The Deputy Minister of National Defence Thanasis Davakis, today, Thursday 8 October 2026, attended the commemorative celebrations on Limnos for the 114th Anniversary of the Liberation of the island from the Turkish yoke, as representative of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Mr. Davakis attended the Doxology at the Metropolitan Church of the Holy Trinity of Myrina, officiated by the Protosyncellus of the Holy Metropolis of Limnos and St. Eustratios, Archimandrite Fr. Ieronymos Schizas. Subsequently, he went to the War Memorial, where he attended a memorial service and laid wreaths, and next he attended the military and student parade.
The celebrations were also attended by MPs Charalambos Athanasiou, Panagiotis Doudonis and Panagiotis Paraskevaidis, the Head of Region of the North Aegean Kostas Moutzouris, the Mayor of Limnos Eleonora Georga, the Commanding General of the Supreme Military Command of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Lieutenant General Dimitrios Vakentis, the Commanding General of the 88th Military Command Brigadier General Aristeidis Nakos, party representatives, representatives of the Security Forces, of local government, Officers and NCOs of the Armed Forces, Associations of Retired and Reserve Officers, bodies and associations.
After the end of the parade, the Deputy Minister stated the following:
“The Turkish garrison’s surrender to Admiral Kountouriotis on 8 October 1912 has since marked our dominance in the Aegean.
Our own blue homeland, which we have defended for millennia, by all means against anyone who coveted it.
The Balkan Wars were the quintessence of our people’s unity, a unity which has given forth fruit. The example of that era should be continued eternally by us all, since it constitutes the essence of our existence. The unity of our people!
Many happy returns to Limnos and to us all!”
