Greek flag: Because it has nine lines and what colors symbolize

It waves in every National Anniversary, as the most sacred symbol of the struggles of the Greeks who gave their lives for the Freedom and Independence of the Nation. What, though, is the reason why the flag has nine lines and what is the symbolism of its colors? The National Flag of Greece consists of nine equally wide horizontal, parallel lines, five blue and four white, in succession, so that the first and last are blue. In the upper left section a blue square is formed that occupies the first five lines, within which there is a white cross. The Cross symbolizes the prevailing religion of Greece, the Eastern Orthodox Church, however, for choosing the colours of the national flag, its species and shape, various assumptions have been formulated, so the prevailing versions are as follows: A) The blue color symbolizes the sky and the white foam of the waves of the sea surrounding our country. B) White symbolizes the purity of the purpose of the Greeks and the cyan denotes divine intervention, after God inspired the Nation to take on and bring to a happy conclusion a unequal but just struggle. C) Colours refer to naval breeches (cyan) and fustanella (white). D) The nine blue and white horizontal parallel stripes represent the syllables of “Eleftheria”. Or death” or symbolise the sea and its ripples. As far as the latter version is concerned, we must point out that the national slogan “Freedom or death” was spread more widely in the Greek space during the Greek Revolution of 1821, when it was used as a war cry, while it was recorded in war flags of the liberation struggle of the Greeks against the Ottoman yoke. Thus, the slogan was associated with the belief that its nine syllables, associated with the number of lanes on the Greek flag, with the word “e-le-the-ri-a” complementing the five blues and the words “or th-to-to” complement the four white stripes. At the same time, the press and colours (blue and white) of the national flag were established in January 1822 at the First National Assembly of Epidaurus. On March 15th of the same year the Executive Corps (Government), which had taken over the temporary administration of Greece, appointed by Decree 540 three types of flags: a land and two sea flag, one for the warship and one for the merchant navy. The flag of land was square, blue and brought a white cross covering its entire surface. The flags of the sea had the same form as the present national flag. The only difference in the flag of the merchant navy was the reversal of colors (blue instead of white) in the position of the cross. The flag of merchant ships was likened to that of warships in 1828, when it was recognized that merchant ships had taken part in the race as warships. The national flag has since been amended several times, mainly as a consequence of state changes, but without changing radically. In 1833 the Bavarian shield was added to the flags of the army land and warship which was retained until the overthrow of Otto in October 1862. Upon the arrival of George I in 1863 the crown which remained until the post-politization of 1924 was included in the flags of the above bodies. Since 1864 the flag for infantry battalions consisted of silk fabric that brought around golden fringes and in the center of the white cross the image of its patron, St George. The war flags currently in force are for the navy the national flag, and for the land army and the air force the type of rectangular blue with the white cross extending to its sides dividing it into four equal sections. At the center of the cross, the flag of the land army bears the image of St. George, and the flag of aviation the image of Archangel Michael.