Health Minister, Michael Hadjipandela, in a commemorative speech at the memorial service of the hero of EOKA 1955-59 Theodosis Hadjitheodosiou in Kato Polemidia, assured of our determination to continue the struggle until national vindication, until the reunification of our homeland, the end of the Turkish occupation.
The struggles of our heroes, he said, make our own debt even heavier and this is not repaid with words, but with deeds worthy of their sacrifice.
The sacrifice of our heroes, he said, constitutes a valuable legacy, which inspires today and guides the future.
The sacrifice of our heroes, he said, constitutes a valuable legacy, which inspires today and guides the future. The historical lessons that we must all draw from yesterday are our compass for the course of tomorrow. In the pool of their sacrifice, we must baptize ourselves, drawing strength until the final vindication, he said.
Mr. Hadjipandela said that today we commemorate Theodosis Hadjitheodosiou, to whom "we reverently bow our heads, for the services he offered to our tested homeland, with self-sacrifice and unparalleled heroism."
Mr. Hadjipandela said that today we commemorate Theodosius Hadjitheodosiou, to whom "we reverently bow our heads, for the services he offered to our tested homeland, with self-sacrifice and unparalleled heroism.
Mr. Hadjipandela said that Theodosius Hadjitheodosiou was by all accounts endowed with many external but above all with rare internal gifts. Modest, philanthropic, bold and discreet, he said.
He has rightly been described as the modest martyr of Cypriot freedom, because throughout his short life he was a model of a virtuous man, a pure Greek patriot, a tireless and selfless fighter and was among those who stood out during the armed liberation struggle of EOKA 1955-59. He joined EOKA at the beginning of the struggle along with his mother and all his brothers and sisters and was killed on December 18, 1957, and was buried with honours in his village, he noted.
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