Celebrating Greek Independence.

0:00 Speaker 1 With us this morning is eminence Archbishop puro Photos of America and he is the Archbishop of the Orthodox Church. And your eminence today is Greek Independent State. There is a big parade marching on Fifth Avenue. A proud day for all Greek Americans. Tell all our listeners how you feel.

0:25 Speaker 2 About Good morning, John, Thank you for inviting me to this audience today. I’m so happy that we are celebrating once again the Greek Independence Day. You know that the Greek civilization has offered to the entire world all the values and the ideals upon which the free world is built today and especially the United States of America. We

0:56 are the guardians of the Western values. And it’s exactly identical the same values that the Greek civilization has offered to the world. It’s democracy, human dignity, arts, sports, everything. So coming together and celebrating the Greek Independence Day is not only for Greeks, but it’s actually for all Americans since we share the same values, and it’s a festival

1:24 of our nation to meet together and to enjoy the freedom and the democracy that we have established in our country and to recognize the contribution of the Greek civilization in this You know that the Greeks suffered almost four hundred years under the dominion of the Ottoman Turks, and gaining back their freedom and the sovereignty over their own

1:52 country is something that is inspired, as we all know, from the American Revolution, the War of Independendence. So we have so many things in common to celebrate. I invite all Americans, all New Yorkers, to join the Greeks in celebrating freedom and the values of our democracy of the United States.

2:15 Speaker 1 Thank you, your eminence, Archbishop of Peter Photos. I will be on fifth Aveure with you and we’ll be watching up fifth Aure together and celebrating our heritage, our forefathers, and what created freedom and democracy in America. Thank you so much.

2:35 Speaker 2 Thank you margin here John God bless you, loved bless