Culture of Cyprus

The Greek Canadian Community commemorates Greek “OXI” Day with a festive parade in Toronto’s historic Greektown on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 1:30pm.

The parade features Greek Schools, dance groups in ethnic costumes, Associations, and Orthodox Clergy from the Greater Toronto area.

Students from twenty primary and secondary schools of Thessaloniki marched on Saturday morning on Tsimiski Street as part of the celebrations to mark the anniversaries of the city's liberation from Ottoman rule on October 27th, 1912, during the First Balkan War, and the Ochi Day on October 28.