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Athens Marathon 2021

Athens Marathon 2021

  • Angio
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  • 20/10/2021
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  • Anniversaries & National Days, General Info, Things to do
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The Athens Marathon is an endurance race covering an official distance of 42,195 kilometers (26,229 miles), which is included in modern Olympic sports. The marathon comes from the story of […]

  • athens
  • athensmarathon
  • marathon

Olympic Flame Lightening for Beijing 2022, Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Olympic Flame Lightening for Beijing 2022, Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

  • Angio
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  • 19/10/2021
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  • Anniversaries & National Days
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The Olympic Flame Lightening and Handover took place the 18th and 19th of October. On the 18th, Xanthi Georgiou naturally lightened the Flame by the sun. A ritual which took place […]

  • ancientolympia
  • beijing
  • lightening
  • olympicflame
  • olympicgames2022
  • passover

Farewell to a great composer

Farewell to a great composer

  • Angio
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  • 02/09/2021
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  • Anniversaries & National Days, Arts & Culture
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Since antiquity, Greeks have embraced the arts. The Muses were the protectors of the arts and especially music. Etymologically  the word music derives from them! You may already be familiar […]

Metéra Mána Mamá (Mother Mama Mom)

Metéra Mána Mamá (Mother Mama Mom)

  • Sophia Dritsa
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  • 09/05/2021
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  • Anniversaries & National Days
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  “If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose love would follow me still, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ […]

May and Protomayà: A Greek story

May and Protomayà: A Greek story

  • Sophia Dritsa
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  • 01/05/2021
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  • Anniversaries & National Days
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The first day of May, or Protomayà, as it is called in Greek, is a national holiday, and has a dual meaning and significance in Greece as well as other […]

On March 25, 2021 the world will turn Greek

On March 25, 2021 the world will turn Greek

  • Sophia Dritsa
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  • 24/03/2021
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  • Anniversaries & National Days
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‘Freedom or Death’: It sounds powerful, doesn’t it? For Greeks, this strong oath was taken two centuries ago, on March 25, 1821, by brave Greek fighters to support them in […]

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