Thursday 25 March 2021

All of Greece Celebrates





        Long May Greeks Live Free







Special guests taking part in the bicentennial celebrations of the uprising against the Ottoman Turks were the Prime Minister of Russia (not the President), the Foreign Minister of France and yes, there they are, Charles and Camilla .


Charles father, Prince Phillip was born in Greece and his great grandfather was King George of Greece. 


They laid wreaths, watched the big parade in Athens, inspected the troops and attended a state banquet.


In Piraeus harbour there are ships of the French and Russian navy and down in Crete is the aircraft carrier Eisenhower.


Sydney Opera House was 'dressed' in the Greek blue and white. A Greek flag was raised in Manhatten and many other US cities. There were commemoration events in Toronto and Vancouver. The Eiffel tower was turned blue and white, Niagara Falls was illuminated in blue light.


And so the world celebrates with Greece.


Zito Hellas








 



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18 comments:

  1. angela25 March 2021 at 14:05

    Zito Hellas

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  2. JayCee25 March 2021 at 14:32

    Hope you enjoyed it too!

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    1. local alien26 March 2021 at 00:23

      I had far too much garlic sauce which sat rather heavily on my stomach and this morning I'm still breathing out fire.

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  3. kiwikid25 March 2021 at 14:40

    And Melbourne celebrated too.🙂

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    1. local alien26 March 2021 at 00:24

      Ooooh I bet they were up to all sorts of festivities there. All we saw on TV were Sydney's celebrations. Soooo many Greeks in Melbourne!!

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    2. angela26 March 2021 at 13:44

      The biggest population of Greeks outside of Greece is in Melbourne
      But it’s all about Sydney apparently
      Yup.

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  4. Cro Magnon25 March 2021 at 21:40

    I get the impression that the Greeks are permanently 'celebrating'. We don't seem to do much here; new year is the only big celebration.

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    1. local alien26 March 2021 at 00:20

      One darn celebration after another. There aren't any more till the end of April because of Lent but we have a family birthday in a couple of weeks just to fill in.
      So much tradition, so many saints, any little excuse!!

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  5. Susan Heather26 March 2021 at 00:22

    I hope you enjoyed the celebrations.

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    1. local alien26 March 2021 at 05:00

      Nice to see them on TV for a change and not up close

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  6. Tigger's Mum26 March 2021 at 00:28

    Did you see the military aircraft over the Saronic in the morning? We were back and forth between that and watching the parade on TV.

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    1. local alien26 March 2021 at 05:01

      My daughter took a great video of one flying over the island. I tried to put it on the blog, without success. Put it on Instagram instead.
      Something different and mildly exciting!!

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  7. Beside a babbling brook...26 March 2021 at 08:49

    LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!

    Long may Greece stay free!!!!!!

    "Miss BB"
    🌷🌺🎀🌺🌷

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  8. northsider 26 March 2021 at 09:06

    I love the blue and white flag.

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  9. Amy26 March 2021 at 23:16

    I'm kind of suprised to see the royals there but yes long live Greece!

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  10. At Home In New Zealand27 March 2021 at 00:43

    All that celebrating and I missed hearing anything about it on our News (if they even broadcast anything). I get the feeling that Greeks are happy people, with all that partying going on all the time :)

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  11. Minigranny27 March 2021 at 08:12

    I enjoyed watching the parade in Athens on a video someone put up on a Cretan facebook page Xronia polla Hellas !!

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