Feelings of national pride, but also hope for the younger generation of the Greek-American community and the inseparable relationship it maintains with the ideals of Greece, prevailed during the celebration of the Consulate General of Greece in New York for ‘OXI’ Day on October 28, with the participation of students from three of the Greek community schools.
The event took place on October 27 at the Consulate General of Greece in New York which welcomed students from St. Demetrios School in Astoria, Holy Trinity’s Cathedral School, and the Hellenic Classical Charter School of Brooklyn, who presented part of the performances they had prepared for their school celebrations.
Consul General of Greece in New York Konstantinos Konstantinou welcomed the students and the teaching staff, together with Consul Dimitris Papageorgiou, expressing his joy and optimism for passing the torch of historic memory and the ideals of Hellenism to Greek-American students.
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