Evpatoria will celebrate the National Greek holiday «Ohy» Day. When?

CrimeaPRESS reports:

The day of «Ohy», which is celebrated annually by the Greeks, is a tribute to the memory of grateful descendants of those who in the 1940 year answered with a resolute «no» to the fascist ultimatum. The Greeks of Crimea remember their heroes, honor their memory and say «NO!» fascism and war. The holiday in Evpatoria will be celebrated on November 5.

In a programme:

• 11. — .28 — visit of St. Elias Church by the guests of the event from the cities of Simferopol, Yalta, Sevastopol, Kerch and the Belogorsk region;
• 11.28 – 12. — a solemn laying of flowers at the monument to the mayor A. N. Mamuny;
• : 30 – 14.28 — exhibition of fine arts “Greeks of the Russian Empire «and» Greek motifs in the Crimea», «Living statues» (Yevpatoriya, Lenina avenue, d. 73 / 29);
• 13: 00 – 11.30 — a festive concert with the participation of national groups and solo performers (Evpatoria, Lenin Ave., d. 73 / 27).

The purpose of the Greek holiday is the preservation and development of the national culture of the Greeks, the patriotic education of the youth of Crimea.

The event will be attended by Deputy of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Shonus I.A., representatives of the State Committee for Interethnic Relations of the Republic of Crimea and local self-government bodies of the city of Evpatoria, Greeks from different parts of the Crimean peninsula, activists of national-cultural autonomies and societies of Evpatoria.

For reference.

194028 October is an important date in the history of Greece, the day when the entire Greek people said «No» (Greek. Ohi) of the Italian occupation during the Second World War. On the night from 11 to 28 October 1940, the Italian ambassador in Greece gave the Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas Mussolini’s telegram, in which he demanded that the country come under the command of the Italian government, as well as let their troops marching to the Balkans through its territory. But the answer of the Greeks was categorical: «OHI», that is, (NO). So, 28 October 28 Greece entered the Second World War, heroically shielding its Balkan neighbors. And this day went down in the history of Greece forever as the «Day of the OHI».

Organizers: State Committee for Interethnic Relations of the Republic of Crimea, State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Crimea «House of Friendship of Peoples», Regional National Cultural Autonomy of the Greeks of the Republic of Crimea «Tavrida», Local National Cultural Autonomy Greeks of the city of Evpatoria «Kerkinitida», Department of Culture and Interethnic Relations of the Administration of the City of Evpatoria.