‘Exodus into the light’: Messolonghi marks 200 years of defiance

[Dimitris Papamitsos/Prime Minister's Office]

The metropolis of Messolonghi marked the 200th day of its historical Exodus with ceremonies defined by solemnity, symbolism and a almighty consciousness of corporate memory.

Over three days of events culminating connected Palm Sunday, state, spiritual and governmental leaders joined crowds lining the streets for a expansive parade led by evzones, students, folklore groups and philharmonic ensembles from crossed Greece.

A banner reading, “Exodus into the Light,” emerged arsenic the emblematic message, evoking sacrifice, state and nationalist becoming.

Art took connected ceremonial weight arsenic well: France lent Delacroix’s “Greece connected the Ruins of Missolonghi,” while Vryzakis’ iconic “The Exodus of Messolonghi,” near the National Gallery to beryllium carried done the metropolis similar a ineffable relic. A young antheral portraying Lord Byron besides marched, linking past and present.