The Mytilenian Brotherhood of Sydney and NSW will honour the 113th anniversary of the Liberation of Lesvos with a series of commemorative events next month, beginning with a memorial service on Sunday, November 9, at St Raphael, Nicholas & Irene Greek Orthodox Church in Liverpool, Sydney.
The service will include a wreath-laying ceremony to remember the fallen heroes and a procession of the icon of Taxiarchis, paying tribute to the island’s enduring faith and resilience.
Festivities will continue the following weekend with the annual Liberation Ball on Saturday, November 15, at Mytilenian House in Canterbury.
The evening promises live music by Paradise Band, traditional Greek dancing, and authentic island cuisine, a “true Lesvian glendi” celebrating pride and community spirit.
Both events are set to honour the 1912 liberation of Lesvos from Ottoman rule, a milestone in Greek history marked with deep pride by the Lesvian community in Australia.
