83 years since the Kallikratis Holocaust: Honor and emotion in the martyred village of Sfakiatranslated

In an atmosphere of emotion and national pride, yesterday, Sunday, October 18, the 83rd anniversary of the destruction, the holocaust, of the martyred village of Kallikratis Sfakia was commemorated with the group executions of residents by the German occupying troops in October 1943. A crowd of people, the Deputy Minister of Immigration and Asylum Sevi Voloudakis, Chania Member of Parliament Alexandros Markogiannakis, representatives of ND MPs Doras Bakoyannis and SYRIZA Pavlos Polakis, regional and local self-government, local authorities, institutions and associations gathered in the mountain village of Sfakia to pay tribute to the heroes who they sacrificed themselves for freedom, responding to the call of the Regional Unity of Chania and the Municipality of Sfakia.

The mayor of Sfakia, Ioannis Zervos, welcomed the participants to Kallikratis, with the commemorative events starting early in the morning at the Holy Church of Panagia in Kallikratis, where the Orthros, the Divine Liturgy and the official Doxology were celebrated.

At 11:00 in the morning, the focus of the events was moved to the Memorial of the Fallen (Heroes) of the village, where the memorial service was recited, presided over by the Reverend Metropolitan of Lampi, Syvritos...