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28 ΜΑΡ '19

March 25th : Celebrating the 198th Anniversary of the National Day of Greece!

On the occasion of the 198th Anniversary of the National Day of the Hellenic Republic, the Ambassador of Greece to China Mr. Leonidas Rokanas and the Consul General of Greece to Shanghai Mr. Vassilis Xiros held a warm reception at the Grand Ballroom of Wanda Reign Hotel on the Bund.

 

Chinese Government representatives were the Vice-Chairman of Shanghai People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Mr. Li Yiping, (李逸平), Vice Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress (SMPC), Mr. Tian Chunhua (田春华), Vice Chair of the Committee for Handing Proposals of Shanghai CPPCC, Mrs. Su Rongjuan (苏蓉娟) and Deputy Director of Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office, Mr. Fu Jihong (傅继红).

 

Ambassador Rokanas pointed out the good bilateral relations that connect the two historic countries while Consul General Xiros presented an overview of the important developments which took place during the last year in Shanghai. 

 

The reception was attended by government and military officials, ambassadors, Dignitaries,  several academics, Chinese and Greek scholars, people from the arts, businessmen, and friends of Greece.

 

Hellas Group President, Mrs. Sophia Kontomichalou and Hellas Group Vice President, Mr. Theofylaktos Skolarikis were among the distinguished guests as well as the Greek Marathon Delegation who participated as honorary guests to the first Shanghai International Women’s Half Marathon Race.

 

Hellas Group President, Mrs. Kontomichalou and Hellas Group Vice President, Mr. Skolarikis with the Consul General of Greece to Shanghai, Mr. Vassilis Xiros and the Greek Marathon Delegation.

 

Hellas Group Vice President, Mr. Skolarikis with the Greek General Manager of Wanda Reign Hotel in Shanghai, Mr. Nikolas Chatzipetros, and the Greek Marathon Delegation.

 

General Manager of Wanda Reign Hotel in Shanghai Mr. Nikolaos Chatzipetros, Jadeitte Alliance CEO of Vanke, Ms Mercedes Yao, Consul General of Greece to Shanghai, Mr. Vassilis Xiros, Hellas Group President Mrs. Sophia Kontomichalou, Hellas Group Vice President, Mr. Skolarikis.

 

Historical Facts: 25th of March 1821 Greek Independence Day

Freedom or Death” (Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος)

These are the words that come in the mind of every Greek in the sound of this date. Every year on the 25th of March, Greeks and Cypriots around the world honour and celebrate Greek Independence Day, commemorating the start of the Greek War of Independence in 1821 against the Ottoman rule, which lasted nearly 400 years.

Greece had been part of the Ottoman Empire since  the fall of Constantinople in 1453. With hostilities having started two months earlier, the Greek revolt was precipitated on March 25, 1821, when Bishop Germanos of Patras (Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός) raised the Greek flag of revolution over the Monastery of Agia Lavra in the Peloponnese and the cry “Freedom or Death” became the motto of the revolution.

The outcome of the long and bloody struggle for freedom (1821 – 1830) was the establishment of an independent Greek state that continues to stand to this day, making thus March 25th the most important date in the history of Modern Greece.