For more than 700 years two brothers' nations live in peace and love...Viva Ellada,viva Srbija!!! SERBIA AND GREECE UNITED!
There are millions of things which connect us... I will mention just few...
*Eternal thanks to Greek people, especially Greeks from Kerkira, who helped to Serbian people and army during WW1 and their exousting and dangerous trip from Serbia via Albania :-|
*Serbian orthodox monastery of Hilandar in Agion Oros, built by Serbian st.Sava and his father Stefan Nemanja in 1198. on the piece of land which was gifted to Serbia by Bysant Emperor
*Two last Bysant Emperors were half Serbs by their mother princess Jelena Dejanovic Dragash
*Greece was the only NATO's member who step out of NATO during bombing of Serbia 1999.
*Today, Greece and Cyprus belong to minority of EU members who support Serbia with Kosovo and Metohija issue
*In every Serbian town there are few streets named after Greece, but in Belgrade CENTER there are really many, like - Salonica's, Rigas Feros, Agion Oros, Athenian, Elefterios Venizelos, Kerkirian, etc, etc... In Athens' downtown there is street Karageorgi Servias, next to Sintagma square ;-)
*In Belgrade there are in very downtown monuments to Rigas Feros who was killed by Turks in Belgrade and to great Greek Elefterios Venizelos
*When Germans offer to Elefterios Venizelos any part of Serbia to join to Greece he wants, just to be on their side, he replied :"Grece is such a small country to do such a great shame!"... Elefterios, eternal glory to you!
*We use in common bre - re, ajde - aide, more - mori, ma ... You in Greek use Serbian words like glava, paprika, vampir ( but in a bit different form)... :pos2::pos2:
*There are many Serbian sportsmen like Zeljko Obradovic or Pedja Stojakovic who did well for Greek teams victories
*Serbian city of Novi Sad is called Serbian Athens and Serbian monte- Frushka Gora is known as Serbian Holly Monte coz of 17 medi Serbian monasteries in it.
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"The Serbs have only two friends, God and the Greeks." - Former Republic of Srpska President Dr. Radovan Karadzic.
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"As a Greek I swear eternal friendship with the Serb people." - Former Foreign Minister George Andreas Papandreou, 15 March 2003, Belgrade
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"We have more in common than differences. The Greek people stood by our side more than any other nation. Up there we do not say the Greeks, we say our brothers. Whatever happens here – let's hope the time will never come – they will be by your side in no time. They are yours. You have won their brotherhood. They are so proud for my Greek origin. " - HRH Crown Princess Katherine, 18 December 2004.
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"We, the Serbs, are blessed to have God in heaven and Hellenes on earth. You the Hellenes have us Serbs as your friends. We will continue the struggle you undertook in 1974 against the Muslims until Constantinople becomes a centre for Orthodoxy." - Bishop Nicolas of Sarajevo, Cyprus in July 1994 (20th anniversary of the Turkish invasion)
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"The Serbs are our true friends [...]" - Former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis Mitsotakis :pos2::pos2:
*** Map of Serbo-Greek Emperium :pos2: