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Detailed schedule of his trips to Crete
Spartan athlete Stergios Arapoglou continues to run through the martyr sites of Greece, fighting for memory and justice. It travels 3,000 km in 50 days and passes through the most important towns and villages of Greece and Crete which suffered the Holocaust during the period 1940-1945.
The project is under the auspices of the National Council for the Recovery of Germany’s Debts to Greece.
As highlighted in a Council announcement, “On Saturday May 13, 2023, ESY doctor and Spartan athlete Stergios Arapoglou arrives in Crete after successfully completing the first stage of his monumental undertaking, which began on April 3. And we tear down the walls of our martyred villages to welcome the combatant of Memory, Peace and Justice!
After 2,352 kilometers he traveled in mainland Greece, from the preserved Marasia of Evros to Gytheio, passing through 23 martyr towns and villages of mainland Greece, which suffered Holocausts during the period 1941 – 1944 by the forces of occupation of the triple Axis, that is to say the Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and monarcho-fascist Bulgaria, Stergios Arapoglou arrives in Crete where he will travel 700 kilometers in Crete in 13 days. Starting from Kolymbari from PE Chania (Saturday 13.5.2023, 8:30 a.m.) starts running through the martyred places of Crete, stopping at a total of 41 monuments of villages that suffered Nazi atrocities.
The aim of the project is to highlight the struggle to assert German debts and to support the proposal made to the Institute for Educational Policy and the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs that pupils in primary and secondary school are taught through textbooks and other teaching methods. helps, in print and digital format, the history and effects of the Holocausts, the massacres of civilians, the famine of the Occupation and all the Nazi and Fascist atrocities committed by the occupiers in our Homeland during the period 1940 -1945. and preserving their memory in future generations is the most important deterrent to their repetition in our country and wherever war paranoia prevails.
Stergios Arapoglou is a general surgeon and doctor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and works in the 5th University Clinic of Surgery of the General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Ippokrateio”. He is an ultramarathon runner and Spartan athlete. This itinerary project, which is implemented exclusively at its own expense, starts from Marasia in the prefecture of Evros, the most remote point of mainland Greece, and ends in Kato Zakrotou in the prefecture of Lasithi, the one of the most remote points of insular Greece. .
*HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL – GERM LAYING STATIONS*
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CHANION PROVINCE (8): KONTOMARI – KAKOPETROS – FLORIA – KANDANOS – MONI – LIVADAS – KOUSTOGERAKO – SKINES
RETHYMNIS REGION (10): KALI SYKIA – KOXARE -GERAKARI – KARDAKI – TAPS – UPPER PART – NEW COLD TAP – SAKTOURIA – LOHRIA – ANOGEIA
PROVINCE OF HERACLEIOU (18): TYMBAKI – KAMARES – MAGARIKARI – VORIZIA – SARCHOS – DAMASTA – EMPAROS – KATO VIANNOS – ANO VIANNOS – BACHOS – AMIRAS – KEFALOVRYSI – KREVVATAS – AGIOS VASSILEIOS – PEFKOS – KATO SYMI – KALAMIS – PSYCHOLOGIST
N. LASSITHIOU (5): ROOT – LETTER – MURNY – MYTHI – MYRTO
TOTAL MEMORY: 8+10+18+5=41
DETAILED PROGRAM BY DAY OF THE ROAD ADVENTURE IN CRETE (DAMAGED UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RIDER)
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DETAILED / DAILY DESCRIPTION OF THE ITINERARY
1st day (13.05.23): 8.30 a.m. Kolymvari (Chania) – Scutelonas – Kladouriana – Rapaniana – Tavronitis – Maleme – Pyrgos Psilonerou – Metohi – 10.30 a.m. Kondomari – Debla – Polemarchi – Cyrilli – Neratzia – Kolkouthiana – Voukolies – Anoskeli – Dromonero – Panoramic view – 4.00 Kakopetros – Mesaulia – 5.00 Floria – 6.00-6.30 Kandanos – Chrysopigi – Agioi Apostoloi – Cavallariana – Anisaraki – Vamvakades – Temenia (Chania) 64 km
2nd day (14.05.23): 8.00 Temenia (Chania) – Pappadiana – Maza – Rodovani – Moni – Livadas – Koustogerako – Kampanos – Tsiskiana – Epanochori – Agia Irini – Koulouridiana – Vassiliana – Prases – Nea Roumata (Chania) 62 km (126 )
3rd day (15.05.23): Nea Roumata (Chania) – Langos – Hliaro – Skines – Alikianos – Episkopi – Agia – Myloniana – Varipetro – Watering – Orchards – Mournies – Nerokouros – Tsikalaria – Souda – Platani – Beretiana – Pens – Neo Chorio –
Agioi Pantes (Chania) 60 km (186)
4th day (16.05.23): Agioi Pantes (Chania) – Vryses – Georgioupolis – Asprouliani – Kournas beach – Dramia – Episkopi – Koufi – Agios Konstantinos – Rustica – Moutros – Kali Sikia – Kanevos – Agios Ioannis – Agouseliana – Palaioloutra – Agios Vasilios – Pale – Koxare – Ano Myxorrouma – Dariviana – Spili (Rethymno) 60 km (246)
5th day (17.05.23): Spili (Rethymnon) – Gerakari – Kardaki – Vryses – Drygies – Ano Meros – Chordaki – Orne – Nea Krya Vrysi – Saktouria – Agia Galini – Tymbaki Tymbaki (Heraklion) 58 km (304)
6th day (18.05.23): Tympaki (Heraklion) – Platanos – Adraktos – Lochria – Kamares – Grigoria – Magarikari – Vorizia – Zaros – Nyvritos – Gergeri (Heraklion) 58 km (362)
Day 7 (19.05.23): Gergeri (Heraklion) – Panasos – Agia Varvara – Prinias – Ano Asites – Kato Asites – Krousonas – Sarchos – Korfes – Keramoutsi – Tylissos – Gonies – Sisarcha – Anogeia Anogeia (Rethymno) 63 km (424)
8th day (20.05.23): Anogeia (Rethymnon) – Axos – Livada – Haimonas – Chonos – Drosia – Astrino – Damasta – Marathos – Kollyvas – Agioi Theodoroi – Heraklion – Agios Georgios – Korakovouni – Marathitis – Vasilies – Syllamos (Heraklion) 61 km (485)
9th day (22.05.23): Syllamos (Heraklion) – Ano Archanes – Katalagari – Peza – Kalloni – Agios Vasilios – Arkalochori – Roussochoria – Panagia – Embaros –– Thomadiano – Martha – Kato Viannos – Ano Viannos – Vachos – Amiras
Amiras (Heraklion) 59 km (546)
Day 10 (23.05.23): Amiras (Heraklion) – Kefalovrysi – Krevvatas – Agios Vasilios – Pefkos – Lower Symi – Kalami – Sykologos – Riza – Dohia – Mournies – Mythos – Myrtos – Kopanes – Ammoudares – Stomios – Gra Lygia – Rivers –
Ierapetra (Lassithiou) 59 km (605)
11th day (24.05.23): Ierapetra (Lassithiou) – Koutsounari – Ferma – Agia Fotia – Galini – Achlia – Black Swimmer – Koutsouras – Long Glass – Ascension – Pilalimata – Lagada – Good Water – Moni Kapsa – Goudouras – Ziros –
Hamaitoulou (Lassithiou) 58 km (663)
12th day (25.05.23): Hamaitoulos (Lassithiou) – Xerokambos – Zakros – Farangiton Nekron – KatoZakros (Lassithiou) 31 km (694)
It should be noted that before leaving Crete, Stergios Arapoglou will visit and lay a wreath at the monument of the 110 martyrs in Misiria, Rethymnon (26.5.2023, 11.30 a.m.), as well as at other monuments which, for reasons beyond of his will, could not be included in his race course.
The specific race project is carried out exclusively at the expense of the runner and – to ensure its reliability – will be recorded simultaneously and continuously with two GPS devices, while it will be possible to monitor it in real time from the Internet via the online link https ://www.livetrack24.com/2023/olokotomata
The members of the National Council for the Recovery of Germany’s Debts to Greece express their gratitude for the selfless and moving efforts of our competitor Stergios Arapoglou and wish him success. We will do everything possible for the success and visibility of this adventure!
We call on martyred municipalities, victims’ associations, resistance organizations, cultural and sports associations, schools and all Greeks to support the project and to welcome Stergios Arapoglou as he deserves by organizing commemorative events at the sites of the martyrdom, cultural and sporting events, etc.
The information will be published on the website of the National Council for the Recovery of Germany’s Debts to Greece https://esdoge.gr/”.
