🇬🇷 🇹🇷 The
#Greekrescuers
are working tirelessly to save
#lives
. So far they have rescued four children and a twenty-year-old woman from the rubble of the
#earthquake
in
#Turkey
. Full story:
The Hellenic Primary School in
#Zimbabwe
,
#Africa
, celebrated
#OXI
day in the most original way! Guided by the Greek teacher Dimitra Papadopoulou, the students made a human
#Greekflag
, as it has never been done before. Full story:
🇬🇷
#OXIDay
: On
#October28
, 1940
#Greece
found the courage to say "No" to fascism and fought the axis powers for freedorm and justice helping shape the outcome of
#WWII
. Full story:
A mother giving an icon, as a good luck charm, to the soldier who is dispatched to the front lines at the Epirus mountains in October 1940. Full story:
#Oxi
#OxiDay
#Greece
In the city of Corfu, the procession of the epitaphs begins at two in the afternoon amidst the resounding hymns sung by the choirs and the renowned city philharmonics. Full story:
🇬🇷🏀
#Greek
#taxidriver
in
#NewYork
, George Papoutsis, astonishes the crowds with his over the top
#basketball
skills! Papoutsis also devotes his time to children with physical or mental disabilities, stating that his goal is to make people smile.
🇬🇷 🇨🇦 Thousands of Greek Canadians gathered at Montreal’s Park-Extension to celebrate
#GreekIndependenceDay
. The prime minister of Greece,
#KyriakosMitsotakis
, and Canadian Prime Minister
#JustinTrudeau
took part in the celebrations. Full story:
🇬🇷🇬🇧 “We are all
#Greeks
. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts have their roots in Greece. From my part, my own connections with
#Greece
have particular meaning, after all it is the land of my grandfather. ” ~
#KingCharles
. Full story:
🇬🇷 Discover the historic shop in
#Chania
,
#Crete
, that has been making amazing bougatsa for one hundred years!
#IordanisBougatsa
, has been baking fresh
#bougatsa
on a daily basis since 1922. Full story:
One of the most iconic statues of
#Athens
covered in
#snow
! Dromeas, also called The Runner is a huge sculpture by
#Greek
#artist
Costas Varotsos. Full story: Photo by
@imikov
🇬🇷 The first
#Greekparade
after the pandemic for
#Greece
’s
#independence
took place on
#Philadelphia
, PA. Full story: Organized by The Federation of Hellenic-American Societies of Philadelphia and the Greater Delaware Valley
The
#Battle
of
#Crete
that helped shape the outcome of
#WWII
: “Hence we will not say that
#Greeks
fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks.” ~ Winston Churchill Full story: