Tomorrow, Sunday, September 8, 39 years later, the hero Antonis Pantelis (Tailor) of Andreas and Anastasia will be buried by Sotira, who has been missing since August 14, 1974, whose bones were found in the area of Mia Milia and were identified with the method of analysis of genetic material.
The procession will take place at the Holy Temple of the Resurrection in Sotira, on Sunday, September 8, 2013, at 11:30 p.m.
The funeral speech will be delivered by the Director of the Ministry of Energy, Trade, Industry and Tourism, Dr. Stelios D. Winter.
The burial will take place in Sotiras Cemetery.
It will be preceded by a procession at 10:40 am. with the bones of the hero from his house at 12 Sotiros Street to the Holy Temple of the Resurrection.
Instead of wreaths, contributions for the restoration of the chapel of Agios Theodoros Hortakion in Sotira.
Who was Antonis Pantelis?
Antonis was born on October 1, 1955. He was the first of five children in his family. After graduating in 1967 from elementary school, he attended for four years at the Center for Advanced Studies of Famagusta (KASA). At the age of 16 he chose to follow his father's art by learning sewing.
In January 1974 he was called up to serve in the National Guard. With the rank of dean, he was placed at 399 TP in Bogazi, where he was found on the black morning of July 20.
On July 23, 399, from Pentadakhtilos, which was in the first phase of the invasion, it moved to the area of Mia Milia. In one of the outposts in that area he last met his mother Anastasia on August 11th.
On the morning of August 14, Antonis' battalion is in the midst of a hell of a fire. At 10 in the morning they face a group of soldiers. The 399 soldiers think it is a friendly retreating battalion. Colonel Pantelis hurries to meet them. When he approaches them, they spear him. The lad is leaning on the ground.