The presentation of Vassos Lissarides' personal exhibits was inaugurated on Thursday and will be on display at the Lissarides Foundation until tomorrow, Saturday.
According to a statement of the Greek People's Party, among the exhibits that stand out are the bloody shirt, some handwritten notes of Yasser Arafat, the honours that Vassos Lyssarides received from all the Presidents of the Hellenic Republic, and from the parliaments of almost all European countries, the award of an honorary doctorate from Panteion University, from the University of Patras and from the Ionian University and various relics and medals from Africa, Cuba, from Agostinius Neto etc.The President of the Lyssarides Foundation, Andreas Adamides, said during his speech that several of the exhibits were stolen during the coup. Adamidis noted that it is a great honour for the Foundation to be inaugurated by Prokopis Pavlopoulos.
As mentioned, Pavlopoulos in turn congratulated the EPEK and the Foundation for being a place of memory for Vassos Lyssarides. He stressed that personalities with the glory of Vassos Lyssarides are always among us.
He reiterated that we need to pass on to young people our history, what Vassos Lyssarides did. This nation, he said, made history not on the streets of prosperity but on the rugged mountains of struggle. And we ought, he said, to pass this on to the new generation.
The presentation and tour of the exhibits was given by the Vice President of the Lyssarides Foundation, Archimandrite George Christodoulou.
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