OXI day

All Saints Grammar Commemorates Greek Independence Day with Respect and Dignity

All Saints Grammar Commemorates Greek Independence Day with Respect and Dignity

All Saints Grammar proudly commemorated Greek Independence Day with dignity on Sunday, 24 March. The event, organised by the Greek…

2 months ago

Blessing the Academic Journey: Agiasmos Service at All Saints Grammar

All Saints Grammar school marked the start of the 2024 academic school year officially commencing with an Agiasmos Service held…

4 months ago

Sydney Council honours Greece's World War II rebuke of Axis powers: OXI 28 OCTOBER 1940

The Inner West Council in Sydney, in partnership with the Sydney University's Australian Archaeological Institute, held a wreath-laying ceremony on…

7 months ago

PASOK leader Androulakis' message on October 28: "We honour our ancestors, our heroes"

PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis criticised the government because, as he said, it did not support the United Nations resolution for…

7 months ago

Oxi Day celebrated in Damascus, Syria (PHOTOS)

Oxi Day was commemorated at the Divine Liturgy of the Cathedral of Mary in Syria on October 27. With the…

7 months ago

On this day in 2018, Albanian police killed Konstantinos Katsifas for raising the Greek flag on ‘OXI Day’

On the 28th October 2018, Konstantinos Katsifas, a 35-year-old man belonging to the native Greek community of Northern Epirus in…

7 months ago

Feast Day of the Protection of the Theotokos, Agia Skepi

On October 28, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of the Protection of the Theotokos, the Mother of…

7 months ago

83rd Anniversary of OXI Day: NSW Organizes Multiple Commemorative Events

Numerous initiatives have been organized by various organizations in NSW to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of OXI Day, a significant…

7 months ago

October 28 - ‘OXI Day'

OXI Day on October 28, 1940, commemorates the anniversary when former military general and Prime Minister of Greece, Ioannis Metaxas…

7 months ago

OXI DAY: Changes in metro and tram services on Saturday, clocks go back on Sunday

There will be changes in the regular metro and tram schedules and routes in central Athens due to a parade…

7 months ago

Oxi Day Special: The House Of Ioannis Metaxas Will Open For Guests

The house of Ioannis Metaxas (10 Stratigou Dagli Street, Kifissia) is reopened after a break of several years. After a…

7 months ago

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Oxi Day Message to the Greek Community

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese extends a heartfelt message to the Greek community in honour of Oxi Day 2023. In…

7 months ago

An Oxi Day Tribute: Once We Were Here

Reading "Once We Were Here," we are reminded of the unyielding spirit of Greece, the profound impact of history, and…

9 months ago

Kato Achaia confuses Greek Independence Day with Oxi Day

Kato Achaia was decorated as usual for Saturday's national holiday, except they confused Oxi Day on October 28 with Greek…

1 year ago

Hellenic Australian Lawyers honour South Australia's first Supreme Court Justice of Greek heritage

On the eve of OXI (No) Day, the Hellenic Australian Lawyers (HAL) held their annual Oration in Adelaide to commemorate…

2 years ago

Stefanos Karavidas on Oxi Day: "Turkish pilots are crying on the radio"

Host Stefanos Damianidis on FOCUS FM discussed on Oxi Day, October 28, how the Greeks did not fight fascism and…

2 years ago

Oxi Day celebrated in Damascus, Syria (PHOTOS)

Under the high auspices of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, the Divine Liturgy was held in the Maryamiyah Cathedral in…

2 years ago

Akis Petretzikis at the Oxi Day parade with his son dressed in a tsolia and his daughter in a stroller

Akis Petretzikis celebrated Oxi Day on October 28 with his son dressed in a tsolia and his wife tenderly embracing…

2 years ago

Tsipras on Oxi Day: We're fighting for a free, safe and strong homeland

SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras said on Friday in a message commemorating Oxi Day that at a time of war,…

2 years ago

The largest Greek flag was raised again in Santorini - Watch the video

In the usual way they celebrate the national holiday of October 28 in Santorini, the largest Greek flag was raised…

2 years ago