Global Greek World: 2020

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

"OXI" The Loudest Message in World History

"OXI" the loudest message in World history - 28 October 1940

OXI Day 80 Years Later

«Ελληνίδες, Έλληνες. Από την Ορεστιάδα μέχρι τη Γαύδο και από τους Οθωνούς μέχρι το Καστελόριζο, να θυμάστε το πιο λακωνικό και ηχηρό μήνυμα της παγκόσμιας ιστορίας αποτελείται από δύο συλλαβές, ΟΧΙ. Ένα μήνυμα που θυμίζει σε όλους ότι η Δημοκρατία και η Ελευθερία είναι ιδεώδη ακατάλυτα που θα θριαμβεύουν όσο υπάρχουν αθάνατες ελληνικές ψυχές.
Ψυχές τολμηρές πέρα από τις δυνάμεις τους, ριψοκίνδυνες εν γνώσει τους και αισιόδοξες στις δυσκολίες. Χρόνια πολλά, Ελλάδα!»

"Hellenes. From Orestiada to Gavdos, from the Othonous to Kastellorizo, remember - the loudest and shortest message in world history consists of just two syllables, "ΟΧΙ" ΝΟ!. A message that reminds the world that Democracy and Freedom are indestructible ideals that will always triumph as long as the immortal Greek spirit exists. Courageous spirits bold beyond their means, knowingly taking risks, and optimistic in adversity. Xronia Polla, Hellas! "

Today's awesome #OXIDay message comes from one of our wonderful Hellenic Air Force pilots from the cockpit of his F16 Zeus as he flew over Athens during the 80th Anniversary Celebrations earlier today. Watch and listen to his inspiring message below.

Note: Sadly #Covid19 numbers in Greece meant none of the usual parades could be held around the country.

Ζήτω Η Ελλάδα! Long LiveHellas!
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At Global Greek World, We ♥ Greece...and it shows!

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

#CelebratingGreece: Let the DancingContinue! Greece 2021 - Ας κρατήσουν οι χοροί! Ελλάδα 2021

Ας κρατήσουν οι χοροί!

#ΕθνικήΕλλάδοςΓειάσου! 🇬🇷💙🇬🇷

Let the Dancing Continue!

#CelebratingGreece

Beautifully optimistic, brilliantly simple, classic yet modern this performance by young and old alike

launches the celebration of Greece's 200 year anniversary of the Greek Independence Revolution which began on the 25th March 1821

The heroes and heroines of the Greek Revolution

Filmed in the magnificent Kallimarmaro Stadium, purpose built for the 1st Modern Olympics in 1896, Dionysis Savvopoulos' wonderful song is the theme for this video clip for Greece 2021

Enjoy!

#Covid19Diaries

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Sunday, September 27, 2020

Promoting Beautiful Greece: World Tourism Day 2020 Greek Photo Competition #WTD2020 🇬🇷 💙 🇬🇷

September 27 is known as World Tourism Day,

and as always is a great opportunity

to promote our beautiful Greece -

THE Tourist Destination -
The ULTIMATE Tourist Destination!

Here at Global Greek World it is the day we launch our Greek Photo Competition every year on our Global Greek World Facebook Page to showcase this magnificent country of ours.

This #ILoveGreece we etched in the sand on our favourite beach in #Kalyves, #Crete is a great cover for this year's #GreekPhotoCompetition.

It becomes even more meaningful when we think that 2020, understandably, was a very difficult year for Greece's tourist arrivals.

The Covid19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the entire world's travel plans and put lives and businesses on hold around the world as almost every country prioritised saving lives.

Even though many of our friends couldn't get here because of the #Covid19 travel restrictions,

their hearts were with us here in Greece.
Thank you all!

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#StaySafe ️

Here goes for our 9th Annual Greek Photo Competition!

We've set up the album for 2020, now it is over to YOU!

Check it out here

The rules are simple:

Everyone can enter!

All it takes is a photo that you have taken yourself, anytime, anywhere in Greece that we can add to the album so that people can vote.

Maximum number of entries per person is 3.

Send us the photo(s)you would like to enter in the competition either by emailing us directly or by clicking on our Facebook Page, liking it and sending your photo(s) to us via our Facebook Message facility.

You can send in your favourite photos of Greece until the closing date for entries - Oxi Day, Monday, 28 October 2020. After that voting begins in earnest!

You can vote for all the picture(s) you like...with a 'like'.

The picture with the greatest number of 'Likes'
when the competition closes (sometime in December) wins....

Stay tuned

we would love to be able to give away many great prizes to the winners again this year but we must rely on sponsors as we don't have the necessary financial resources to do this ourselves.

so...

if you would like to sponsor a prize please contact us.
It's been such a tough year for our hospitality and travel industry but...

If you are a hotel, resort or part of the hospitality industry in Greece we would particularly love to hear from you!

What you can offer the winner(s):

A weekend for two at your establishment,
A dinner for two at your restaurant,
an air-ticket to an island,
boat tickets eg a one day 3 island cruise
even free entry to one of our wonderful museums,
a beach towel or a beach accessory
a Greek-related book,
a bottle of Greek wine
these are all great prizes!

YOU are the ones we are trying to support!

A big thank you to last year's wonderful sponsors

Sue, The Angelakos Family and Alpha Beach Hotel,
Alex Michalas at Eressian Hammam and Spa
and
Matt Barrett Econopouly at GreeceTravel

for their generosity!

Start choosing your best pictures....

check out your albums,

digital or otherwise,
and
send us your entries!

We are waiting!

Good luck!

Καλή Επιτυχία!

At Global Greek World, We ♥ Greece...and it shows!
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Sunday, March 22, 2020

Covid19 Diaries: Global Greek Immunologist, Dr Sotiris Tsiodras, is Greece's Coronavirus Human SuperHero

How can you not love this guy? Dr Sotiris Tsiodras is the Health Ministry's spokesman for #Covid19 in Greece and one of our #GlobalGreeks.

Born in Sydney, Australia, he came to Greece in his teens, finishing high school and Medical School in Athens and going abroad to do research and post graduate studies at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School.

We listen to his quiet, but firm announcements every day at 6pm knowing that we can trust what he has to say because he is genuine and professional but above all, humane and down to earth.

We doubt anyone listening to him today was left untouched simply because we loved what he said. When he paused, overcome by emotion, most of Greece wept with him.

A very moving day for all of us, today 21 March 2020, one day before complete lockdown, with 13 deaths and 530 confirmed cases.

Visibly moved and emotional, he had to pause a couple of times while telling us about his response to a 'highly-esteemed' colleague from abroad who told him that Greece was making way too much fuss about a few elderly and helpless individuals ...

His answer was that the miracle of medicine in 2020 meant that we were in a position to ensure an extended better quality survival for these particular people, many of them are our Mothers and Fathers, Grandfathers and Grandmothers.

'The answer,' he said, 'is that we honour, respect and care for ALL people but especially for these ones. We owe our existence and our identity to them. We would not exist and we would not have an identity without them. We want our elderly to survive. Every single life is valuable.'

Yes, it is because that is who we are.

Thank you, Dr Tsiodras.

You can watch and listen to Dr Tsiodras in the video excerpt from that daily briefing here.

#StayHome #StaySafe #ΜένουμεΣπίτι

Let's #FlattenTheCurve and beat #COVID2019

#AllLivesMatter #WereAllInThisTogether

Enjoy #GreeceFromHome

#VisitGreeceLater

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At Global Greek World, We ♥ Greece...and it shows!

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Covid19 Diaries: Message of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Regarding Covid19 Pandemic

'Covid19 doesn't test our FAITH it tests our FAITHFUL.'

Wise words from His All Holiness Bartholomew Ecumenical Patriarchate who made the decision for the Greek Orthodox churches abroad.

In Greece the Greek government's decision for all places of worship in Greece was to close doors to the public advising that church services will be televised from now on, as there seemed to be no definitive decision being made by the Church.

As His All Holiness says:

'However, that which is at stake

is not our faith – it is the faithful.
It is not Christ – it is our Christians.
It is not the divine-man - Ο ΘΕΑνθρωπος– but human beings.

Our faith is firmly established in the roots of our culture.

Our faith is a living faith, and there is no exceptional circumstance that can limit

or suppress it.

What must be limited and suppressed in these extraordinary circumstances are gatherings and large congregations of people.

Let us remain in our homes.

Let us be careful and protect those around us.

And there, from our homes, strengthened by the power of our spiritual unity,

let each and every one of us pray for all humankind.'

Listen to the entire address in English below:

At Global Greek World, We ♥ Greece...and it shows!