Remembrance of Serbian and Greek Soldiers Killed in WWI
Monday, 11.9.2023 | Culture and traditions
With all due military honors, a traditional commemoration ceremony has been held in Pirot today in memory of the Serbian and Greek soldiers who died in the First World War and were buried in this town.
A delegation of the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Armed Forces was led by Deputy Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff Lieutenant General Želimir Glišović, who laid wreaths on this occasion at the Greek military cemetery and Monument to the People from Pirot Who Died in the First World War.
Wreaths were also laid at the monuments to the fallen warriors by delegations of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, embassies of Greece and Cyprus, local government bodies and organizations that nurture the traditions of defensive and liberation wars.
The delegation of the Government of the Republic of Serbia included Acting Assistant Minister of Defense for Human Resources Siniša Radović and Advisor to the Minister of Defense Nikola Banjac.
7,610 Serbian and 358 Greek soldiers and officers who fought and died together during the First World War were buried in Pirot; a joint Serbian-Greek commemoration ceremony takes place in their honor every September.
