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Once again this year, the tremendous Greek emblem was raised astatine the port of Chios successful grant of the national vacation of October 28th.
The flag-raising ceremonial took spot astatine 12:00 noon connected Monday, the eve of October 28th, successful the beingness of a ample assemblage and representatives of the local authorities. According to ERT, the emblem is 150 quadrate meters successful size and was carried to the tract by students of the Merchant Marine Academy, accompanied by the philharmonic band.
“Our emblem is the awesome of our nation. With our emblem and for our flag, each the struggles of our federation for liberation were fought. We grant and respect our emblem arsenic it deserves, wishing that we volition ever stay escaped and ne'er person to support it. Yet, adjacent if we must, we are definite that we volition support it arsenic we should,”
said Konstantinos Ganiaris, theologian and instrumentalist astatine the 3rd Junior High School of Chios, speaking to ERT.
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