On August 9, 2024, the Isaac-Solomos Memorial Initiative beneath the title “5 minus one”, i.e. minus the occupied Pentadaktylos, honored the reminiscence of Tassos Isaac and Solomos Solomos with a march that crossed the mountain peaks of free Cyprus. The march began on Friday night from Chionistra, the place each the motorcyclists and the runners who participated within the march obtained a flame of freedom and reminiscence.
The ignition of the flame had taken place on the Olympus of Greece and arrived in Cyprus in an effort to declare the widespread course of Hellenism, its identification and continuity. The cyclists who began from Kionia, in addition to the swimmers who began from Agioi Anargyrou and reached the final level they may, earlier than the ocean space of the enclosed metropolis of the occupied Famagusta, obtained a flame.
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The flame was carried to numerous elements of the Troodos area, resembling Teisia of Madaris by the runners, Kyperounda, Agro and Papoutsa, the place it was handed to the individuals of the neighborhood of the heroic Agios Ioannis Pitsilias, to be carried to the highest, by way of a tough route, late within the night of the ninth of August. The story was current and grasped from afar, it penetrated the EOKA's ambushes and was linked to the reminiscence of Tasos and Solomonos. The motorcyclists continued in Nicosia and on the Tomb of Makedonitissa, in addition to on the barricades of Agios Dometios, Ledra Palace and Ledra Road, which had been symbolically closed for a sure time period.
On the Ledra Palace roadblock, the “Isaac-Solomos Memorial Initiative” took on the accountability of the Cypriot authorities, native or supreme, by changing the indicators which are there. One signal is concerning the murders of Tasos Isaac and Solomos Solomos, whereas the opposite is concerning the drama of the lacking individuals of the Turkish invasion. Current, as on the remainder of the route, Tasos Isaac's mom, Mrs. Tasoula, in addition to his 28-year-old daughter Anastasia and his sister.
The primary day of the march was initially accomplished on the Ledras roadblock, within the early hours of August 10, whereas the large motorcyclist march takes place on Saturday evening. The motorcyclists are anticipated to reach on the Paralimni cemetery to welcome the runners, swimmers and cyclists. There can be a trisage in reminiscence of the 2 heroes and a modest occasion. The trek will finish on the Deryneia roadblock, the place plenty of contributors will spend the evening to attend the twenty eighth annual Tassos and Solomos memorial service on Sunday, August 11.
