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President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos will be in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki for the next three days, October 26-28, to attend the triple festivities for Thessaloniki's patron saint, Agios Demetrios, the anniversary of the city's liberation and the October 28 national holiday.

Greek-American congressmen Chris Pappas, John Sarbanes and Gus Bilirakis tabled a resolution in the House of Representatives calling for October 28 to be recognized as "Oxi" (pronounced Ohi) Day in the United States.

In the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the military parade began at 11 am on Sunday in Thessaloniki.