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Local Greek schools, taste organizations, and creation troupes proudly marched successful accepted attire. Credit: Elios Photography, Via Greektown Chicago/Facebook
The parade served arsenic a tribute to the affluent past of Greek independency and a solemnisation of Hellenic culture’s enduring bequest successful the city. Colorful floats, accepted music, and creation performances filled the streets arsenic attendees waved Greek flags and cheered connected the participants.
Local Greek schools, taste organizations, and creation troupes proudly marched successful accepted attire, showcasing the quality and vibrancy of Greek customs. Musicians played classical people tunes, adding to the lively ambiance that echoed done the neighborhood.
A item of the time came erstwhile His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael, spiritual person of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, stepped disconnected the signifier to articulation the expansive finale. In a heartwarming and symbolic gesture, helium danced alongside members of the Orpheus Hellenic Folklore Society, further uniting the assemblage successful celebration.
The mainstage of the lawsuit was located astatine Adams and Halsted Street. The parade started astatine Van Buren Street and Halsted Street, and finished astatine the mainstage with Greek dancing.
#AHEPA household astatine today’s Chicago Greek Independence Day Parade. pic.twitter.com/VmuieP6YMb
— AHEPA Hoosier District 12 (@d12governor) April 6, 2025
Greektown: The taste hub of Greeks successful Chicago
Since 1964, the Greek American assemblage has made this lawsuit a amusive clip for each to bask colorful accepted costumes, a consciousness of assemblage and genuine Hellenic spirit.
Chicago’s Greektown, the eating and nightlife territory connected the city’s Near West Side, is the undisputed taste hub for the third-largest colonisation of Greeks surviving successful the USA.
Greektown’s bars and restaurants, serving immoderate of the best Greek food in the country, prevarication astir betwixt Van Buren and Madison Streets, on Halsted Street, westbound of the Loop.
It is estimated that astir 150,000 radical of Greek ancestry unrecorded successful the greater Chicagoland area. The connection is inactive heard successful the neighborhood, and the assemblage comes retired successful afloat taste pridefulness during the annual Greek Independence Day parade.
The National Hellenic Museum, the renowned halfway for Greek-American history, is besides located successful the area.
Greek Independence Day parades successful Chicago, Philadelphia and Detroit
Thousands of radical besides attended the Greek Independence Day Parades successful Philadelphia and Detroit connected Sunday.
In their accepted defender uniforms, Evzones Presidential Guards from Greece besides joined the parades, performing their signature ceremonial marches.
The Philadelphia lawsuit took spot connected the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and saw the champion Greek groups from Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware march down the boulevard with their floats, banners, and of people Greek flags, nether accepted Greek music.
Drake and Maria Behrakis served arsenic the Grand Marshalls of this year’s Greek parade.
In Detroit, the Greek parade was held connected Monroe Street successful Historic Greektown Detroit, successful the beingness of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas.
Tony Manolias was this year’s Grand Marshall for the city’s Greek Parade. The Hellenic Museum of Michigan hosted the Evzones Presidential Guard and His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos of Ioannina for a Meet and Greet reception connected Saturday up of Sunday’s Greek Independence Day celebrations.
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