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OXI Day Military, School Parades Cancelled Across Greece This Year

Stelios Petsas, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and government spokesman, announced on Monday that the country's traditional military and school parades on October 28th would not take place this year due to coronavirus concerns. Although Greece's virus numbers remain...

Washington OXI Day Foundation Offers Annual Philotimo Scholarships

The annual Washington, D.C. based scholarship competition celebrating the Greek spirit is once again underway. Sponsored by the Washington OXI Day Foundation, the awards will give recipients scholarships totaling up to $10,000 this year,  doubling the usual amount as a...

Activists' Disruption of OXI Day Parade Causes Uproar in Greece

The act of ten young women, ridiculing the traditional student parade on OXI Day, has caused an uproar in Greece's political world and Greek society in general, with a "war" raging in social media over the issue. The ten women, headed...

Greeks Mark "Oxi Day" with Spectacular Military Parade in Thessaloniki

Thousands of people gathered in the center of the city of Thessaloniki on Monday to watch the military parade to commemorate ”Oxi Day,” when the Greek nation said "No" to the fascist aggression in 1940. Greek civilian groups from all...

Australian PM Praises Hellenic Fighting Spirit in Oxi Day Message

The Hon Scott Morrison, the Prime Minister of Australia, has delivered a message to the Greek Australian community for the October 28 "Oxi Day" celebrations. “Modern Greek history contains few greater testaments to the Hellenic fighting spirit than the events...

Man Covers His Entire House With a Greek Flag Ahead of ''Oxi Day'' Celebrations

A massive Greek flag was fastened onto a rooftop, covering an entire house in Greece's Nea Kios, in the Peloponnesian Peninsula on Saturday. Ahead of the ''Oxi Day'' celebrations on Monday, October 28, Giannis Athanasopoulos, the deputy mayor of the...

Greece to Formally Protest Katsifas' Death in Northern Epirus

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs will issue a formal protest to Albania in response to the shooting death of 35-year-old Greek Konstantinos Katsifas, who was shot dead by Albanian authorities in the village of Bularat (Vouliarates) in northern...

Blind Grade School Student in Oxi Day Parade Touches Hearts (video)

A blind second grade student won over the hearts and minds, as well as the applause of the audience, as she paraded with the help of two fellow students during Sunday's Oxi Day parade in the village of Rahes...

Katsifas 'Executed' Claims Largest Greek Organization in Albania (video)

Omonoia, the social, political and cultural organization that promotes the rights of Albania's Greek minority, has asserted that Konstantinos Katsifas was executed by Albanian forces. Katsifas was shot and killed by Albanian police on Sunday. In a statement, the organization...

Impressive 1940s-Styled 'OXI Day' Parade in Evia's Karystos (video)

The town of Karystos in Greece’s Evia celebrated 'OXI Day'' in its own special way on Sunday morning, October 28. The good weather allowed for hundreds of people to attend the parade at the town’s waterfront street. Apart from the town’s...