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<title level="a">Our National Holiday in Chicago</title><title level="a" type="sub">Official Doxology at the Church of the Flnnunication Greek Independence Day Festivities at the Aragon Ballroom.</title></bibl>
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<note>Transcribed from digital images contributed to the Internet
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<p>P. - 1-.........In our community of our Greek national holiday was celebrated in a very lively manner this year. This was largely due to the recent reconciliation and unification of the two factions of the Greek Church, which had been divided on the question of altering the old Greek Orthodox Church calendar to conform with that of the other nations of the modern world. Yesterday, at the Church of Annunciation, a large crowd which had assembled from all parts of our community attended the dual ceremony, - independence of Greece and the sermon in honor of the day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.</p>
<p>Among those who attended were the consul general of Greece, Mr. G. Depasta, in official uniform, and the entire staff of the consulate of Greece.</p>
<p>In the ceremony of the doxology the clergymen of all the Greek Orthodox churches of Chicago participated. An address was delivered by Mr. D. Michalopoulos, an attorney, in observance of the national Greek holiday. After the doxology Mr. Depasta spoke a few words appropriate to the occasion in honor of the Greek nation, to which the large congregation responded with hearty cheers.</p>
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<p>Independence Day Festivities at the Aragon</p>
<p>Pursuant to the program for the observance of Greek Independence Day a dance was given at the magnificent Aragon Ballroom, which was filled to capacity by a crowd of more than three thousand members of the Greek community of Chicago.</p>
<p>The orchestra played several patriotic hymns, including the Greek and American national anthems, which inspired the throng.</p>
<p>Mr. C. Mamonas, the chairman of this festival and a prominent member of our community, introduced to the audience the following speakers, each of whom delivered a brief address: Mr. G. Depasta, consul general of Greece in Chicago, the Reverend Father Tsourunakis of St. Andrew's parish, the Reverend A. Demacopulos of Holy Trinity parish, Mr. Soterakopulos, supreme governor of the Greek fraternal order Gapa (Greek-American Progressive Association), and Mr. S. Kotakis, who had been selected as the principal speaker of the evening.</p>
<p>Mrs. Paris, who has recently arrived from Greece, displayed her musical talent <pb facs="5422062_4_1533.jpg" n="3"/>in the redition of three beautiful Greek songs; Mr. P. Vournas, a distinguished artist of our community, showed his mastery of the mandolin by playing a group of popular Greek selections; and the orchestra of Mr. G. Kambas, composed of young Greek students, played several war-hymns.</p>
<p>After the official program the guests indulged in dancing, and thus was concluded the celebration of our national holiday, the one hundred and tenth anniversary of Greek independence.</p>
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