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Dear pupils, dear students,
Dear students,
Dear teachers,
Once again we proudly commemorate the anniversary of April 1, 1955. We commemorate the anniversary of the beginning of a special struggle, which, constituting the most decisive act of our people to win their freedom, shone and sealed as a milestone in the modern history of our country.
Having previously exhausted every peaceful effort, fighters and people responded to the call of EOKA for an armed uprising in order to satisfy their national claims.
Having previously exhausted every peaceful effort, fighters and people responded to the call of EOKA for an armed uprising, with the aim of satisfying their national claims. Men, women, young men, women, youth and children once again confronted history. Remaining committed to the principles and values of Freedom, they demonstrated unparalleled patriotism, incomparable unanimity and unsurpassed heroism in the face of overwhelming superiority, numerical superiority and the cruel tortures of British colonialism. They raised as symbols of their indomitable souls and their indomitable spirit, the battles, the sacrifices and the Prisoner's Memorials, recording an epic that was a source of courage and inspiration for other struggling peoples.
An epic that ended colonialism in our land and laid the foundations for the creation of the Republic of Cyprus, which, as a precious legacy of the struggle and sacrifice of our heroes during the period 1955-59, we are called upon today to protect and preserve. With the solidarity and unity of our people during that legendary period as the beacon of our course, we must, exactly fifty years after the Turkish invasion, carry out our own struggle for the prevalence of peace and justice in our land.
We must fight to find a viable and workable solution, which will free our land from occupying troops, invasive rights and dependencies on third countries and ensure a free homeland. To this end, we must further strengthen and upgrade the education of our children and young people and work together to ensure that our education continues to uphold the principles and values of freedom and the struggle for the common good, justice and progress, our language and culture. This is our highest obligation towards the sacrifice of Afxentius, Pallicaridis, Karoli, Matsi, Lena and so many other ordinary people of our land.
(IP/GC/NYAN)
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