Greece and Romania, always side by side

Aegina, Pier Church, Greece
Greece islands
Image by pluzz

Greece and Romania, always side by side
Today, Greece marks its 190th Independence Day, commemorating the beginning of the War of Independence, against the Ottoman Empire, in 1821. The day has a double meaning for Greeks, as it coincides with the Greek Orthodox Church’s celebration of the Annunciation, when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her that she would bear the son of God.
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Monastery of Agios Nektarios, Aegina Island, Greece
Greece islands
Image by Eustaquio Santimano