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We are in the center of Athens, the capital of Greece, specifically on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue in the Holy Temple of Agios Nikolaos.

The film opens with a bride being accompanied by doctor Anakreontas Stamatiadis* and handed over to the groom. The lens shows us the smiling guests leaving the church and then the newlyweds posing for the commemorative photos. We see a short shot of an elderly couple and we get back to the newlyweds.

The film closes with the newlyweds leaving the church and heading to the car as well as a group of guests.

*Anacreon Stamatiadis (1868-1964) was the scion of a distinguished family of Samos, a doctor as well as the leading Greek Esperantist. He fought in the movement for the unification of Samos with Greece and was exiled to Constantinople.

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Quality
2K

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No

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No

Duration (seconds)
49

Format
16mm

Creator's description


I attended the wedding of my mother Liana - at the age of four - and my dear Kostas Arapidis who raised me with special attention and love. In the introductory scene we see the doctor Anakreontas Stamatiadis who brings my mother to the church since her father Michalis Manousos had died. I'm in the back and I'm accompanied by my first girl, the same age Jenny Zenetou! September 1954 in Agios Nikolaos on Vasilissis Sofias avenue.
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