The celebration
This date was established to be celebrated in Greece and Cyprus every year as an official national holiday with student parades and the raising of the Greek flag in every public and private building.
Every year in Thessaloniki, the official holiday is celebrated with all splendor, in the presence of the President of the Republic and other officials, with a large military parade, which coincides with the celebration of the liberation of the city during the First Balkan War and the memory of the patron saint of St. Demetrius