The physical presence of Vassos Lyssaridis may be missing but the enlightened physiognomy continues and will continue to inspire us and his struggles guide us as a bright signpost for the continuation of the march for freedom, democracy and socialism, EPP President Marinos Sizopoulos said in a memorial speech at the first Annual Memorial Service of Vassos Lyssarides on Sunday.
Mr. Sizopoulos said that it is perhaps one of the few cases where the rich Greek language is too poor to convey the multifaceted contribution of Vassos Lyssarides to his country, politics, medicine, poetry, painting, stressing that thousands of words could be said, hundreds of pages could be read about the personality of a self-made Greek of Cyprus, a farsighted and tireless leader, kind, fair, modest, who selflessly offered to our country and our people as much as he could.
"Our beloved doctor was a very special case of a man who gave substance to his ideas. His love and flame for Hellenism were never extinguished, until the last moment. He inspired his colleagues, with his example and character, leading them to seek and calculate the value and importance of even the details that could contribute to the success of the struggle for the survival of our people, the consolidation of democratic institutions and socialist solidarity with our fellow human beings," the President of the EPP said.
He also said that his soul and spirit now free from the body, like an eagle fluttering on the mountain peaks of Pendadactylos, gazing at the shores of Kyrenia and pointing out our duty, that our borders are not the occupation line and the barbed wire of shame, but the shores and the sea of Kyrenia.
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