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GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY

MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE APRIL 28, 2017

CALL TO ORDER

Senator Bruce E. Tarr, Master of Ceremony

INVOCATION

His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios

AMERICAN AND GREEK NATIONAL ANTHEMS

The Byzantine Choir of Hellenic College and Holy Cross School of Theology

RECOGNITION OF LEGISLATORS AND OTHER HONORED GUESTS

REMARKS FROM THE FEDERATION OF HELLENIC-AMERICAN SOCIETIES OF NEW ENGLAND

Milton Athanasopoulos, President

REMARKS FROM CONSUL GENERAL OF GREECE

Ifigenia Kanara, Consul General in Boston

PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FROM GOVERNOR CHARLES BAKER AND LT. GOVERNOR POLITO

Milton Athanasopoulos, President of the Federation of Hellenic-American Societies of New England

ESSAY RECITATION

Nikolaos Valayannopoulos and Eleni Georgoutzos, both students from the Greek Orthodox Annunciation Cathedral of Boston School will recite their essays. Nikolaos will recite his essay in Greek, and Eleni will recite her essay in English. Ellie Pantekidis from St. Nicholas of Lexington will be reciting her speech “The Meaning of Freedom”

REMARKS FROM SPECIAL GUEST

Konstontinos Bakogiannis, Governor of Central Greece

SPECIAL RECOGNITION FROM THE FEDERATION OF HELLENIC-AMERICAN SOCIETIES OF NEW ENGLAND

Vasilios Patsios

TRADITIONAL GREEK DANCE

Performed by dancers from the Greek Community of Worcester

CLOSING TRADITIONAL GREEK SONGS

The Byzantine Choir of Hellenic College and Holy Cross School of Theology

CLOSING REMARKS, SPECIAL THANKS, AND ADJOURNMENT