President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, participates on Sunday in Thessaloniki, in events for the city’s Patron Saint, Saint Demetrius, following an invitation by the State Authorities.
The President will also inaugurate the Chair of Cyprus Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, following an invitation by the Rectoral Authorities.
A press release issued by the Presidency said that today President Christodoulides will attend a doxology in the Church of Saint Demetrius in the presence of President of the Hellenic Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas.
Later on, he will attend an official luncheon hosted by the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, General Dimitrios Choupis and the Commander of the Supreme Military Command of Epirus-Macedonia, Lieutenant General Athanasios Garinis, at the Thessaloniki Guard Officers’ Club.
In the afternoon, the President of the Republic will inaugurate the Chair of Cyprus Studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He will also deliver a speech during the University’s annual event on the occasion of the celebration of Saint Demetrius, for the 113th anniversary of the liberation of the city and the Epic of 1940.
During the event, the authorities of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will award honorary medals to the Presidents of Cyprus and Greece.
The President of the Republic, who is accompanied in Thessaloniki by Director of the President’s Press Office, Victor Papadopoulos, and other officials, will return to Cyprus late in the evening.