Commemorating the Halkidiki rebellion

Service at Axion Esti was followed by a wreath-laying ceremony. Photos: K. Deves
In attendance were also Greece’s Consul General in Melbourne Emmanuel Kakavelakis, Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Neil Angus.
The 1821 rebellion in Halkidiki was mainly confined to the Kassandra and Mt Athos peninsulas. It was quickly squashed by the Ottomans with devastating repercussions to the local populations.
Nevertheless, the act of resistance is considered to have contributed to the overall Greek struggle for liberation by allowing rebel forces in the South to giana numerical advantage against the Ottomans, for the period they had troops deployed in the north.

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