The occasion “This wound is our hope, Mom, this dwelling wound…” – What the Ministry of Well being says
In an environment of particular emotion, the Emblematic Occasion “This wound is our hope, Mom, this dwelling wound…” was held on Friday, December 13, 2024, within the night, within the Occasion Corridor of the P.O.E.D.
An announcement from the Ministry of Training states that the Occasion was held beneath the auspices of the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nikos Christodoulidis, and was organized by the Ministry of Training, Sports activities and Youth, on the event of the completion of fifty years for the reason that tragic occasions of the coup d'état and the Turkish invasion of 1974. The supporter was the Pan-Cypriot Group of Greek Academics and the Communication Sponsor was the Cyprus Radio Basis (RIK). .
The Occasion started with a welcome from Dr. Irini Paraskeva Rodosthenous, First Training Officer (Y.P.A.N.). This was adopted by a greeting from Mr. Costas Montis, Govt Director of the “Costas Montis” Nonprofit Scientific and Cultural Basis, who referred to the values and beliefs advocated by the poet Ok. Montis, underlining his love for Greek training.
Then, in his greeting, the Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus, Mr. George, a greeting learn by the Most Holy Bishop of Mesaoria, Mr. Grigorios, expressed his satisfaction for the group of this necessary motion, emphasizing on the identical time that the Ministry of Training, Sports activities and Youth is the one which has the obligation to move on to kids the love for our nation and historical past, Greekness and roots us on this earth.
“Our soul should stay unenslaved”, His Beatitude underlined, “and we wouldn’t have the suitable to bear the flag of the wrestle”.
In her speech, the Minister of Training, Sports activities and Youth, Dr. Athina Michailidou, famous that “2024 was a 12 months strongly charged with recollections, ache and collective reflection, but additionally dedication to proceed our wrestle, till vindication and return to our ancestral lands us properties”.
He praised the work of the Interdepartmental Committee that undertook the group of actions on the event of the fiftieth anniversary of the tragic occasions of July 1974. He defined that the intention of the actions organized “was to make the brand new generations conscious of the occasions of the coup and the Turkish invasion and the results of the continued occupation of our homeland, to domesticate love for our nation and our occupied elements and to contribute as future residents with their very own power to the efforts to liberate our nation”.
This was adopted by the Intervention on “Introductory feedback to the Letters to the Mom” by Mr. Panteli Voutouri, Emeritus Professor of the College of Cyprus and Chairman of the Board of Administrators. of THOK, which targeted on the presentation of crucial work of Ok. Monti, the three Letters to Mom, a triptych poem written over the course of fifteen years (Letter to Mom [1965]Second Letter to Mom [1972]Third Letter to Mom [1980]) and captures in a complete of two,393 verses his ache for what dramatically occurred throughout these years.
Afterwards, the musical theater efficiency “Letters to Mom” by the poet Costas Montis was offered. “The straightforward, direct and all the time topical poetic speech of Costas Montis, the melodies, the songs, the photographs took us on a journey by the historical past of our long-suffering island. The sensational interpretation of Elena Hatziauxentis, the musical composition of Giorgos Kalogirou, the philological care and number of texts by Pantelis Voutouris, in addition to the actors of the present Charalambos Pantelis, Konstantinos Makaritis, Maria Christodoulou, Miranda Theodoridou, George Lazoglou and Auxentis Hatziauxentis revived recollections they usually transmitted messages, highlighting, on the identical time, nice truths of our soul and our time” the announcement states.
Within the venue of the occasion there was an exhibition of scholars' artistic works, in addition to photographic materials about our occupied elements.
“Fifty years after the tragic occasions of the coup and the Turkish invasion of 1974, we’re known as not solely to recollect, but additionally to attract power from reminiscence, to honor all those that sacrificed, those that have been uprooted, but additionally to replicate on our duty: to maintain the soul of this place alive and to proceed our wrestle till vindication and return to our ancestral properties” it’s added.
The final aim “I do know, I don't neglect, I declare” stays a timeless aim of the Ministry of Training, Sports activities and Youth, with the intention of maintaining the nationwide and historic reminiscence alive. By honoring the previous, we renew our religion sooner or later. A way forward for peace, democracy, justice, safety, stability and progress for all of the authorized residents of our Cyprus, the announcement concludes.
