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My Uncle Yórgos in 1940
As it does every October 28th, contemporary Greece—a nation that, given the current state of affairs, might well be described as living through its final hour—commemorates its second national holiday. This date serves as an echo of March 25th, 1821, when the Greeks rose up against the yoke of the Ottoman Empire to win their independence.
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Kalarrýtes, village in Epirus
In Greek, Epirus primarily means “mainland.” But to the Hellenes, the term more specifically evokes their vast, mountainous region—a territory that, since ancient times, has proudly occupied the western slopes of the Pindus mountain range, extending down to the Ionian Sea. Italy lies just across the way, in a sense.