Apostolos Santas

A great honor for late resistance fighter Manolis Glezos by the European Parliament, just before the one-year anniversary of his death

The Greek flag on the Acropolis is flying at half mast in honor of World War II resistance hero Manolis Glezos who is to be buried Wednesday.
In a post on social media Tuesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the gesture was a tribute to a "great Greek."

Glezos died of heart failure at a central Athens hospital Monday. He was 97.

With true heroes valiant deeds seem par for the course.

For them there is no choice other than rising to the occasion when they hear the call of history.

It is their opportunity to even risk their life in order to stand up for their ideals and principles.

Their dedication to their system of values obliterates any fears or reservations.