The 2004 European champions met young refugees – The struggle that moved them

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The young refugees had the opportunity to meet and play football with the legendary Greek champions of Euro 2004.

Miltos Sakellaris

In a special match participated the European champions of 2004, who competed with children hosted in structures of SYNPARXIS of the Church of Greece, unaccompanied refugee children who were uprooted from their homelands and found in our country in search of a better future. The young people had the opportunity to meet and play football with the legendary Greek champions of Euro 2004.

This meeting was not accidental. It is part of a wider effort in the last years of the Church of Greece through SYNPARXIS to provide beyond the coverage of the necessary, experiences, stimuli and opportunities to the approximately 200 children who are hosted in its structures, in order to acquire the supplies that will allow them to fulfill their dreams for the future.

“Despite the summer heat that prevailed, which was taken care of by the kind sponsorship from the natural mineral water” ZAGORI “, young and old, were there early waiting for the European Champions.Giourkas Seitaridis, Giorgos Karagounis, Angelos Basinas, Dimitris Papadopoulos, Vassilis Lakis and with them Giannis Kontoes offered the children of SYNYPARXIS a unique experience. The champions on behalf of SYNYPARXIS and our Most Reverend President Metropolitan Ilios Mr. Athenagoras were welcomed by the General Manager Archimandrite Panteleimon Papasinefakis and introduced them to the impatient young and old friends of football in football. of Coexistence.

This was followed by an enthusiastic fight in which the winner did not matter but the message he wanted to pass on to everyone. The champions of Europe together with the young champions of life showed that sport unites and teaches with its teamwork and noble competition. Two halves full of passion, intensity and enthusiasm.

Our champions did what they know well: to teach the children who participated the secrets of the ball, but mainly to teach them the importance of sportsmanship. At the end of the match the champions awarded the cup to the young refugees for the previous tournament while The General Manager of SYNPARXIS presented a commemorative plaque to GREEK LEGENDS 2004.

It is characteristic that for this important event the vice-president of OPANDA Mr. Giourkas Seitaridis thanked SYNYPARXIS and declared the full support of everyone in its work.

The General Manager expressed the gratitude of everyone to us always by our side, as he stressed, the Mayor of Athens Mr. Costas Bakogiannis and Mr. Seitaridis who help the efforts made and the need of children to play sports. Mr. Seitaridis and all the champions, he noted, immediately accepted our invitation to play with our children and did not hesitate despite their busy schedule to give their best.

“The COEXISTENCE of the Church of Greece, stressed finally, under the guidance of our Most Reverend President with a series of actions that it plans and with its presence will continue to fight to offer a safe environment to children and to convey that its message Gospel for peaceful coexistence always remains relevant as the Blessed Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece, Mr. Ieronymos “, the Coexistence pointed out in its announcement.

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