The PtD at the celebration of the 82nd Anniversary of the Revolutionary Liberation Movement of Karpathostranslated

The 82nd Anniversary of the Revolutionary Liberation Movement of Karpathos of October 5, 1944 was celebrated in the Municipal Community of Menetis with particular splendor and emotion, in the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Konstantinos Tassoulas. On this historic day of remembrance and honor, Karpathos was honored with the presence of the Minister of Health, Mr. Adonis Georgiadis, the Regional Governor of South Aegean, Mr. Giorgos Chatzimarkos, the Dodecanese MPs, as well as senior officers of the Armed Forces and Security Forces.

Mr. Tasoulas, after the doxology at the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary in the Municipal Community of Menetis, presided over by the Reverend Metropolitan of Karpathos and Kasos, Mr. Ambrosios, made the following statement:

"Like today 82 years ago, here on the Holy Rock of Panagia, in Menetes Karpathos, the bells rang wildly, calling all the people. And the reason they were calling all the people was to announce a shocking and historic decision.

The decision to declare freedom, independence and the union of the island with the motherland, finally, after 600 years. But before the declaration of freedom and union, the inhabitants of…