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Promoting and supporting our Greek culture and traditions to youth through various university events.

As young Hellenes in the diaspora we want to ensure that our connection to our culture, traditions, history and language never fades. We are a not-for profit, student run, university society that holds various and multiple events throughout the year to give other Greeks and philhellenes the opportunity to immerse themselves in our culture. These range from traditional tavern nights, to Greek trivi

a nights, to Greek food days where we give our peers just a small taste of some of our most well-known Greek delicacies (souvlakia, anyone?)

We are also affiliated and involved with NUGAS, the National Union of Greek Australian Students who also run a very broad range of events and participate in many community campaigns, events and incentives. LUGS, and our fellow university Greek Societies, play a vital role in the organization and promotion of these events. The Speak Greek in March campaign and the Greek Independence Day March are only two small examples of LUGS' involvement in the wider community. The annual NUGAS Ball is also one of the most highly-anticipated youth events of the year. While we are definitely about having fun and enjoying the entertaining and 'lighter-hearted' aspects of our culture, we definitely haven't dismissed the importance of involving ourselves and supporting our wider community to ensure that our traditions and Hellenism is kept alive for future generations. We want and need to give back to the people who have kept alive these traditions for us to enjoy - and continue to keep alive - so far away from Greece herself.

22/08/2026

LUGS Team EOI — NUGAS Cup 2026 ⚽️

NUGAS (the National Union of Greek Australian Students) is continuing their decades long tradition and hosting a soccer tournament (the NUGAS Cup) between all of their affiliated clubs (the Greek cultural clubs at the universities) on Saturday the 12th of September 2026.

They have asked all the affiliated clubs (including LUGS!) to form a team and team registration is open to our committee and all of our members!! Register your interest via the form in our bio!!

THE EVENT DETAILS:
⏰ 10am — 4pm
📆 Saturday the 12th of September 2026
📍55 Catalina Street, Heidelberg West VIC 3081 [Heidelberg United Football Club]

🎫 Entry as a spectator is a gold coin donation, there will be opportunities to purchase lunch (souvlakia and Greek desserts 🤩) and we would love to have you there cheering for LUGS!!!

OUR LUGS TEAM & REQUIREMENTS:

If you’re a member of LUGS (or if you want to be — sign up via the link in our Instagram bio!) you should be eligible. Things to keep in mind:

* You must be available between 10am-4pm on Saturday the 12th of September

* Teams are mixed

* Games are 7-a-side

* You must be 18+ to play

* Registration does not guarantee a spot on the team (just because we don’t know how many lugakia will sign up!!)

* Registrations close on Friday 28th of August

* All skill levels accepted!

20/07/2026

Today marks 52 years since the unlawful invasion and attempted ethnic and religious cleansing of Cyprus by Turkish forces.

For 52 years the island of Cyprus has been illegally occupied, with the occupation violating countless international laws, treaties and the United Nations Charter of Nations.

• During the invasion there were countless instances of murder, r**e, torture

• There was numerous instances of destruction of personal and public property and monuments of personal, cultural, religious and historical significance

• There were concentration camps were established on the island for Greek Cypriots

• 160,000+ Greek Cypriots were forced out of their families homes and off of their land

• Almost 2000 Greek Cypriots are still officially missing after the brutalities

• Turkey continues to illegally occupy almost 40% of the island to this day

We will never forget the atrocities that took place 52 years ago and we acknowledge the unlawful nature of the ongoing occupation. We will forever hope for a free Cyprus.

Δεν Ξεχνώ 🇨🇾🇬🇷

19/07/2026

SAVE THE DATE

28 • 08 • 26

The La Trobe University Greek Society & National Union of Greek Australian Students with the support of the affiliated Greek societies of Monash, RMIT, Swinburne, Australian Catholic, Melbourne and Victoria universities invite you to Save the Date on Friday the 28th of August 2026.

More details coming soon…. 👀

26/06/2026

Our LUGS President Angelica, Public Affairs Officer Yin and Media Assistant Betty were proud to represent LUGS in attendance at Heidelberg United «Alexander» Football Club’s Community Round against the Oakleigh Cannons! ⚽️✨

Thank you so much to John, Steph, Harrison and the whole team for the invitation to join their other partners, stakeholders and prominent community figures in the VIP marquee tonight! 🏟️

Despite the cold weather it was a great atmosphere, a great crowd, and we could not be more excited to announce our upcoming partnership with a historically Greek and consistently community oriented club! 🇬🇷

Stay tuned for more detail on our partnership with HUFC dropping soon… 👀

13/04/2026

Χριστός Ανέστη και Καλό Πάσχα from the LUGS Committee!

Our lovely committee members have shared a few snaps of some of the ways we celebrate Greek Orthodox Holy Week and Easter: weaving palm crosses for Palm Sunday, baking koulourakia and tsourekia, decorating the Epitaphio on Good Friday, attending church services as we follow the Epitaphios around the block on Good Friday and bringing our lambathades on Holy Saturday to get the Agios Fos when it strikes midnight, magiritsa on Sunday morning, tsougrisma with red eggs and Easter lunch or dinner with family!

We hope you were able to celebrate this festive season surrounded by loved ones! 🤍☦️

05/04/2026

GREEK ORTHODOX HOLY WEEK 🇬🇷⛪️

An introduction to the themes and traditions from Lazarus Saturday through to Holy Sunday (Great and Holy Feast of Pascha) in the Greek Orthodox Church.

Καλή Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα ☦️🤍

25/03/2026

Today on the 25th of March, we celebrate Greek Independence Day. It is on this day in 1821 that the Greek War of Independence officially commenced against the Ottoman Empire, who had occupied and enslaved Greece for almost 400 years.

We celebrate the courage and strength of the Greek Revolutionary fighters and we pay tribute to all those who sacrificed their lives for Greece and its freedom.

Today, we also celebrate the Annunciation of the Theotokos and to all those who celebrate we wish you a happy name day 🤍

Ζήτω η 25 Μαρτίου! Ζήτω η Ελλάδα! 🇬🇷

22/03/2026

the LUGS committee had a great day today representing their respective cultural organisations and societies (NUGAS Victoria, Pontiaki Estia, Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne & Victoria, Cyprus Community of Melbourne & Victoria, Lemnian Community of Victoria) and celebrating 205 years of Greek Independence at the Greek National Day Parade 2026 🇬🇷

21/03/2026

In March we speak Greek — a movement founded here in Melbourne over a decade ago to encourage the global diaspora to speak, practice and share the Greek language 🙌

To promote the Greek language within the Greek youth diaspora and to celebrate La Trobe University’s status as the only tertiary institution in Victoria offering Modern Greek Studies, our La Trobe University Greek Society committee decided to run a Greek language promotion on fr**edes at the La Trobe University Student Union Festival 🎊

Dozens of students and staff of all backgrounds ordered their fr**edes from our committee in Greek, and a few lovely participants agreed to give their orders on camera 📸

Whether they were native speakers or it was their first time speaking Greek, we think they all did a great job (and it was great practice for upcoming Euro summer 🏖️)!

20/03/2026

If you missed us on campus yesterday and you’d still like to become a LUGS member, sign up for your FREE membership via the link (in our insta bio) to be the first to know about our events and to get discounted tickets to all LUGS and NUGAS events!! 🤩✨

Address

Latrobe University
Melbourne, VIC
3083

Website

http://www.nugasvic.org.au/lugs/, https://clubs.getqpay.com/?tab=memberships&s=3359

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