Athens to welcome New Year 2017 with ceremonies and cannon fire

The city of Athens will hail in the New Year on January with the “reveille” played by the Armed Forces and Security Forces and the firing of shots from the gun emplacement on Lycabettus Hill at 07:41.

This will be followed by the hoisting of the flag on the Acropolis at 08:00 and the official thanksgiving service at the Athens Cathedral by the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Ieronymos II at 11:00.

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