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  • @BrianVelez
    @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +10

    Check out part TWO of Greek Music Review! 🙌🏼
    czcams.com/video/Lq9EuYJbYcY/video.html

    • @user-zs3jx5uc8v
      @user-zs3jx5uc8v Před 3 lety +1

      Yea... Well some mistakes we arent slavic (we are something ourselves) and we celebrate both name day and birth day

    • @user-zs3jx5uc8v
      @user-zs3jx5uc8v Před 3 lety

      @Renato right.

    • @FLORATOSOTHON
      @FLORATOSOTHON Před 2 lety

      Thanks for liking our country. Here are some links regarding the history of Greece through time :
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    • @paganpoet3
      @paganpoet3 Před 2 lety

      "`I always wished to address this Assembly in Greek, but I realized that it would have been indeed Greek to all present in this room. I found out, however, that I could make my address in Greek which would still be English to everybody. With your permission, Mr. Chairman, I shall do it now, using with the exception of articles and prepositions only Greek words".
      Kyrie,
      It is Zeus' anathema on our epoch for the dynamism of our economies and the heresy of our economic methods and policies that we should agonise between the Scylla of numismatic plethora and the Charybdis of economic anaemia.
      It is not my idiosyncrasy to be ironic or sarcastic but my diagnosis would be that politicians are rather cryptoplethorists. Although they emphatically stigmatize numismatic plethora, energize it through their tactics and practices.
      Our policies have to be based more on economic and less on political criteria.
      Our gnomon has to be a metron between political, strategic and philanthropic scopes. Political magic has always been antieconomic.
      In an epoch characterised by monopolies, oligopolies, menopsonies, monopolistic antagonism and polymorphous inelasticities, our policies have to be more orthological. But this should not be metamorphosed into plethorophobia which is endemic among academic economists.
      Numismatic symmetry should not antagonize economic acme.
      A greater harmonization between the practices of the economic and numismatic archons is basic.
      Parallel to this, we have to synchronize and harmonize more and more our economic and numismatic policies panethnically.
      These scopes are more practical now, when the prognostics of the political and economic barometer are halcyonic.
      The history of our didymous organisations in this sphere has been didactic and their gnostic practices will always be a tonic to the polyonymous and idiomorphous ethnical economics. The genesis of the programmed organisations will dynamize these policies. I sympathise, therefore, with the aposties and the hierarchy of our organisations in their zeal to programme orthodox economic and numismatic policies, although I have some logomachy with them.
      I apologize for having tyrannized you with my hellenic phraseology.
      In my epilogue, I emphasize my eulogy to the philoxenous autochthons of this cosmopolitan metropolis and my encomium to you, Kyrie, and the stenographers."
      Prof. Xenofon Zolotas
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophon_Zolotas

    • @GBgames946
      @GBgames946 Před rokem

      The Greek word "filotimo" (φιλότιμο) is a complex and deeply-rooted concept that is difficult to translate into a single English word. It is derived from two Greek words: "filos" meaning "friend" or "loving," and "timi" meaning "honor" or "respect." Together, "filotimo" encompasses a range of interconnected values and virtues that are highly regarded in Greek culture.
      At its core, filotimo is a deep sense of personal pride, dignity, and honor. It involves a strong commitment to integrity, selflessness, and doing what is right. It is a concept that emphasizes the importance of fulfilling one's responsibilities and obligations to family, friends, community, and society as a whole.
      Filotimo is often associated with acts of selfless generosity, hospitality, and compassion towards others, even in the face of personal sacrifice. It embodies a spirit of loyalty, duty, and mutual respect. It encourages individuals to strive for excellence, to take pride in their actions, and to act with honor and integrity in all aspects of life.
      Filotimo also encompasses a strong connection to one's cultural heritage, traditions, and values. It is a collective mindset that places great importance on the well-being and reputation of the community, often promoting a sense of unity and solidarity.
      While filotimo is deeply ingrained in Greek culture, it is a concept that can be challenging to fully comprehend or define. It is more than just a word; it is a guiding principle that shapes the behavior and character of individuals, fostering a sense of personal and communal responsibility, honor, and respect.
      That's what's missing in our world today. The word filotimo was written from the beginning of democracy. It is sort of some rules but can be applied to many other things. That is why we are always friendly towards tourists and people of all culture. Communal responsability, honor and respect will get you a long way here. We don't like lazy people but we still wont leave them behind, although we wont look at them at the same way as all the points above. Which in a way will cause some shame to that person and he will most of the cases understand and become a better version of himself. So in a way it is a hierarchy in our society on how people should act. That's why Greeks are hard to break and divide. Religion is seperated from politics, I go on and on about the word filotimo and I can imagine if you read this you can come up of stuff too

  • @giorgossoudianos9866
    @giorgossoudianos9866 Před 4 lety +1026

    Actually we celebrate birthdays too. If you are a child in Greece you are lucky. You get 4 gifts a year. Birthday name day Christmas and Easter. And also we don’t need a special occasion to party. 😁

    • @amelia7519
      @amelia7519 Před 4 lety +35

      True, I lived in Greece and received six presents a year (for Christmas, for Easter, for my birthday, for the birthday of my two sisters) xd

    • @giorgossoudianos9866
      @giorgossoudianos9866 Před 4 lety +25

      Life here may be not perfect. But it’s really good. 🇬🇷😊

    • @undercovers9203
      @undercovers9203 Před 4 lety +7

      unless your parents are assholes (my case)
      fax

    • @giorgossoudianos9866
      @giorgossoudianos9866 Před 4 lety +14

      Undercover s or unlucky enough to have your birthday at Christmas and be named Vasilis (name day at Christmas) 😂

    • @giorgossoudianos9866
      @giorgossoudianos9866 Před 4 lety +1

      Irianna ok that may be unlucky, or your parents don’t like you so much. 😂 ότι χειρότερο!!!

  • @panos2974
    @panos2974 Před 4 lety +677

    Greeks are not Slavic nor Latin we are our own thing.

    • @morpheas1234
      @morpheas1234 Před 4 lety +7

      I guess he was referring to the traditional dresses etc. At some point, most of modern day Greece was part of Bulgaria (I believe around the 15th century), so it makes sense that some part of their culture stayed with us. This, of course, doesn't have anything to do with our roots as the majority of has no slavic ancestry at all

    • @j.vasileiou
      @j.vasileiou Před 4 lety +26

      @@morpheas1234 not true just at some point the byzantine empire was colapsing and a part of thrace was under bulgarian control

    • @morpheas1234
      @morpheas1234 Před 4 lety

      @@j.vasileiou there were many rises and falls of the byzantine empire. at around 930 AD most of the mainland except for Attica, Chalkidiki and Peloponese was under Bulgarian command and it stayed like that for the next 40 years.
      This guy here ( czcams.com/video/IpKqCu6RcdI/video.html ) has done a great job showing the map of Europe with dates and rulers over the span of 2400 years. If you check between the 8th and the 15th centuries, you will find that parts of Greece changed hands between Byzantines and Bulgarians all the time.

    • @morpheas1234
      @morpheas1234 Před 4 lety +1

      @@j.vasileiou same here with a better view (countries instead of rulers and known world instead of just europe) czcams.com/video/ymI5Uv5cGU4/video.html
      You can't expect that none of the culture has been left behind after that many changes. For example the traditional hat we have is the same across most of the balkan countries' traditional dresses as it was part of the ottoman military uniform. Same for the fustanella. Albanians even claim to have introduced it to greeks around the 14th century, though it is not quite clear.

    • @evixepotato5987
      @evixepotato5987 Před 4 lety

      Ναι!

  • @YTaccNo3
    @YTaccNo3 Před 4 lety +667

    this guy: greeks are slightly slavic
    greeks: so you have chosen death

  • @chickenwarlord5795
    @chickenwarlord5795 Před 4 lety +251

    This just makes me proud to be Greek... actually I am Cypriot but its the same thing 😁🇨🇾🇬🇷

    • @neoklispapadopoulos3086
      @neoklispapadopoulos3086 Před 3 lety +23

      True, we are the hellenic rase the master race 🇬🇷💙🇨🇾

    • @paokfil393
      @paokfil393 Před 3 lety +11

      @МАКЕДОНИЈА MAKEDONIA MACEDONIA Well, you are probably drunk. Greek museums and museums in the rest of Europe are full of artifacts of Ancient Greece. You are Slavs. Your language is Slavic. Trust me. I live in Macedonia and Philip's II grave is 10km away from me. I've been in his grave many times. Every thing in the grave is written in greek. Our language is one of the oldest in the world. Don't try to turn me wrong, you will fail.

    • @paokfil393
      @paokfil393 Před 3 lety +1

      @МАКЕДОНИЈА MAKEDONIA MACEDONIA Our history is almost 4,000 years and more. Yours is like 30 years. Educate yourself.

    • @pavlinaniknok305
      @pavlinaniknok305 Před 3 lety +1

      @ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ is МАКЕДОНИЈА without hate or anything, the fact that you have to refer to a video to express your opinion does not make more believable.
      What guys are talking about is our (Greece's) ancient history and the one after the Greek revolution against the Ottoman empire.

    • @mariaspirakou5658
      @mariaspirakou5658 Před 3 lety +2

      🇬🇷🇬🇷

  • @sahlamari
    @sahlamari Před 4 lety +210

    Actually, Turkey's archaelogical sites are also Greek, either of the ancient times (Asia Minor and Pontos where Greeks had been living from 1.100 B.C. up until the early 1900s when they where slaughtered by the Neoturks, or of the Byzantine Era. for example in Constantinople (now Instabul).

    • @elizaandreadaki9942
      @elizaandreadaki9942 Před 4 lety

      Only in Asia Minor though

    • @wegoup_with_nct80
      @wegoup_with_nct80 Před 4 lety +5

      @@elizaandreadaki9942 no not really bcs Alexander the great brought the Greek culture along with constructions as you can imagine almost until india. So you are incorrect :D

    • @elizaandreadaki9942
      @elizaandreadaki9942 Před 4 lety

      @@wegoup_with_nct80 I know about Alexander the great but there aren't that many monuments he left there. He spread culture and the language but he didn't build any temples. That's why I said only in Asia minor because Greeks lived there WAY before Alexander the Great

    • @user-co2li5qd4p
      @user-co2li5qd4p Před 4 lety +3

      @@elizaandreadaki9942 No you are mistaken. Even the greek kingdoms of Bactria (nowadays the states of Kirgistan, ouzbekistan) and India built temples and monuments. That fact even caused quite an impression to the chinese emperor at that time, because it was his first and last time he learned about Greeks.

    • @Ioannis418
      @Ioannis418 Před 4 lety +2

      @@elizaandreadaki9942 This is actually true, not many people know about Bactria, Menander etc. Do a small wiki read on Bactria, even most Greeks have no knowledge of this kingdom. You can also find articles of how Christianity and Buddhism were connected in some places later on.

  • @efme2676
    @efme2676 Před 4 lety +134

    When asking a question like "when you have these many thousand islands, do you really need that one?" . The answer is YES - we sure do. Would you ask a family of 12, if they need all their children? Every single island, and every single rock in this country is part of our civilization & heritage. If you take into account that we have been brutally kicked out from our land (Constantinople & Asia Minor) in the past , it is the least that we can do (to support even the smallest island that is Greek). No wound is yet closed.

  • @tuhok
    @tuhok Před 4 lety +403

    you've never had greek food until you actually have it there. It is amazing!

    • @mrbig3386
      @mrbig3386 Před 4 lety +11

      Cristian Kohut-Galla agreed! Been to lotsa greek restaurants all over the world and only a few are up to par with the local greek ones.

    • @tuhok
      @tuhok Před 4 lety +8

      @@mrbig3386 best meal I had was in Crete in a small village near Heraklion were they had a big spread for a bunch of turists. Everything was homegrown and cooked. Besides the food and wine the best part was the dancing on the tables with the locals.

    • @mariam-tzortz7622
      @mariam-tzortz7622 Před 4 lety

      Not from tourists shops

    • @user-dk7oi2ti1y
      @user-dk7oi2ti1y Před 4 lety +5

      I eat greek food every day ezzzzzzz

    • @Koyntoy
      @Koyntoy Před 4 lety

      @@tuhok near Herakleion???? Maybe Agios Nikolaos

  • @MrPantheraUmbra
    @MrPantheraUmbra Před 4 lety +181

    Of course, Greece is part of Balkan peninsula... It's like saying Miami is not part of Florida peninsula.
    And another thing, as a Serb it is us Slavs who were influenced by Greece not other way around.
    When Slavs started to migrate to Balkans Greeks were already running mighty east Roman empire. Even majority of Slavic countries went from Slavic Pagan religion to Christianity because of them and stayed loyal to Constantinople instead of Rome during the schism. Hence why majority of Slavic countries belong to Orthodox Catholic Church.

    • @Enorasi1977
      @Enorasi1977 Před 4 lety +15

      That's why we are orthodox brothers

    • @Mixalarasss5
      @Mixalarasss5 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Enorasi1977 I would say that Greece is thefather and Slavic is the son

    • @shreivox
      @shreivox Před 4 lety +5

      The greek name for the peninsula is Aimos. Before the arrival of the Balkans- Slavs. So, no Balkan peninsula but Aimos peninsula just because we predate that stuff!!!

    • @MrPantheraUmbra
      @MrPantheraUmbra Před 4 lety +5

      @@shreivox Yes! I wish we restored that name and have it instead of Balkan. Balkan is Persian/Turkic term.

    • @user-wm9lb8dg4l
      @user-wm9lb8dg4l Před 4 lety +7

      We're not friends with anyone in the Balkans.
      Except Serbia!!! Brothers forever. God bless us and our country's !!!!!

  • @depressedfrog2
    @depressedfrog2 Před 4 lety +127

    He said today there is no tension between Turkey and Greece, oh no no no they don't know

    • @Gyros-nr9ke
      @Gyros-nr9ke Před 4 lety +7

      Between civilians there isn't tho

    • @neoklispapadopoulos3086
      @neoklispapadopoulos3086 Před 3 lety +3

      Alex yes there is, people all around greece hates turks. Burn the turkish flag and demostrait against them

    • @stefanosgeorgakopoulos1293
      @stefanosgeorgakopoulos1293 Před 3 lety +2

      @@neoklispapadopoulos3086 far right fascists aren’t the majority of the population.

    • @marshallc.t.2554
      @marshallc.t.2554 Před 3 lety

      @@stefanosgeorgakopoulos1293 you have to be a fascist to react on the hostility and aggression against your nation?

    • @stefanosgeorgakopoulos1293
      @stefanosgeorgakopoulos1293 Před 3 lety +1

      @@marshallc.t.2554 burning the turkish flag isn’t reacting in a civilised way

  • @nikmor5773
    @nikmor5773 Před 4 lety +60

    The Cyrillic alphabet was made by a Greek (Cyrillus) so actually slavic nations got influenced by Greece

  • @christos6068
    @christos6068 Před 4 lety +102

    That thing about army on 16 years of age does not happen . Greek boys get their Army Papers to serve the country at the age of 18-19 but most of them don't join the military until they finish with their colleges and universities . So unless a kid decides that he wants to join army and work ( have it as a job ) he probably goes at 24-25

    • @BrianVelez
      @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +22

      Ohhhh! So I would probably be in the military right now if I was Greek. 🤔

    • @Pavlos_Charalambous
      @Pavlos_Charalambous Před 4 lety +14

      If parents allow them they can join the army at 16 but it rarely happens and usually are kids from the rural countryside everybody else usually joins the army between 20 to 30 years old in some cases like people studying medical professions or law they can end up join at 35!
      But one thing is for sure, if you have a Greek citizenship you can't avoid it even if you are living in a foreign country the moment you return to Greece you are going to serve " mommy " motherland 😊

    • @Anonymous-ev3rl
      @Anonymous-ev3rl Před 4 lety +4

      If they decide to not go to high school and their parents consent, they can get in the army at 16

    • @neoklispapadopoulos3086
      @neoklispapadopoulos3086 Před 3 lety +1

      He was right tho. He didn’t say that all greeks had to do it at the age of 16. He said as early as 16 (that true). My dad went when he was 17. And we live in sweden.

    • @neoklispapadopoulos3086
      @neoklispapadopoulos3086 Před 3 lety

      But we are greeks

  • @loveintheend89
    @loveintheend89 Před 4 lety +297

    Very interesting reaction. To help you clear out some things: we do celebrate both birthdays and name days, we are not Slavic just because we are located in the Balkans, Mount Athos is a monastic state where only monks live and the reason women are not allowed is because they are considered a temptation for the monks, our financial situation is much better but i don't know what is gonna happen now with the virus...that's pretty much it!

    • @Kouistfv
      @Kouistfv Před 4 lety +18

      And most importantly!!!!:
      We joined the EU in 1981!!!!

    • @icantthinkausername1136
      @icantthinkausername1136 Před 4 lety +9

      @@Kouistfv ναι, ατο 2001 αντικαταστάθηκε η δραχμή

    • @giorgossoudianos9866
      @giorgossoudianos9866 Před 4 lety +10

      ANDREAS MPAIKOUSIS στην Αμερική μπερδεύουν την ευρωπαϊκή ένωση με την ευρωζώνη.

    • @Kouistfv
      @Kouistfv Před 4 lety +3

      @@giorgossoudianos9866 όντως το έχω δει και αλλού

    • @LizakiAris
      @LizakiAris Před 4 lety +6

      Δεν είναι για να μην μπαίνουν σε πειρασμό οι μοναχοί... Η θρησκεία λέει ότι στην περιοχή εκει είχε τον κήπο της η Παναγία και πως δεν επιτρέπεται να πηγαίνουν οι γυναίκες γιατί καμία δεν είναι όσο Αγία ήταν η Παναγία κ θα σπιλωθει η περιοχή...

  • @akidacorporation
    @akidacorporation Před 4 lety +237

    In English we use more than 6000 greek words!

  • @vasilikisdralia2154
    @vasilikisdralia2154 Před 4 lety +213

    Actually you do need the 2 "more" islands cause they define the country's continental shelf under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (which Turkey apparently doesn't recognize, see Turkey and Libya's internationally recognised government signed Maritime Boundary Treaty in order to establish an Exclusive economic zone in the Mediterranean Sea, which means that they can claim rights to ocean bed resources, ignoring the presence of Crete between the Turkish-Libyan coasts). Turkey also complains about Greece's legal territorial waters, airspace and the executive economic zones.

  • @leonidasnorway9821
    @leonidasnorway9821 Před 4 lety +112

    And something more, we are the only country in the world that we celebrate the start of war for freedom on our national days and not the end

    • @HELLASthesource
      @HELLASthesource Před 4 lety +13

      Both of our National days, we celebrate the start of a war for freedom and justice and not the End or the Victory!!!
      The Greek=Hellenic flag it have 9 strips, it symbols the meaning, Freedom or Death......Ε - ΛΕΥ - ΘΕ - ΡΙ - Α - Ή - ΘΑ - ΝΑ -ΤΟΣ= 9 syllable( ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ Ή ΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ)Freedom in Greeks also has 9 letters

    • @hariszark7396
      @hariszark7396 Před 4 lety +9

      We celebrate the start of the fight for freedom not the start of the war.

    • @serseris
      @serseris Před 4 lety +3

      Αυτο συμβαινει γιατι καθε φορα μετα το τελος ενος πολεμου, ξεκινουσαμε εναν εμφυλιο..

  • @elissavet8837
    @elissavet8837 Před 4 lety +37

    I’ll explain to you the thing about Greece fighting with Turkey over islands. Before the ottomans ( today’s Turks) came in the area of modern day Turkey, it was half Greek (there were also Kurds, Armenians and Assyrians) since very very ancient times (3.000-2.000 BC). When the ottomans came, we were under their rule for 400 years also they took our land and formed modern day Turkey by making sure to get all the Greeks out of their homeland or kill them. When they managed to get rid of all the Greeks (out of one of the places where Greece started) they burned down and completely destroyed all the towns where Greeks lived which were beautiful and very rich towns( like capadocia and smirni/Izmir). So we have a very painful history with Turkey the wars, the oppression and the general violence that’s why we don’t want them taking our islands too. Also Greece and Turkey fight till this day almost on the daily about those problems to the point where every 1-2 years people think there’s gonna be a war. Don’t get me wrong the younger generations, including me, have nothing working against each other and we really like each other as we’re exactly the same people but history is history and the facts should be taught and never forgotten.

  • @thedemonofknowledge6591
    @thedemonofknowledge6591 Před 4 lety +420

    Greece is the only non-Slavic-speaking country in the Balkans

    • @mariopanago2870
      @mariopanago2870 Před 4 lety +53

      Kostas Miliarakis you forgot that Albania and Romania is also in the Balkans and are also not Slavic.
      Romania they speak Latin aka Romance language and the Eastern Coast along the Black Sea is considered part of the Balkans.

    • @mixalis22gr2
      @mixalis22gr2 Před 4 lety +29

      @@mariopanago2870 η φάση που απαντάς στον Έλληνα στα αγγλικά 😂😂😂

    • @FIRE-zt6vw
      @FIRE-zt6vw Před 4 lety +19

      you all forgot that slavic was created by two greeks send there by the byzantine emperor to give them the basics. the two brothers gave them the slavic alphabet and orthodontics church. also albania was created at 1928 from the EU for their personal gains after the first ww. also latins are created from ancient greek and the todays italian are based on latin. so no matter what you say slavic and italian are based on greece. Just go back to history around 2κ BC and tell me what civilization existed expect the tree big ones(Greek Egyptian and Chinese)

    • @greekfighter1
      @greekfighter1 Před 4 lety +2

      @Tall T.S.S Κατα λάθός έσβησα το σχόλιο που έκανα. Τελός παντων αυτο που λες ειναι πολιτικός προσδιορισμός αν και δεν ξέρω κατα πόσο μπορεί να θεωρηθεί ορθός. Γεωγραφικά η Τουρκία ανήκει στα Βαλκάνια απο την στιγμή που έχει την αν. θράκη. Γενικά μπορεί να θεωρηθεί Ευρωπαική και Ασιατική χώρα απο την στιγμη που εχει εδάφη και στις 2 ηπέιρους

    • @valaryvalteri8312
      @valaryvalteri8312 Před 4 lety +10

      @@FIRE-zt6vw slavic wasn't "created" by Greeks they created an alphabet for the already existing language.

  • @ValorVisionaries
    @ValorVisionaries Před 4 lety +199

    Hello from Greece 🇬🇷🇺🇸✌

    • @topaz1756
      @topaz1756 Před 4 lety +5

      I think you are not in Greece because if you were, we would have found your body until now Alexander the Great

    • @ValorVisionaries
      @ValorVisionaries Před 4 lety +6

      @@topaz1756 You're right no one knows where it is, not even me

    • @prokman1358
      @prokman1358 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ValorVisionaries hahahaha

    • @gpalaiologos
      @gpalaiologos Před 4 lety +1

      Σισε. Ελινας

    • @ValorVisionaries
      @ValorVisionaries Před 4 lety +1

      @@gpalaiologos Ναι 🙃

  • @AnastAmper
    @AnastAmper Před 4 lety +86

    Don't you ever say a Greek person slightly Slavic cause we are NOT Slavic.

  • @UhDUUUHlol
    @UhDUUUHlol Před 4 lety +166

    Cute video, but the Greeks aren't Slavs, lol.

    • @newreast3904
      @newreast3904 Před 4 lety +1

      Maaaaaybe just a little bit....

    • @UhDUUUHlol
      @UhDUUUHlol Před 4 lety +4

      Sure, but only in the same way anyone could be a little bit of anything over the centuries.

    • @newreast3904
      @newreast3904 Před 4 lety

      not quiet the same way...dont lie to yourself.

    • @UhDUUUHlol
      @UhDUUUHlol Před 4 lety +6

      @@newreast3904 I don't understand where you're getting at lol. Are you okay?

    • @newreast3904
      @newreast3904 Před 4 lety

      of course i am not ok.
      i am your conscience theodooorraaaaa

  • @tavern77
    @tavern77 Před 4 lety +68

    Yes!! Even if you have 400 island you definitely need those two because according to international treaties a nation's boarders as well as exclusive economic zones are defined by your coasts INCLUDING the island that the Turks so much wish not to. Also being neighbors with Turks we know first hand that you do not give them even a granule of sand because they will claim not only all of your sand but your hand as well that you used to give them that granule in the first place

  • @faytsatouma8849
    @faytsatouma8849 Před 4 lety +83

    Another thing is that we are able to speak English fluently(most of the time every child in Greece learns English for about 8 years in a private school)and that's because English is required in the majority of the jobs because of the huge number of tourists that visit!!!

    • @HELLASthesource
      @HELLASthesource Před 4 lety +4

      Also the English langues is based in Latin, and the Latin is one of the 27 topic langues in Greece. Latin for example is from the village xalkida, in the island of Evia.
      Most science words is Greek too, because they start from Greek people and we used them for so many years in medicine, music, mathematics, astronomy, biology.....
      czcams.com/video/dkCPuRqqs2Y/video.html

    • @morpheas1234
      @morpheas1234 Před 4 lety +14

      I wouldn't say fluently. Just that most of us can have a decent conversation to kinda understand someone speaking English :D

    • @apostolissteriotis9998
      @apostolissteriotis9998 Před 4 lety +4

      Είσαι σίγουρη για αυτό? που πεθαίνουν 10 εγκαιφαλικα κύτταρα όταν ακούω Έλληνα να μιλάει αγγλικά

    • @alexandrossapounakis7737
      @alexandrossapounakis7737 Před 4 lety +6

      @@apostolissteriotis9998 Και εμένα πέθαναν πολλά όταν είδα πως έγραψες την λέξη εγκεφαλικά*.

    • @apostolissteriotis9998
      @apostolissteriotis9998 Před 4 lety +2

      @@alexandrossapounakis7737 έχεις και ένα δίκιο 😂😂😂

  • @bladeeofficial
    @bladeeofficial Před 4 lety +168

    You learnt one thing from this video
    Macedonia is greek🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

    • @Mixalarasss5
      @Mixalarasss5 Před 4 lety +3

      Correcttttt

    • @xilobrine9485
      @xilobrine9485 Před 4 lety +3

      👍

    • @HGETAROS
      @HGETAROS Před 4 lety +12

      Μην παραχαράσσεται την ιστοριααα η μακεδονια ειναι μιαα

  • @bbgg4322
    @bbgg4322 Před 4 lety +17

    This guy: “Greeks are slightly slavic”
    Greeks: “We had been here for 2 millennia before slavs appeared in Europe” :))

  • @Nikolaou.20
    @Nikolaou.20 Před 4 lety +42

    We are not latin or slightly slavic, but the other way around. They got influenced by the greek culture.

    • @BrianVelez
      @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +9

      I just heard that Balkan is of Greek origin!

    • @newreast3904
      @newreast3904 Před 4 lety

      turk.

    • @paulmayson3129
      @paulmayson3129 Před 4 lety +1

      @@BrianVelez
      No, the Greek name was Haemus, based on the same mountain range that gave name to the peninsula. However nowadays they term is more of a political one, as only Albania, Greece and South Bulgaria could be considered to be on a peninsula.

    • @olgapapadopoulpou1142
      @olgapapadopoulpou1142 Před 3 lety +1

      @@newreast3904 the new researches show that modern Greeks have the same DNA with the greeks who lived in the Aegean Islands 3000 years before....so how are we Turks again ? Turks are a mix of Greeks, Armenians and Kurds...are you mad now ?

    • @newreast3904
      @newreast3904 Před 3 lety

      @@olgapapadopoulpou1142 vre sy...o oros ''Balkan'' einai turk. oxi o kosmakhs....exeis kamia muga k mugiazesai?

  • @C_R_O_M________
    @C_R_O_M________ Před 4 lety +12

    A friend, a German diplomat bought a house in Greece. He says it’s the only place in the world (and he has been around) where he can be at a beautiful beach and a ski resort in a matter of a few hours (or less).

    • @ModusAm
      @ModusAm Před 4 lety +2

      Seli and Voras are like less than three hours away from Halkidiki, for example.

    • @theofanismourselas1412
      @theofanismourselas1412 Před 2 lety

      My guess is that he lives in Crete !!

  • @Kouistfv
    @Kouistfv Před 4 lety +42

    Greece joined the EU in 1981 actually!!!

    • @Anonymous-ev3rl
      @Anonymous-ev3rl Před 4 lety +2

      We started using euros insyead of drachmas in late 2001 though. I think that's what the video meant

    • @Kouistfv
      @Kouistfv Před 4 lety +1

      @@Anonymous-ev3rl EU=European Union=Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση. Η Ελλάδα μπήκε το '81.
      Το 2001 μπήκε στη νομισματική Ένωση. Τωρα οι Αμερικάνοι τα μπερδεύουν (ούτε και εμείς πάμε πίσω)....

    • @Anonymous-ev3rl
      @Anonymous-ev3rl Před 4 lety

      @@Kouistfv ναι ξερω οτι το ειπε λαθος αλλα σου ειπα τι εννοουσε με αυτο που ειπε

    • @Kouistfv
      @Kouistfv Před 4 lety

      @@Anonymous-ev3rl το ξέρω. Αυτό λέω, ότι οι Αμερικάνοι τα μπερδεύουν

  • @panagiotis_-mw6te
    @panagiotis_-mw6te Před 4 lety +125

    We Greeks celebrate names days and birthdays

    • @Tale0faKindom
      @Tale0faKindom Před 4 lety +4

      @the Achaean ummm no.

    • @Tale0faKindom
      @Tale0faKindom Před 4 lety +4

      @the Achaean Im a girl. Im greek. I was born in greece. I've been living in greece for 27 years. Everyone in Greece celabrates their birthday even men. But yeah i probably know nothing about my own country. Where are you from again?

    • @Tale0faKindom
      @Tale0faKindom Před 4 lety +1

      @the Achaean lol you are obviously not greek. xD go troll someone else dude

    • @Tale0faKindom
      @Tale0faKindom Před 4 lety +2

      @the Achaean where in greece do you live then? XD the sentence you wrote is not normal modern greek, noone i greece speaks like that. Ο μόνος "κάπως" εδώ μέσα είσαι εσύ. Νομίζεις ότι γνωρίζεις μια χωρα, στην οποία δεν ζεις καν, καλύτερα από αυτούς που μένουν εκεί όλη τους την ζωή. Πίσω στην σπηλιά σου λοιπόν.

    • @morpheas1234
      @morpheas1234 Před 4 lety +1

      @the Achaean μάλλον εσύ και οι παρέα σου ανήκετε σε αυτούς τους "κάπως" (εννοώ διαφορετικοί από τους άλλους γενικά) γιατί όλοι οι υπόλοιποι τα γιορτάζουν κανονικότατα και τα γενέθλια και τη γιορτή. Κάπου έχεις μπερδευτεί ή βρίσκεσαι σε κανα περίεργο χωριό. Δεν εξηγείται αλλιώς

  • @icantthinkausername1136
    @icantthinkausername1136 Před 4 lety +35

    13:32 that's actually how it is (in greece) we celebrate our birthday and our nameday. Also yes the video is kinda outdated the economy in greece kinda recovered and it's actually pretty good. Also no, we are not slavic, greeks are a seperate group of people living in the balkans

    • @stargazer6850
      @stargazer6850 Před 4 lety

      George007 που ζεις εσυ. Η οικονομια παει απ το κακο στο χειροτερο.

    • @icantthinkausername1136
      @icantthinkausername1136 Před 4 lety

      @@stargazer6850 εσύ που ζείς ρε μαλάκα; έχεις μείνει στο 2013;

    • @stargazer6850
      @stargazer6850 Před 4 lety

      @@icantthinkausername1136 Να μαντέψω...ψήφισες Μητσοτάκη έτσι; Όπως και να έχει φίλε ψάξε λίγο παραπάνω γιατί αν περιμένεις ότι θα ακούσεις αντικειμενικά πράγματα στα δελτία ειδήσεων σου έχω νέα... Σου πετάνε 1 καλό νέο και αποκρύπτουν άλλα 100... Οι μισθοί πέσανε ακόμη περισσότερο και θα δούμε και χειρότερα. Αλλά μέχρι εδώ γράφω δεν πρόκειται να ασχοληθώ παραπάνω με το αν εσύ φοράς παρωπίδες ή όχι, αν είσαι ευτυχισμένος έτσι, γιατί να σε ξυπνήσουμε;

  • @ojordanis
    @ojordanis Před 4 lety +47

    In greece we have also the grave of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great! Ιn Vergina.

    • @libre1245
      @libre1245 Před 4 lety +4

      shhh, Alexander is not greek he's definetelly fucking Skopje right? since the naame Alexander and Philip is 100% slavic name KEKW (σαρκασμος παρεπιπτοντως)

    • @dagonGate7
      @dagonGate7 Před 4 lety +5

      @@libre1245 let it go my friend.. Skopje is a new created country from Albania 30%, Bulgaria 50% and Greece 20%... They want to make their own history by stealing Greek history.

  • @LeonidThe90sKid
    @LeonidThe90sKid Před 4 lety +11

    3:48 the archaeological sites in "one of those countries" are actually Greek.

  • @athenapol7507
    @athenapol7507 Před 4 lety +21

    There is one littlr mistake...Greece has not Slavian origin.They are not the same

  • @JJapsen
    @JJapsen Před 4 lety +42

    I've been to Halkidiki and took a little cruise around mount athos, very beautiful. And yes, the food was absolutely amazing, especially in contrast to what they sell as "greek food" here in germany most of the time.

    • @electra1920
      @electra1920 Před 4 lety +2

      Halkidiki is so beautiful.✌️

    • @BlackEagle1926
      @BlackEagle1926 Před rokem

      ​@@electra1920It doesn't have anything like Halkidiki 😂

  • @juanitotsirwnhs6877
    @juanitotsirwnhs6877 Před 4 lety +15

    Greece is the most underrated country. Our country is BEAUTIFUL UNIQUE and HISTORICAL. Almost EVERYTHING'S BASED IN GREECE. Also almost if not all phobias or medical words (?) are greek eg agorophobia arachnophobia

    • @BrianVelez
      @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +6

      Seems like it’s underrated for sure! We all owe a lot to the Greeks! 😄

  • @Neonlight80
    @Neonlight80 Před 4 lety +34

    Greeks are not Slavs....

  • @Dr.Kent_Erz
    @Dr.Kent_Erz Před 4 lety +15

    We celebrate both of them actually, for the older generations the name day was more important and some times the birthday was non existing but for young people usually the opposite thing applies, the name day is an Orthodox Cristian type of thing which makes it more formal and means that we do not actually celebrate it by a party or something, in that day people just give you blessings and you give sweats usually to your family and sometimes coliges.

  • @dessimal8801
    @dessimal8801 Před 4 lety +8

    You can also checkout Xenofon Zolotas speech in English using only greek words . It's really mindblowing 😃

  • @GeoCha02
    @GeoCha02 Před 4 lety +18

    This part was wrong, we actually celebrate our birthday and name day every year ☺️

    • @BrianVelez
      @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +2

      Ouuuu! So not due to a religion? Just because it’s awesomeness 😆?

    • @GeoCha02
      @GeoCha02 Před 4 lety +2

      Brian Velez It’s because of religion actually, but nowadays it’s become an "everyday" thing and I think people don’t think about the religion part anymore just the name day to celebrate 🎉😂

    • @eleniasimop
      @eleniasimop Před 4 lety +2

      @@BrianVelez The nameday is the day devoted to the saint from whom you took your name, according to the orthodox Christian church. For example my name is Eleni(Helen) and I celebrate in May 21th.

  • @xristosantonogiannis6583
    @xristosantonogiannis6583 Před 2 lety +4

    I'm actually from Greece and this is so beautiful

  • @christianchimmyarmy5843
    @christianchimmyarmy5843 Před 4 lety +15

    Omg... I absolutely loved his reaction... I'm so glad that in the video he saw the guy was talking about our mountains or rivers and not only the islands and the sun... I know that most of the people already know about greece's amazing sea... But it is also so beautiful for tourists at winter too... 💜

  • @DevilDeals009
    @DevilDeals009 Před 4 lety +4

    As a Greek this video brings tears to my eyes

  • @sunmoontruth6496
    @sunmoontruth6496 Před 4 lety +29

    You really have to learn about greek mythology!!

  • @babis_mousto8866
    @babis_mousto8866 Před 4 lety +4

    The interesting thing isn't about our architectures is that our architectures are almost 3000 years old . Btw if you search on the internet how many English words are Greek you will be surprised .

  • @intjudges
    @intjudges Před 3 lety +3

    omg u dont know how good i felt when u said u wanna visit greece ...if u will visit greece u have to visit thessaloniki and eat mpougatsa....its the best thing ever

  • @Pavlos_Charalambous
    @Pavlos_Charalambous Před 4 lety +6

    A fun fact about Greeks.
    We tend to get very flattered when someone learns to say even few words in Greek 😁 and almost always everyone will try to teach you some more 😁😁😁

  • @user-xz3iu6xm2e
    @user-xz3iu6xm2e Před 4 lety +47

    The traditional cloths have zero similarities to Slavic ones.

    • @newreast3904
      @newreast3904 Před 4 lety +2

      you silly dog....
      of course they do....

    • @user-xz3iu6xm2e
      @user-xz3iu6xm2e Před 4 lety

      @@newreast3904 No you stupid cow

    • @celseac8107
      @celseac8107 Před 4 lety +1

      I am a Greek Macedonian (North Greece) and the similarities of our traditional clothing with Slavic traditional clothing are many. In some cases I couldn't differentiate between Greek and Slavic.

  • @mariossomoku1298
    @mariossomoku1298 Před 4 lety +8

    Thanks for the video. i really enjoyed it but! we are not slavic m8 :) we are greeks and greeks were in the region way earlier than the slavic tribes descended (thats tha major disagreement with the, now known as "North Macedonia". Also yes in language every scientific and a lots of everyday words come or have roots in greek language. Fun fact: search for the english speach given by Xenofon Zolotas. Its in english but compiled from only greek words. cheers

  • @aggelosdalton6328
    @aggelosdalton6328 Před 4 lety +2

    Fun Fact! Around word it's 60 towns named Athens and 29 of them are in USA!! Respect from GReece!

  • @elenilazaridou1838
    @elenilazaridou1838 Před 4 lety +9

    You: I want to go to Greece.
    Covid-19: Not yet (🥺)
    Yes! You have to come to Greece!!!! 🇬🇷

  • @Volkswagen_taro-ferrari
    @Volkswagen_taro-ferrari Před 4 lety +43

    When Greeks built Parthenon the whole Europe lived in CAVES

    • @apostolissteriotis9998
      @apostolissteriotis9998 Před 4 lety +6

      True but when Europe was making factory's the 18th and 19th century we were fighting turkey sr Othman empire so..........

    • @paulmayson3129
      @paulmayson3129 Před 4 lety +4

      Nobody lived in caves. Like ever.

    • @filip1097
      @filip1097 Před 4 lety

      lpor sts America didn’t exist until 1492 so there are many differences between an almost 5000 year old country and a 600 year old country. This also goes for some important European countries not only America.

    • @apostolissteriotis9998
      @apostolissteriotis9998 Před 4 lety

      @@filip1097 ναι ξέρω αλλά και πάλι ήμασταν αρκετά πίσω τότε ναι είμαστε σημαντικος πολιτισμός το ξέρω αλλά και πάλι

    • @filip1097
      @filip1097 Před 4 lety

      Καλά απλά λέω

  • @foteiniig
    @foteiniig Před 4 lety

    Greece!!!Thanks for doing these videos because on this way more and more people learn about our country...I appreciate that!

  • @fotisgeorgantas697
    @fotisgeorgantas697 Před 4 lety +8

    "So we owe the world to Greeks"..The moment you realized that you earned my respect 🙏🙏🙏.Come and visit Greece. You are going not to want leave that place

  • @dimitrisdoulianakis6159
    @dimitrisdoulianakis6159 Před 4 lety +25

    «Kyrie, I eulogize the archons of the Panethnic Numismatic Thesaurus and the Oecumenical Trapeza for the orthodoxy of their axioms methods and policies, although there is an episode of cacophony of the Trapeza with Hellas. With enthusiasm we dialogue and synagonize at the synods of our didymous Organizations in which polymorphous economic ideas and dogmas are analyzed and synthesized. Our critical problems such as the numismatic plethora generate some agony and melancholy. This phenomenon is charateristic of our epoch. But, to my thesis we have the dynamism to program therapeutic practices as a prophylaxis from chaos and catastrophe. In parallel a panethnic unhypocritical economic synergy and harmonization in a democratic climate is basic. I apologize for my eccentric monologue. I emphasize my eucharistia to your Kyrie to the eugenic and generous American Ethnos and to the organizers and protagonists of this Ampitctyony and the gastronomic symposia»....
    Xenophon Zolotas (greek politician).... a whole speech in english with greek words....

    • @nikosntirlis8981
      @nikosntirlis8981 Před 4 lety +1

      I bet nobody really can understand this English.

    • @georgetse83
      @georgetse83 Před 4 lety +4

      @@nikosntirlis8981 yes.. there is a reason why this is considered academic English..

    • @eleftheriosmas
      @eleftheriosmas Před 4 lety

      @@nikosntirlis8981 There 's a thing called internet. You can check the words yourself😛. If the average person understands them or not isn't an important matter. Most Greeks don't know even the basest of words (i.e what tekmirio actually means, and they even fucking pay every year a great deal of taxes cuz of them) or useful grammar (like Dative in nouns, chich can rid you of having to use a whole sentence) too.

  • @jennylabro9081
    @jennylabro9081 Před 4 lety +78

    Something that has not been heard and I think is remarkable is that the Greek language is the oldest spoken language on earth.

    • @socpaper3456
      @socpaper3456 Před 4 lety +5

      Greek and agypt I think are the most old countries in the world

    • @Magia0379
      @Magia0379 Před 4 lety +13

      To be honest...some dialects in china are equally old! Oh...and I am Greek....:)

    • @Cheetomelito
      @Cheetomelito Před 4 lety +9

      Το φοινικικό αλφάβητο δημιουργήθηκε πριν το ελληνικό και ήταν η έμπνευση για το ελληνικό. Γιατί το ξέρω αυτό? Έλα ντε 😂

    • @Cheetomelito
      @Cheetomelito Před 4 lety +1

      @@katerinak.01 άαα οκ 😂

    • @stelios43
      @stelios43 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Cheetomelito Το αντιθετο συνεβη.Ο προγονος της αρχαιας Ελληνικής ειναι η Γραμμική Α και Β. Ο Φοίνικας ηταν ο γιος του Καδμου. 😉😉

  • @cobone04
    @cobone04 Před 4 lety +4

    The Slavic traditional dress is rooted in Greek culture.Not the other way arould...Or one would say Byzantine culture and dress.

  • @manosmarkakis9393
    @manosmarkakis9393 Před 4 lety +2

    we DO celebrate both birthdays and name days, a small precentage of really older greeks dont do both (by the way the word "name"has its origin from the greek word "onoma ")

  • @marsiatsakasianou4606
    @marsiatsakasianou4606 Před 4 lety +14

    Well we kinda have a big problem with Turkey actually 😂

    • @myt-mat-mil-mit-met-com-trol
      @myt-mat-mil-mit-met-com-trol Před 4 lety +8

      No, it's Turkey that has a problem with us.

    • @FIRE-zt6vw
      @FIRE-zt6vw Před 4 lety +7

      actually both countries have a problem. turkey wants back what they stole from us after they took the byzantine empire and greece wants back what turkey stole from us at the byzantine empier. also revenge for the millions that lost their lives in theirs hands when they killed every single person that wasnot turk. so both countries have a problem. the once is its huge ego of power and the others is the justice of millions

    • @mecitazerturk2126
      @mecitazerturk2126 Před 3 lety

      Baklava is our dessert

  • @tsourmas5061
    @tsourmas5061 Před 4 lety +18

    I am from Greece fun fact kostantinoupoli is greek

  • @artemisspiliopoulou3889
    @artemisspiliopoulou3889 Před 4 lety +4

    What you saw is not even half of Greek's sightsees we have both archeological and natural eye-catching sightsees like Parthenon it's kyons' are not in same high

  • @DasmaOner
    @DasmaOner Před 4 lety +6

    2:34 : Yes its your land and you must protect it.

  • @isabellavav700
    @isabellavav700 Před 4 lety +7

    The only way to actually try out traditional greek food is by coming to Greece. I have been in many countries and the greek food outside Greece has nothing to do with the actual greek food. Ohh and by the way we do celebrate both our name day and bitrhday. I am really happy you liked Greece and I hope you will come visit in a point❤️

    • @BrianVelez
      @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +3

      It’s ironic because I have only heard that! 😆 Everyone suggest only in Greece. Super happy to hear you guys are celebrating both! 😄

  • @amelia7519
    @amelia7519 Před 4 lety +6

    I was born and lived in Greece ten years (in Athens), now I live in Poland

  • @christostragas8643
    @christostragas8643 Před rokem +1

    @Brian Velez
    Greece is on the peninsula of Aimos [H'Emos] that's the original name of the Balkan peninsula (Balkan is the Turkish equivalent).
    Secondly, Greece affected Romans and their great civilization (Romans came to be at least 1.000 years after the proto-Greek), because even though the Romans conquered Greece, there would not be a Roman civilization if it weren't based on the Greek one. One the famous Roman lyric poets, Quintus Horace Flaccis said
    "Captive Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit" - meaning "Captive Greece captured her rude conqueror", and that he acknowledged the impactful contribution that the Greeks had to the Romans.(One of which was the influence of the Latin language, which although unique, is considered historically and linguistically a child of Greek language with lots and lots of grandchildren.)
    Thirdly the Greeks (in our language Hellenes, the inhabitants of Hellas) are our own nation. Unique language(Hellenic), unique culture(Hellenic) and unique history and idiosyncrasy (Hellenic). The only connection between us and the Slavic ethnological groups (that appeared around the 5th-6th century AD), is that for many years we were under Ottoman Rule. Meaning that during the Byzantine Times(4th Century till 15th century) we were allies and foes, but especially after the "Christening" of them(Slavic groups, such as Bulgarians, Croat-Serbs, Russians etc) by the Byzantines, we were better tied..but still very different. With some of them Greece is still considered a great friend (Serbia).
    Lastly the Ottoman times started from the capturing of the capital of the Byzantine empire, Constantinople (now known as Istanbul) by the Ottomans at 1453. From then until 1821 the Greeks(and the rest of the peninsula of H'emos) were under Ottoman Rule (today Turkey) and mostly treated as conquered slaves, paying high taxes and getting our children taken away from their families so as to fight for the Sultan. Most of the Empire was divided into Milliets, (Areas designed, according to the religion of the majority of the people living in) and Villaets (administrative regions under a subject ruler to obey the Sultan, a sub-Sultan if you like).
    P.S. the video doesn't refer to the Greek battles against the Axis In WW2 which is by far our greatest accomplishment in recent history. Some of the quotes written or spoken by historical figures of that time:
    -"Greece is the symbol of the tortured, bloodied but live Europe. Never a defeat was so honorable for those who suffered it." _Maurice Schumann, Minister of the exterior of France 1969-1973, member of the French Academy 1974 (From a message of his he addressed from the BBC of London to the enslaved peoples of Europe on 28 April 1941, the day Hitler occupied Athens after a 6-month war against Mussolini and six weeks against Hitler).
    -"For the sake of historical truth I must verify that only the Greeks, of all the adversaries who confronted us, fought with bold courage and highest disregard of death."
    _Adolph Hitler (From a speech he gave at the Reichstag, 4 May 1941) after his previously unbeaten storm troopers suffered tremendous casualties in their battle for Greece.
    -"The word heroism I am afraid does not render the least of those acts of self-sacrifice of the Greeks, which were the defining factor in the victorious outcome of the common struggle of the nations, during World War II, for the human freedom and dignity. If it were not for the bravery of the Greeks and their courage, the outcome of World War II would be undetermined."
    _Winston Churchill (speech to British Parliament, 24 April 1941
    -"You fought unarmed and won, small against big. We owe you gratitude, because you gave us time to defend ourselves. As Russians and as people we thank you."
    _Moscow, Radio Station when Hitler attacked the U.S.S.R
    -"If the Russian people managed to raise resistance at the doors of Moscow to halt and reverse the German torrent, they owe it to the Greek People, who delayed the German divisions during the time they could bring us to our knees."
    _Georgy Constantinovich Zhoukov (Field Marshal of the Soviet Army: Quote from his memoirs on WWII)
    -"I am unable to give the proper breadth of gratitude I feel for the heroic resistance of the People and the leaders of Greece."
    -Charles de Gaul (From a speech of his to the French Parliament after the end of WWII).

  • @SP19NC
    @SP19NC Před 3 lety +2

    I feel so proud right now! 🇬🇷❤️🇨🇾

  • @elenihappymom3349
    @elenihappymom3349 Před 4 lety +4

    I am greek and even I haven't visited every island or every part of my country but I assure you it's soooo worth it. And the food here oh my god it's the best. That's why now in quarantine I gained 5 kilos but don't tell anyone!! :))))

    • @BrianVelez
      @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +3

      Hahahaha I’ll have to try it for myself! I keep hearing nothing but amazing things about the food 😆 I’ll keep my mouth zipped 🤐

  • @madcatclaws4650
    @madcatclaws4650 Před 4 lety +6

    Are you telling Greeks to"live a little"? Hahaha, my sweet boy!!!😘

    • @BrianVelez
      @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +1

      🤷🏻‍♂️ I hear there is more celebrations now! 🤣

    • @ilovedoubled8232
      @ilovedoubled8232 Před 4 lety +3

      @@BrianVelez hahaha more celebrations? everyday/night is celebretion in Greece..

  • @villyfytoka5406
    @villyfytoka5406 Před 4 lety

    We love your videos continue like this love from Greece

  • @Dark_angel._
    @Dark_angel._ Před 3 lety +2

    If you liked Greece then…HI AM FROM GREECE THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS REACTION IT MEANS SO MUCH FOR ME AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @mikrimpoumpou
    @mikrimpoumpou Před 4 lety +8

    Hey man, the fact that Greeks live in the Balkan Peninsula does not make them Slavic. Not everyone in the Balkan peninsula is Slavic. Wrong conclusion!

  • @sabrinagan7773
    @sabrinagan7773 Před 4 lety +3

    A very interesting video. Before i didnt were pretty interested in Greek but now... Maybe we go there for the next holidays after Corona ;-) keep it up Brian

  • @foteini848
    @foteini848 Před 4 lety +9

    Everyone celebrates their birthday, come on😂😂 We just celebrate our name day too.

  • @staurosdoulgeridis2113
    @staurosdoulgeridis2113 Před 4 lety +17

    He didn't say that in Greece gum comes from trees!!! Honestly!!! Only in one island of Greece and the only spot in the world island Chios!!!

  • @thanasisa6515
    @thanasisa6515 Před 4 lety +5

    This video is old and many things have changed from when the video was recorded ,so a good Idea would be to find a newer version of this

  • @Pikachu10999
    @Pikachu10999 Před 4 lety +8

    Actually geography now make a mistake we go to the military at the age of 18. Because we don't have the best relationship with Turkey

  • @csaba9285
    @csaba9285 Před 4 lety +2

    08:59 - In Hungary, we actually celebrate both our birthdays AND name's days. It's like having 2 birthdays every year. Its amazing.

    • @tenmalover3927
      @tenmalover3927 Před 4 lety +2

      in greece too :) This guy was wrong about celebrating only our namedays

  • @melodramadynasty
    @melodramadynasty Před 4 lety +1

    You should totally visit Greece some time and try our every traditional dish!! You look amazed by learning such stuff about Greece but wait till you see it for real with your eyes!!! Even better than imagined!!

  • @kalliroi5236
    @kalliroi5236 Před 4 lety +6

    I SEND YOU ALL MY GREEK LOVE FELLOW

  • @mariopanago2870
    @mariopanago2870 Před 4 lety +47

    We are not slightly Slavic the Slavs got influence from us when it comes to ethnic or traditional dancing garments.
    We are Greeks aka Hellenes is who we are racially from DNA not Slavic at all but Slavic nations are most Balkan nations north of us or Western and Eastern Slavic nations witch are further away.
    We actually created the first Slavic text that later influenced the creation of Cyrillic alphabet by 2 Greek Monks who lived in Constantinople they are now to the Slavs seen as the Apostles of the Slavs.
    Early Russia 1000 years ago Kievan Rus were allies with Byzantines aka Eastern Romans exedra I cba go all day talking about history from Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Greece all Greek words. Then Civilisation 3200BC all the way to modern Greece cya later. 👍

    • @hariszark7396
      @hariszark7396 Před 4 lety

      @Tall T.S.S Φίλε και οπτικά να το δεις δεν μοιάζουμε και τόσο με τους σλάβους.

    • @mariopanago2870
      @mariopanago2870 Před 4 lety +2

      @Tall T.S.S I know but we are still racially different.

    • @hariszark7396
      @hariszark7396 Před 4 lety +2

      @Tall T.S.S Φίλε κάνεις ένα λάθος που σε οδηγεί σε λάθος άλμα λογικής. Οι σλάβοι δεν ήταν το 20% με τίποτα. Πριν από τους σλάβους που λες ότι πήγαν μέχρι Πελοπόννησο οι Έλληνες πήγαν μέχρι Γαλλία και Βρετανία και έφτιαξαν πόλεις ολόκληρες. Άρα το Ελληνικό DNA πήγε πρώτο εκεί και αναμείχθηκε σε μεγαλύτερο βαθμό. Άρα αυτοί οι "σλάβοι" που ήρθαν είχαν ήδη Ελληνικό DNA σε ποσοστό μέσα τους. Οπότε το σλάβικο ποσοστό είναι ακόμα μικρότερο. Δεν είναι ικανό να αλλιώσει το Ελληνικό σε μεγάλο βαθμό.
      Επίσης το σημερινό DNA των Ελλήνων είναι πάνω από 90% το ίδιο με της αρχαίας Ελλάδας βάση ερευνών.

    • @hariszark7396
      @hariszark7396 Před 4 lety

      @Tall T.S.S Σε ποιό κομμάτι ακριβώς διαφωνείς;
      Φυσικά εννοείται ότι όταν μιλάμε για DNA εννοούμε το ποσοστό που είναι μεγαλύτερο. Μπορεί να έχω 99 πρόγονους μου Έλληνες και 1 Κινέζο. Αυτό δεν με κάνει Κινέζο όμως. Το ποσοστό που ανέφερα ήταν επί του πληθυσμού όχι επί του ποσοστού του DNA. Δηλαδή 90% του πληθυσμού έχει μέγιστο ποσοστό κοντινό στο αρχαίο Ελληνικό. Το αν είναι 51% ή 30% ή 99% δεν το ξέρω φυσικά.

    • @hariszark7396
      @hariszark7396 Před 4 lety

      @Tall T.S.S 👍

  • @user-qc3ij3cf7s
    @user-qc3ij3cf7s Před 4 lety +1

    Greece is one of the most ancient civilizations and most of the theories about philosophy and politics that exist today established here in my country

  • @Vaso2209
    @Vaso2209 Před 4 lety +1

    Slavs came to the Balkan peninsula in the 5th century AD. They remained outside the borders of the Byzantine Empire together with the Bulgars but there were periods of tension. When the Ottoman Turks conquered the Balkans, they forced the local populations to co-exist. Greeks were able to get along with most (mostly because they were in favour of commerce and education, so many became invaluable to the ottoman administration), though there were always issues with the Bulgars even to this day (see WW2). You don't see slavic influence in Greek traditions, you see an amalgamation of two traditions (but very few Greeks will actually admit it, because of our pride - yes, the same pride that led Achilles away from the battle or the same pride that gave birth to Μολών λαβέ, that is "Come and get it", Leonidas' line from 300).

  • @Manaphy97
    @Manaphy97 Před 4 lety +12

    The 1st "Corfu" picture is Tropea in Italy and also Greece joined EU in the 80s

    • @georgekoul
      @georgekoul Před 4 lety +11

      Tropea. An other Greek word means Trophies and an ancient Greek Colony from people originated from the ancient Greek city Tropea in Arcadia, Peloponnese region

    • @chrislamp
      @chrislamp Před 4 lety

      @@georgekoul From what i've heard from people living in tropaia (yes that's how its named not tropea) the place was named like that because the greeks won a battle that took place there and they named it as if its a trophy

  • @eleniskardasi8858
    @eleniskardasi8858 Před 4 lety +3

    I would like to point that Ioannis Kapodistrias didn't lead the Greek Revolution, he was the first Prime Minister. And we celebrate birthdays, too. We're lucky we get presents for our birthdays, our name days, Christmas and Easter. And yes, we do need two more islands, they are Greek. We are NOT Slavs by the way. We've been here before them.

  • @nickpapadopoulos1192
    @nickpapadopoulos1192 Před 4 lety +1

    You should take a trip to Greece, and if you want relaxation go to Skopelos or Skiathos. Their very beautiful and quite.

  • @user-ns9ym4tp3m
    @user-ns9ym4tp3m Před 4 lety

    I loved your video!!your approach is always so nice and enthusiastic about our country..besides those two mistakes that were mentioned, it was great! I hope one day you will visit us

  • @BrianVelez
    @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +65

    Have you seen the Greek Music REVIEW? 🤔
    czcams.com/video/WnoH7QwwA6g/video.html

    • @mimismourtzis8888
      @mimismourtzis8888 Před 4 lety +8

      Actually we celebrate and name day and birthday so we get double presents 😜

    • @paganpoet3
      @paganpoet3 Před 4 lety

      1957
      I always wished to address this Assembly in Greek, but realized that it would have been indeed "Greek" to all present in this room. I found out, however, that I could make my address in Greek which would still be English to everybody. With your permission, Mr. Chairman, I shall do it now, using with the exception of articles and prepositions, only Greek words.
      Kyrie, I eulogize the archons of the Panethnic Numismatic Thesaurus and the Ecumenical Trapeza for the orthodoxy of their axioms, methods and policies, although there is an episode of cacophony of the Trapeza with Hellas. With enthusiasm we dialogue and synagonize at the synods of our didymous organizations in which polymorphous economic ideas and dogmas are analyzed and synthesized. Our critical problems such as the numismatic plethora generate some agony and melancholy. This phenomenon is characteristic of our epoch. But, to my thesis, we have the dynamism to program therapeutic practices as a prophylaxis from chaos and catastrophe. In parallel, a Panethnic unhypocritical economic synergy and harmonization in a democratic climate is basic. I apologize for my eccentric monologue. I emphasize my euharistia to you, Kyrie to the eugenic and generous American Ethnos and to the organizers and protagonists of his Amphictyony and the gastronomic symposia.

    • @paganpoet3
      @paganpoet3 Před 4 lety +2

      1959
      Kyrie, it is Zeus' anathema on our epoch for the dynamism of our economies and the heresy of our economic methods and policies that we should agonize the Scylla of numismatic plethora and the Charybdis of economic anaemia. It is not my idiosyncrasy to be ironic or sarcastic, but my diagnosis would be that politicians are rather cryptoplethorists. Although they emphatically stigmatize numismatic plethora, they energize it through their tactics and practices. Our policies have to be based more on economic and less on political criteria. Our gnomon has to be a metron between political, strategic and philanthropic scopes. Political magic has always been anti-economic. In an epoch characterized by monopolies, oligopolies, monopsonies, monopolistic antagonism and polymorphous inelasticities, our policies have to be more orthological. But this should not be metamorphosed into plethorophobia, which is endemic among academic economists. Numismatic symmetry should not hyper-antagonize economic acme. A greater harmonization between the practices of the economic and numismatic archons is basic. Parallel to this, we have to synchronize and harmonize more and more our economic and numismatic policies panethnically. These scopes are more practicable now, when the prognostics of the political and economic barometer are halcyonic. The history of our didymus organizations in this sphere has been didactic and their gnostic practices will always be a tonic to the polyonymous and idiomorphous ethnical economies. The genesis of the programmed organization will dynamize these policies. Therefore, I sympathize, although not without criticism on one or two themes, with the apostles and the hierarchy of our organs in their zeal to program orthodox economic and numismatic policies, although I have some logomachy with them. I apologize for having tyrannized you with my Hellenic phraseology. In my epilogue, I emphasize my eulogy to the philoxenous autochthons of this cosmopolitan metropolis and my encomium to you, Kyrie, and the stenographers.

    • @zacharakisthan1591
      @zacharakisthan1591 Před 4 lety +6

      There is no Slavic tradition in the dressing bro this is 100% Greek

    • @panos-bu2wh
      @panos-bu2wh Před 4 lety +2

      Ναι γεια σας

  • @stelladaskalopoulou7139
    @stelladaskalopoulou7139 Před 4 lety +3

    I'm really proud of my country !!

  • @nikoszevgolis9041
    @nikoszevgolis9041 Před 3 lety +2

    8:58 as a Greek I have to say that we actually celebrate both

  • @magdalinibanasi6484
    @magdalinibanasi6484 Před 4 lety

    Really like your videos! Good job!

  • @jimsaltaferos2880
    @jimsaltaferos2880 Před 4 lety +4

    and also btw latin came from ancient greek language so basicly most of the europian languages based upon latin soo yeah

    • @BrianVelez
      @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +1

      Ouuuuu! 😆

    • @andrem1403
      @andrem1403 Před 4 lety +1

      ​@@BrianVelez Yes, the Greek alphabet of Kimi was transferred to Southern Italy, by immigrants from Kimi of Evia.
      From this alphabet came the Latin alphabet

  • @dreamtheday
    @dreamtheday Před 4 lety +4

    Greeks aren't Slavic at all, or Latin. It's just that throughout history our cultures have overlapped because of geographical closeness

  • @marialiakou6589
    @marialiakou6589 Před 4 lety

    Time for vacation in Greece!!! Summer is here!!

  • @stefaniaqute9914
    @stefaniaqute9914 Před 4 lety +1

    We get gifts at:Christmas,name day,birthday,Easter,and one for the happy new year😃

  • @panosmtbbp8786
    @panosmtbbp8786 Před 4 lety +10

    The fanancial are better but after Corona virus they are going to be for sure worse and yes some of us collect the old currency of Greece v

    • @BrianVelez
      @BrianVelez  Před 4 lety +3

      Good! I’d be collecting it too! 😆

  • @alexbouuofficial8163
    @alexbouuofficial8163 Před 4 lety +4

    Bro we are not slightly Slavic, Slavs are slightly Greeks :)

  • @elliem1925
    @elliem1925 Před 4 lety +2

    During the Ottoman times and the rise of the Ottoman empire ( today's Turkey) Greece was occupied. The occupation lasted for 400 years until 1821 when the Greeks began their revolution for independence. Hence the bad blood between the two countries.

  • @panagiotaspanogianni4931
    @panagiotaspanogianni4931 Před 4 lety +1

    Actually we do celebrate birthdays and they are very important to us.Im so glad that more and more people learn about Greece and how special it is.🇬🇷

  • @0Annou0
    @0Annou0 Před 4 lety +14

    aww great reaction :D we are the only non slavic country in balkan

    • @giorgossoudianos9866
      @giorgossoudianos9866 Před 4 lety +4

      Lachimolala βασικά ούτε οι Αλβανοί ούτε οι Ρουμάνοι είναι Σλάβοι.

    • @newreast3904
      @newreast3904 Před 4 lety

      oloi eimaste KAI ligo h poly slavoi(ellhnes-alvanoi-roumanoi) apla den mas to lene, giauto den to leme k meis.
      an anoi3ete kana vivliaraki ektos apo facebook k tetoia mporei na to ma8ete.
      einai ola grammena.

    • @0Annou0
      @0Annou0 Před 4 lety +1

      @@newreast3904 Η Ελλάδα σαν χώρα, δεν εχει σλάβικες ρίζες. Το DNA μας είναι λογικό να έχει αναμιχθεί.

  • @jakubpekacki6663
    @jakubpekacki6663 Před 4 lety +9

    Waiting for some Polish reactions hehe

  • @rrocketman
    @rrocketman Před 3 lety

    Good work, thanks