This year, Dora Tsambazi will celebrate her first Easter without her husband, Olympian Alexandros Nikolaidis.

On the occasion of today, Good Friday, the wife of Alexandrou Nikolaidis – who “left” defeated by cancer – posted a touching message on Instagram as, as she says, “6 months are dawning without you”.

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The text of the post “Tomorrow (s.s. today) dawns 6 months without you. Good Friday, day of mourning. I loved my life with you so much. But you taught me to love and feel blessed for what I continue to have. Our children, our moments, a love that the best poets in the world would envy. And that’s how I manage to love the now too. During your absence, I learned the greatest lessons of my life. But what I learned the most is how much strength I hid inside and how much I needed the love I received to transform it into empathy for those around me. So thank you for what you have given me and what you continue to give me from up there. I wish that somewhere near the stars that shine at night, you fly among the light and smile at me…”