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Due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, OXI Day celebrations were cancelled across Greece. However, this did not stop students in Neo Souli, Serres, from commemorating the important National Holiday safely and…
At all costs, despite the small number of people due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 80th anniversary of Oxi Day (No Day) was celebrated at military cemeteries in Northern Epirus (Southern Albania)…
A procession of vehicles drove through the streets of Patras on Wednesday to commemorate OXI Day. Patras is Greece’s third-largest city and the regional capital of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese.…
Joe Biden- former vice president of the United States, now the Democratic presidential nominee- posted a message on social media on the occasion of OXI Day. “Today we celebrate the 80th anniversary…
To commemorate Oxi Day, the raising of the largest Greek flag in Kastellorizo’s history occurred today. OXI Day commemorates when on October 28, 1940 former military general and Prime Minister of Greece,…
An Air Force pilot of the “Zeus” squadron sent a resounding message to all Greeks “from Orestiada to Gavdos and from Othonos to Kastelorizo” on the anniversary of October 28, 1940 when…
His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia, has issued a message on the occasion of OXI Day, which you can read here- The heroic “NO” of October…
To commemorate the Greek National Holiday of October 28th, a huge Greek flag last night ‘waved’ on a building wall in Kavala, one of the regional units of Greece. The video projection…
On October 28, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of the Protection of the Theotokos, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary. The feast-day of the Holy Protection of the…
On the 28th October, 2018, Konstantinos Katsifas, a 35-year-old man belonging to the native Greek community of Northern Epirus in today’s Southern Albania, was shot dead by Albanian police near Vouliaratis, around…
The Municipality of Athens illuminated the Omonia Square fountain in blue and white to commemorate commemorate 28 October 1940, OXI Day. The Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, posted a photo and a…
Greece’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister and representative for Greeks Abroad, Kostas Vlasis, issued a message to the diaspora on the occasion of OXI Day, October 28. “Today Hellenism everywhere celebrates. It is…
OXI Day on October 28, 1940, commemorates the anniversary when former military general and Prime Minister of Greece, Ioannis Metaxas said “OXI” (NO) to an ultimatum made by Italian Prime Minister Benito…
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has issued a message on the occasion of OXI Day, which you can read here- Eighty years ago, Greece ‘όχι answered fascist Italy’s hostile advances with a resounding!’…
With pride, up there on Mount Hymettus we put the Greek flag today! Above the small church of Prophet Elias where it is visible from everywhere. It is a tribute to the…
The two-year memorial service for Konstantinos Katsifas will take place on Saturday in Vouliaratis (Βουλιαράτες, Albanian: Bularat), Himara reported. Albanian authorities imposed this date so that the memorial service would not take…
Turkey has made a major provocation by announcing it will conduct a live fire drill in the middle of the Aegean on the day Greece celebrates one of its most important public…
By decision of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, there will be no student and military parades on October 28 to celebrate Oxi Day, as announced by government spokesman Stelios Petsas. It is recalled…
The proud blue and white flag of Greece will wave in the port of Alexandroupolis, while a special crane will be used to raise the flag. The largest Greek flag, with an…