The journey of memory in memory of Tassos Isaac and Solomos Solomos, as well as the thousands of invisible or prominent heroes of the place, began yesterday and continues today by the motorcyclists of the "Isaac-Solomos Memorial Initiative".
According to a relevant announcement, the march started on Friday morning from Chloraka of Paphos and the monument of the ship "Agios Georgios" and ended at the roadblock of Ledra Street where "they undermined the need of the Cypriot people for liberation, justice and dignity".
The motorcyclists in the middle of the route worshiped at the sanctuary of St. Raphael in Pachyammos and honored those who heroically fell on that black August 1964.
As mentioned, they strongly reminded that Agia Tillyria lives and survives thanks to the heroes who resisted TMT. Then they symbolically closed the roadblock of Limnitis.
The motorcyclists of the "Isaac-Solomou Memorial Initiative" headed to the Astromeritis roadblock, which was also closed symbolically.
They paid tribute to the Tomb of Makedonitissa and symbolically closed the roadblock of Agios Dometios.
In the Prisoners' Memories "they listened to the lust of the guerrillas of EOKA, Afxentiou, Vagoris, Karaolis, Matsis and they smelled the soil" before symbolically closing the roadblock of Ledra Pallas, they say a lot in their silence ".
At the roadblock on Ledra Street, the motorcyclists remained for a long time while distributing information material about the sacrifices of the two heroes and the tragic history of Cyprus.
Today, Saturday, August 10, the big march from all the cities to the roadblock of Deryneia will take place, and at 20:00 the big event of memory will take place there.
Then, on Sunday, August 11, the motorcyclists will go to the memorial of the two heroes in Paralimni.
It is noted that the "Isaac - Solomos Memorial Initiative" expresses gratitude to all motorcyclists who took part in the memory trip.
The big event in memory of Saturday - "Our homeland is our history, we do not sell it"
According to the announcement of the Initiative, tonight, at the roadblock of Deryneia, a simple commemorative event will not take place. Every corner will shout for the historical continuity of the Cypriot Hellenism. The representation of a student class and the "makeshift" church in a tent will remind us that the refugees of this place put their fists down and got up. The photo exhibition of Doros Partasidis and the messages to the trapped will vividly describe those moments after the tragedy of 1974. The words, the meanings, the songs, the scenes, the scene will compose an evening of memory, dignity and resistance.
In the meeting of memory, the artistic event sets the tone, not only of the erevos that has been tormenting our country for forty-five years, but also of the hope for liberation. The anticipation and optimism of the will. On Sunday, the motorcyclists will be in the church, at the 23rd annual memorial service of the two heroes of Paralimni and in the cemetery, to worship again and promise that the fight for justice is not over.
The announcement for Saturday's event
"It was August 1996 when the Cypriot Hellenism decided to detonate the grenade of dignity and move on the paths that lead to freedom. It was then, fortunately 23 years ago, when Tasos and Solomos, two children from the womb of Famagusta, arrived from afar and signed the resistance. It was then that Cyprus received on its soil two other heroes, worthy of its thousand-year history, accountable only to the Homeland itself.
The Isaac-Solomou Memorial Initiative insists on preserving the history of this place. With a debt to the dudes, Tassos Isaac and Solomos Solomou, he proposes dignity and stands well in front of the occupied Famagusta and with his mind on Morfos, Kyrenia, Karpasia, Messaria. At the same time, motorcyclists do not forget and insist that the murders of Tassos on August 11 and Solis three days later went unpunished. The Cypriot state completely ignored the demand of the Cypriot Hellenism for justice and ostentatiously and deafeningly forgot the sacrifice.
As an unbearable "culmination", came the tourism of the place of sacrifice, always in the service of the beautification of the occupation. There, the Isaac-Solomou Memorial Initiative will meet again this year with all that gives meaning to our homeland and history: As evidenced by the magic of guerrilla Tasos when he consciously fell into the barbed wire of the Turkish occupation. As shaped by the look of Solomos when he climbed the web of shame and uploaded with him 3.000 years of Greek history.
The motorcyclists will gather again in all the cities and will meet on Saturday, August 10, at the occupied roadblock of Deryneia. They will take part in a meeting with the families and every citizen wants to feel the drama of this place, to feel the events of that August, in a memorial event that befits the two lavenders of the land of Famagusta. Always guided by the historical continuity, identity and conscience of this people and accountable to our heroes, saints, grandchildren, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, we will stand on the land that gave birth to us. And by proposing memory over oblivion, we will once again take responsibility for a beautiful, anti-occupation and, above all, national liberation struggle, lest we reach the bar of Tassos Isaac and Solomos Solomos. The motorcyclists will spend the night at the roadblock of Deryneia, opposite the dark and at the same time bright Famagusta, always walking on the straight road that takes us to Morphou and Kyrenia. On Sunday, August 11, the memory of the two young men will be worshiped again and they will promise that the roadblocks will be demolished and the Turkish flags will fall. And then the moon will rise…
The Isaac-Solomou Memorial Initiative invites you to keep the flame of dignity burning: OUR COUNTRY OUR HISTORY - WE DO NOT SELL IT. ”
Famagusta.News