At 12 noon the funeral of Kostas Simitis: The ritual, the zoning and the eulogy

His last residence is today driven by the former, who left life last Sunday (05.01.2025). The body of former Prime Minister and President of PASOK Kostas Simitis is expected to arrive at Metropolis at 11:00, an hour before the exodus sequence in which Archbishop Jerome will dance. CORVERSE The transfer of the body will be carried out by hearse rather than by Kilivada, as the deceased’s family wishes his burial to be simple, without exaggeration. The hearse will be followed by two cars with his family members. Packages from the three Army bodies and three shots from a platoon define, among other things, the protocol of the funeral ceremony with honors in active prime minister. CORVERSE To the right of the first series will be the wife of the deceased, Daphne, with their daughters Fiona and Marinella, but also with their granddaughter Yolanda. Next to them will be relatives and friends of the former Prime Minister, as well as PASOK officials. On the left there will be, among other things, the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulidis, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus Anita Dimitrios, the President of PASOK Nikos Androuliakis, the President of Syriza Socrates Famelos, the President of the New Left Alexis Haritsis, the former Prime Minister George Papandreou, Evangelos Venizelos, ten ministers of government, the military leadership of the country, the Deputy Regional Leader of Attica Christina Kefalogiannis and the Mayor of Athens, Harry Duke. After the completion of the exit sequence at the Athens Metropolis, the procession will follow on foot the corpse of Kostas Simitis on the route from Metropolis to his last residence at the Athens First Cemetery and the time calculated is about 25 minutes. The procession will go through Metropolis, pass through Great Britain, make a stop at the second house of Kostas Simitis, the House and the Monument of the Unknown Soldier, continue on Amalia Street, reach the pillars of Olympian Zeus, then continue towards the road of Rest. Based on the protocol of the funeral ceremony with honors in active prime minister, within the cemetery a platoon is lined up which shoots three times with unsolved cartridges during the burial of the dead, while military music plays the Flag Embate. The former Prime Minister will be buried in A cemetery next to Andreas Papandreou and very close to Melina Mercouri. Traffic regulations A series of traffic arrangements have been in place since Wednesday evening (08.01.2025) due to the funeral of Kostas Simitis. Thus it is forbidden to stop and park vehicles throughout the length and verticals (up to the first parallel road) of the Metropolis, in Aeolus (in the section between Andrianos and Ermou roads) and Ermou (in the section between the streets of Aeolus and Athena). In Metropolis there are still parked vehicles and gradually recommendations are made by EL.A. personnel to remove them. At the same time, workshops of the municipality of Athens have already started cleaning in places around the square of Metropolis. Today additional traffic arrangements are in place at the first Athens Cemetery, where Kostas Simitis will be buried, but also at the streets of the center where the procession will pass (Amalia, Stadiou, Vasilissi Sophia, Vas. Constantinos, Kallirois, Ilioupolis etc.). More specifically, EL.AS announced: Prohibition of stopping and parking vehicles and the temporary and gradual interruption of traffic from 06.00 of Thursday 9/01/2025 until the end of events: – Rest, all its length and its verticals to the first parallel road. – Tribonian, in its section between Karea and M. Musourou. V. George I, throughout its length. Gradual and temporary interruption of vehicle traffic from 11.00 on Thursday 09/01/2025 until the end of the events: -L. Amalias, throughout its length and its verticals to the first parallel road. – Stage, in its section between America Street and the Constitution. – L. Vass Sophias, in its section between Shecker Street and the constitution. – L. Syngros, in its section between A. Frantzis Street to L. Amalias, in traffic to P. Regiment. – Sunship, in its section between the streets of Hymetus and Arditus. Ardittou, throughout its length and its verticals to the first parallel road. -L. Vas. Kon/nou, in its part between Eratosthenes and -Ardittos, in the traffic stream to Ardittos. – Kallirois, in its section between A. Franjis Street to L. – Voulymmenos, in the traffic stream to Ardittou Street.