THERE was a lot of criticism in social media of a speech made by a public school teacher at a church in Nicosia district on the occasion of
Ochi Day last Sunday.
Late in the year, there will be an evening to mark
Ochi Day, the anniversary of the day in 1940 when a Greek general said No to Italy's request, backed by Hitler, to occupy Greece.
The event was to mark the anniversary of
Ochi Day, which marks the Greek resistance against the Axis powers during World War II celebrated on October 28.
In addition to the Easter, Christmas and other religious holidays, Labour Day, and its impendence day, Cyprus marks the start of the War of Greek Independence in 1821, the anniversary of the launch of the Eoka struggle against British rule, and
Ochi Day which marks Greek resistance against the Axis powers, which resulted in Greece entering WWII.
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The anniversary or
Ochi Day (NO) was the rejection by the then Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas of the ultimatum given by the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on October 28, 1940, who had demanded that the Axis powers enter Greece to take up strategic positions.
COMRADE Tof managed to justify the three grand a month we are paying him for secretarial services, by writing off congratulatory letters on the occasion of
Ochi Day. He wrote four letters, three of which were exactly the same and only the recipient's name was changed.
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The anniversary, or
Ochi Day, marks the rejection by the then Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas of the ultimatum given by the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini onOctober28, 1940, who had demanded that the Axis powers enter Greece to take up strategic positions.
Cyprus was on Wednesday celebrating '
Ochi Day' in commemoration of the 1940 resistance of the Greeks against the Axis forces, which signalled Greece's direct involvement in the Second World War.
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Do we really believe in the existence of Cyprus when we celebrate so quietly Cyprus' Independence on the first of October yet mark Greek
Ochi Day with military parades and fanfares later that month?