Festive event of the Holy Synod for the National Day of October 28translated

Today, Friday October 23, 2026, the established annual event for the National Day of October 28 took place in the Hall of the Great Synod of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. At the above event, which was attended by the Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, Mr. Theophilus Bishop of Skiathos Mr. Ioannis, the General Director of EKYO, the Theophilus Bishop of Epidaurus Mr. Nikodimos, the Director of Financial Control Mr. Dionysios Giannakopoulos, the Director of the Historical Archive of the Church of Greece, Professor Mr. Nikolaos Tombros, clerics and lay synodal employees of all the Synodal Services, the Head of Protocol - Correspondence Processing of the Holy Synod and cleric of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, Most Reverend Protopresbyter Fr. Dimitrios Kountouris, spoke on the topic: "From the "NO" of 1940 in the eternal present of the Greek soul".

In the speech, the timeless importance of the historical "NO" was emphasized, as an expression of the freedom, dignity and fighting spirit of the Greek people. Special mention was made of the sacrifice of the Greek soldiers, the offering of the women of Pindos, the...