Press]], while established to publish the [http://www.tovema.com.au VEMA newspaper], has recently begun publishing books. The first book, ''The Divine Liturgy of Our Father among the Saints John Chrysostom'', has within it the [[Divine Liturgy]], and also the dismissal hymns for Sundays and major feasts, prayers for the reception of Holy Communion, and the services of the Blessing of Loaves and Memorials. This is a bi-lingual edition, translated from the Greek by the Committee on the Translation of Liturgical Texts (chaired by Dr John Lee) into dignified modern English, with each language appearing on facing pages.
[http://www.stbasilshomes.org.au St. Basil's Homes (Australia)], operate around Australia in each capital city since 1969 caring for all needs of the aged in their numorous facilities as well as delivering care into the homes of the Greeks under a variety of community care programs. St. Basil's cares for about 1200 aged Greeks in Australia. In 2006 St. Basil's commissioned a new $30 34 million state of the art facility in Miranda to the south of SyndeySydney.
[[Image:Estia Foundation Logo.jpg|right|thumb|Logo of the Estia Foundation of Australia]]The [[http://www.estia.org.au Estia Foundation of Australia]] offers respite to those caring for children and adults with disabilities, and currently cares for over 100 young people. A related organisation, the [[Provicare Foundation]], has its main focus on drug and alcohol prevention, with telephone councelling and client visits.
The Archdiocese boasts seven bilingual colleges around Australia, including primary and secondary education, offered to both children of the Church and Australians alike. Each school has between 650-1000 students who enjoy education in all disciplines, including Greek language, culture and the Orthodox Christian faith.
Each parish in the archdiocese hosts any number of the following activities besides their usual worship and pastoral program. These include: Child Care centres, Greek language school, Companionship groups for the aged, infant play groups, teenagers groups, Bible Study, Orthodox Lecture series, Iconography courses, Church Chanting classes, Catechisms schools and social clubs, meals for the poor.
The Greek Welfare Centres, operating for over 35 years under government funding and charity in each capital city and other cities of Australia. The 150 staff of the Greek Welfare Centres around Australia offer a large variety of programs and catering for the enormous varience in the needs of the hundreds of clients that flow throught their offices and their satellite centres each week.
