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25. Mars, Frigjøringsdag 
og Marias Budskapsdag!

2011; Hurra, været er nydelig!

25. of March, Independence Day
& Annunciation Day!

2011 Hurray; The weather is beautiful!

 

Listen to this; Hør på dette; 

Stor gresk nasjonaldag
Dagen da frigjøringskrigen mot tyrkerene 
startet i 1821 - Den greske revolusjonen.

De feirer Hellas seier i frigjøringskrigen fra Tyrkia, som hadde okkupert landet i 400 år.
25. mars er faktisk dagen da biskop Germanos av Patras heiste det greske opprørsflagget ved Agia Lavra klosteret på nord Pelepones.

En meget viktig helligdag med militær-
parader i de store byene. Her går skolebarna i tog og det er en stor ære å få være flaggbærer, - såvidt jeg vet er det de flinkeste elevene
som får den æren.

Skopelitissa; Jeg hørte en gang på Skiathos at det første greske flagg ble lavet i Evangelistria klosteret der, - er det sant? Ikke vet jeg!
Jeg vet at Skiathos var vedlig involvert i Frigjøringskrigen!
Flagget som ble brukt i 1821 var hvitt
med et blått kors, såvidt jeg kan se
av gamle malerier!

Frihet eller Død!
Det greske flaggs linjer symboliserer antall stavelser i det greske slagordet;
Eleutheria 
H Thanatos  (Frihet eller død)

All norsk her er min frie oversettelse av den engelske teksten som er tatt fra Wikipedia.org

Flaggets farver
Galano Lefki - Blått og Hvitt
- disse to farvene symboliserer det blå i det greske havet og det hvite fra de rastløse bølgene og frihet! I følge en mytologisk legende, Skjønnhets Gudinnen, Aphroditi steg opp fra disse bølgene. I tillegg, reflekterer det det blå av den greske himmelen og det hvite fra noen av de få bølgene som reiser over den.
Det er også noen som fåreslår at det hvite og blå symboliserer antrekket (vrakes) av de greske sjømennene under Frigjøringskrigen!

Den Greske Frigjøringskrigen (1821-1831), også kjent som Den Greske Revelusjonen
(Gresk: Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi, Tyrkisk: Yunan İsyanı, i.e. "Gresk opprør"), var en suksessfull krig som belønnet grekerne å vinne frihet for Hellas fra det Ottomane imperiet. Frihet ble til slutt gitt ved Constantinopel avtalen i juli 1832 da Hellas ble et fritt land. Grekerne var de første til - og så skjønner jeg ikke helt setningen - for å sikre landet som en selvstendig makt. 

 

Greek National Anniversary
The day when the war of independence against the Turks started in 1821.

This celebrates Greece's victory in the war of Independence against the Turks who had occupied the country for 400 years. The 25th of March was actually the day Bishop Germanos of Patras raised the flag of national rebellion at the monastery of Agia Lavra in the northern Peloponnesus.

A major religious holiday with military parades in the larger towns and cities.
Here the schoolchildren parades and it is a big honor for the ones who carries the flag, - as fare as I know, they are the best students.

THE DESIGN AND 
PATTERNS OF THE FLAG
The number of the lines is based on the number of the syllables in the Greek phrase: Eleutheria H Thanatos  (Freedom or Death)

THE COLORS OF THE FLAG
Galano Lefki - Blue and White
These two colors symbolize the blue of the Greek Sea and the Whiteness of the restless Greeks waves and freedom!
According to the mythic legends, the Goddess of Beauty, Aphrodite emerged from these waves.
In addition, it reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the few clouds that travel in it. There are some who suggest that the blue and white was symbolizes the similar color of the clothing (vrakes) of the Greek sailors during the Greek War of Independence.

The Greek War of Independence  
(1821-1831), also known as the Greek Revolution (Greece: Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi, Turkish: Yunan İsyanı, i.e. "Greek insurgence"), was a successful war waged by the Greeks to win independence for Greece from the
Ottoman Empire. Independence was
finally granted by the Treaty of Constantinople in July1832 when Greece (Hellas) was recognized as a free country. The Greeks were the first of the subject peoples of the Ottoman Empire
to secure recognition as a 
sovereign power.


More at Wikipedia

 

At ForumStripes.net - you can read more about this, click here for an exelent page;

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og dette kom pr. mail  fra en venninde i Norge;

This was sent me by a friend, and it is about 
Evangelistria Monastery in Skiathos;

"The church of the monastery retains on its main altar (decorated by a Bible between two scimitars, a very modern association of symbols) what is considered the first flag of Modern Greece, a white cross on a blue background. It was first raised in 1807 during a failed revolt against the Turks. The Greek flag was subsequently modified following the pattern of the American flag with the addition of nine white and blue stripes: a reference to the first nine syllables  "Se gnoriso apo tin kopsi (We knew thee of old)" of the Greek national anthem "Hymn to Eleftheria (Freedom)", written by Dionysios Solomos, - a poet from Zante."

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"Ymnos eis tin Eleftherian" (Ode to Freedom)
from nationalanthems.info/gr

Words by: Dionysios Solomós
Music by: Nikolaos Mantzaros
Adopted: 1864

The Greek Anthem is based on the "Hymn to the Freedom", a large 158 verse poem written by Dionysios Solomos, a distinguished poet from Zakynthos Island. It was inspired by the Greek Revolution of 1821 against the Ottoman Empire. During 1828, the eminent musician from Kerkyra Island Nikolaos Mantzaros composed the music for Solomos' hymn. Although King Othon (Otto) decorated both of them for their work (1845 and 1849), he did not replace the Royal Anthem of that time with the Solomos/Mantzaros hymn. The anthem was a musical derivative from the German one, with a text glorifying Othon and his dynasty. After the overthrow of the dynasty, the new King George I and the Greek establishment decided to look for a clearly Greek work, both with respect to the poetry and the music. The "Hymn to the Freedom" was readily there - extremely popular since the Revolution times, often recited or sung during patriotic meetings and celebrations.

The Greek anthem is also used in Cyprus, which has a substantial Greek community.

Special thanks to: Theo Stylianides for providing me with the sheet music.

Σε γνωρίζω από την κόψη
του σπαθιού την τρομερή,
σε γνωρίζω από την όψη
που με βία μετράει τη γη.
Απ’ τα κόκκαλα βγαλμένη
των Ελλήνων τα ιερά,
και σαν πρώτα ανδρειωμένη,
χαίρε, ω χαίρε, Ελευθεριά!
I recognize you from the mighty
edge of the sword
I recognize you from the countenance
which surveys the earth with force
Risen from the sacred bones
of the Greeks
and, valiant as first,
hail, oh hail, liberty!

η κόψη - edge, cutting - egg, odd
I teksten her oppe står det 2 oversettelser av "kåpsi"
og min ordbok har en tredje! Gresk er ikke lett!
In the text up here are 2 translations of "kopsi"
and my dictionary has a 3rd! Greek is not easy!

GREEK IT - OR LEAVE IT!

Χρόνια Πολλά Ελλάδα

More at Wikipedia

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η εθνική εορτή nasjonaldag  national day
η επίσημη αργία offentlig helligdag  public holiday
η εθνική ενδυμασία nasjonaldrakt national dress
η τοπική φορεσία bunad national costume
ο σημαία του έθνους nasjonal flag  national flag
ο εθνικός ύμνος nasjonal sang national song
τα εθνικά χρώματα nasjonal farger national colours
τα γενέθλια /
η ημέρας γέννησης
fødselsdag  birthday
η αργία / η άδεια /
η εορτή / η γιορτή
uvirksomhet, ferie
ferie, ha lov til 
feiring, festdag
idleness, leisure, holiday
leave, holiday
holiday, festival





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