With suspension in the Facebook the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou sends message support for them expatriates us in Ukraineemphasizing that “We honor their strength, we are close to them and we support them”.
As he states: “These days the threat of war weighs on her Ukraineour thoughts are focused on the Greek communities of Azov, all those cities and villages where our language is still heard, the schools where lessons are taught under the Greek flag, the expatriates of all ages who keep alive in their hearts the bond with their Greek roots “.
At the same time, he points out that “Listening to the dialect of the elders, watching the children of Greek origin learn as a game modern Greek and the students of the Department of Greek Philology and Translation of Mariupol State University to immerse themselves in the language and culture of Greece, I think the endurance of the Greek element in the region, from the years of Byzantium until today “.
Concluding, he underlines that “The proud spirit of our expatriates, as expressed in their thousand-year presence in the region of Ukraine, remains strong during these difficult times. We honor their strength, we are close to them and we support them “.
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