The Yorkshireman Who Became A Greek Presidential Guard | Forces TV
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Military precision matters for Armed Forces around the world, but a Yorkshireman considering joining the British Army is slightly more prepared than other new recruits. Twenty-six-year-old Evangelos Marathos Rainey is half American and half Greek, but grew up in Yorkshire and has spent the past nine months as a Presidential Guard in Athens. We went to meet him...
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I am half Greek half Irish (Northern Ireland) and I myself had to join the Greek army when I finished university. Being 6'9'' tall I decided to become an Evzonas and it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Couldn't agree more with that guy. 340 E' ΕΣΣΟ!! ;)
Thank you for serving our country :) We are very proud of you
Good luck 👍
@Vand 92 You don't get it mate...
@Vand 92 How proud you feel by serving your country especially when your neighbours are after you.
@Vand 92 why are you specific about race?
So cool listening to this guy speak both with a British and Greek accent.
Bad
@@savvasperisanidis why
Bad as in aussie slang for yes absolutely lol regards
soon all of you will speak Turkish accent hahahahahaha
Yes indeed . Truly amazing to be so perfectly bilingual .
I love how the Yorkshire accent goes out the window every time he says Greek words XD
Yes he has a very good Greek/Hellenic -accent...!!!
TyrionDies fuckling limey as a greek lmao
He doesn't have a Yorkshire accent to begin with.
An_Engineer_Imagines What Yorkshire accent?
Wheres the Yorkshire accent?
Just imagine if he does join the british army and is assigned to a guard unit.
Then he goes in autopilot walking in front of Buckingham Palace....
And you could hear the RSM all over London a few seconds later.
With the incorrect drill style...
I’d like to see that
Mate your not assigned to the guards as you put it. You join the British army of a regiment you choose if you pass the standard for that regiment etc. Guards div then when u pass out it's called the house hold division. In that division is IRISH GUARDS, WELSH GUARDS, SCOTS GUARDS, COLDSTREAM GUARDS and GRENADERER GUARDS. ,The mentioned regiments are foot guards, then you have mounted guards they are THE BLUES AND ROYALS and THE LIFE GUARDS. there you go now you know
@@para7843 Thanks, thought you signed up to the Army but then the decision was done at a later moment for which Regiment you join.
This would mean you ask for a specific service in the Army but if you are turned down for not meeting the standards what do you do, apply for an other unit or is it offered by the recruiting officer?
i think "the hit their foot down with force when they parade to let those who gave their lifes know that we are free" tells alot about a Country...Respect
This is my Evzone partner ( I'm the other guy on the right)! ΝΑΙ ΜΩΡΕ ΖΕΥΓΑΡΑΚΙ! 🔥
DJKonstantinos Arx I'm honored to say hi to you as you are very brace to be an evzone
μπράβο μάγκες μας κάνετε περήφανους, καλοί πολίτες πια
yea sure and i'm Donald Trump
Γεια σου λεβέντη μου!
O Stavros Nika!
Congratulations to all half Greeks and Greeks living abroad etc who left their convenience and easy going lifes and came to serve for many months in the Greek army , especially in units like that .
Churchill hit the nail on the head when he said, "Up until now people have said that Greeks fight like heroes. In future they will say that heroes fight like Greeks".
,, ,, "O R," !!, "2," - MORROW, !!, , , " W E, " !!, WILL, "FIGHT," !!, , , LIKE, !!, , , "GREEK'S," !!,
Young men are not like that nowadays in Greece 🤣
@@harrodsfan Thats what ppl used to say on those first days of ww1 , ww2 etc well the rest is history
Nonsense. They are scared little babies that runs to other for help.
@@onzi10000that's what civilized countries do. They have allies and they help their allies and their are helped by their allies but remember what you wrote when you run of to the IMF asking for loans to save your economy budala...
Okay I got more respect for the Greek Guard ceremony now.
me too. before it just was a part of the ministry of silly walks.
@@neinnein9306 the same the royal guards do am i right
Kisses from Greece!
I'm half Greek and shamefully I have to concur...
i am a retired welsh guardsman and found this film really entertaining
Fi jyst yn casáu hyn!
I'm from Greece and learn Gymraeg. And I hate the whole "Militarism" thing in Greece!
Iesu Mawr!
@@Phaseband pa mor fawr?
@TheNorth Remembers Militarism did what? You are the definition of a jerk if you believe so! 😂😂😂
Wales should declare for independence from England
With Militaries around the world, it’s always interesting to learn about the traditions and history behind the many styles of Drill and Ceremony.
They hit their foot on the ground so our absent ancestors can hear that we are alive and we continue their cause.
Nik D Oh isn’t this the omada E logo?
@@dimitriosglous4156 nop
Nik D Yes it is. Look it up.
@@dimitriosglous4156 No it's NOT !! it's the delphic E from the Delphi Oracle. Omada E borowed it from the Delphi oracle. U look it up. it's Apollos emblem
Nik D oh thanks
Evzon Rainey completed his duty in the Presidential Guard on December 10 2018 the same day i started my training there! He came and talked to us and said "it's painful but it's worth it". Καλός πολίτης κύριε Εύζων!!
Half Greeks have a dual nationality and love both sides. The same applies to full Greeks who live outside Greece and love the country that accommodates them. That's why as a full Greek I will always love Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) where I grew up having two cultures, two languages both dearly loved.
@POPPY Calliope We as Greeks respect the country we live. We try to learn things and the culture of the others anf Inspirate them with our culture. We only fight to defend our land for peace and ofc we never think about to attack any country with any method
@@merttar4935 you are the first person to tell the truth. Indeed Asia Minor is an occupied land consisted of different people. A DNA test will sort out a lot of issues. Good for you respect.
@@merttar4935 That was a very thoughtful comment of yours, brother, I am a Serb who lives in the Netherlands and I have only seen Orthodox Turks say such a thing, I have had countless discussions with Turkish friends, coworkers, acquaintances, neighbors etc about how the Serbs fared in the Ottoman empire.
Most of the time it would just barely end well because they would try to force this idea on me that my ancestors lived well under the Ottomans and because they think the Ottoman empire was an utopia, this would not go well with me because I felt severely disrespected by this as my direct ancestors were involved in every rebellion against the Ottomans since the 1700s and many of them lost their lives to liberate the Balkans of the Ottomans so this would cause me to become very angry because their unrealistic portrayal of history denied my familial history and identity and made it look like my ancestors rebelled not because they were oppressed but because they were savages so when I express reality and how I would know as my family was deeply rooted in the Serb revolutionary movements this in turn would anger them because it did not fit their utopian narrative of the Ottomans.
I have discussed this topic with a lot of Turkish people who live here and most of them were simply unable to fathom the implication of their assumptions and how this enrages Serbs, Bulgarians, Romanians, Greeks, Georgians and also Armenians because it tries to shove an unreal rendering of history down their throat and also forces them to deny their own history so that Hakan or Gokhan or Serhat can fantasize about some utopian Empire which never hurt a fly so imagine my surprise that you are able to understand this despite living in Turkey, good on you brother, we need more people like you who not only know how to use their brain but also know how to self reflect.
@@P1926Ak I guess that applies to all decent people? I am a Serb who lives abroad and I have no quarrels with the country or the natives of the country I live in, I am grateful that I may live here and that I have had the opportunity to live here for over 20 years and that I am allowed to express my Serbian identity without anyone having a problem with that and I think this applies to all people who have any decency no matter where they're from.
Rhodesians never die.
I am visiting this beautiful country right now, I love Greece 🇬🇷 !!!
This is the Balkans baby. Interesting that the fustanella is Balkan highland dress, probably worn for the same reason highland Scots wore Kilts
Now that's a Greek mustache. Bravo !!
Λεβεντιά, αρχοντιά, χαρακτήρα, φιλότιμο, ευγένεια, αλήθεια, απλότητα, πίστη, πειθαρχία, και πάνω από όλα θέληση και δύναμη ψυχής. Συγχαρητήρια Εύζωνα!!!
Καμια αλλη λεξη απο το λεξικο βρηκες;
Kurwa!
@@marcopolo2395 σου εχω εγω. Ειναι σπουδαιος, γαματος, στυλατος, αναλαφρος, γιαλυστερος, πικαντικος, αριστοκρατικος, σαλατα, μαρουλι, επιπροσθετως, πικατσου, σουβλακι, κεμπαπ, επονειδιστος και μη βιωσιμος
@@marcopolo2395 έλεος
2111346897 , p 3zg m viz t54þ⁶ist
In 1940, Greece and Great Britain were the only 2 countries in europe fighting Hitler. GUTS!! ENOUGH SAID!! 🇬🇷🇬🇧
But didnt U.S.A. actually kill hitler
@@darkwraithknyack126 No, it was the Soviets. The moment the unprepared Soviets managed to halt the German advance in Stalingrad, it was a matter of time till the huge manpower of the Union both industrualliy and militarily could mount an unstoppable counterattack all the way to Berlin. Which it eventually happened by the script.
@@RegretForNothing ok, soviets are cool and all but we are both dumb because hitler killed himself LOL i guess that makes us ignorant.
@@darkwraithknyack126 You`re funny mate :)
@@kabamarutv9976 haha thanks. Yeah i looked it up and found we were both wrong.
Imagine how tough it is to stand still in this heavy uniform during the Athenian summer heat waves. Brutal. Good job 👍 I seriously don't know how they do it.
During the summer, they have lighter, less heavy outfit to counteract the heat. But yeah, im surprised how nobody fainted due to heat yet.
@@Alkiviadis_ one time i nearly vomited because if heat i also got dizzy as heck!
I went to the Greek Marines, and man, I’d never want to trade places with these guys.
I saw these guys in Greece and watched them do this and never understood it til now, what a great video so interesting to learn
Respect my friend....... God bless Greece and its people.... (Mike. North East England) 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷❤
I'm glad that I found this video, my two sons have done their National Service for Greece. I'm English, also with Yorkshire Blood in me from my Mothers side , Her Father was born in Sheffield Her Mother was born in York as was my Mother, they lived in Acomb , near St Stephans Church .
im also half greek, going to complete my military service after university and live in acomb, york. wow
RESPECT to a great Yorkshireman !
Very interesting interview. For Greeks, it is a huge honor to serve in the Presidential Guard. It is the symbolic aspect of it that is important and I like the fact that this guy is getting it, even though he is essentially British. Moreover, I was surprised of his perfect accent when he mentions names of Greek heroes of the past like Kolokotronis and Karaiskakis.
This kind of youth, this kind of spirit, makes us (and the people that fought for us) PROUD. A big thanks !
Love the tradition and pride behind these warriors.
Greek history is full if them. Around 3000 years of them!
@Αγόρι Πεταλίδα romans are nowhere near that. Mesopotamia was the first.
@Μπομπ Σφουγκαμπουγκαράκης My guy we are way older than romans
@@dimitrispaliogiannis7953 Yes. Romans took Greece as a role model in some aspects. Greece is older.
btw: I am German. We just have about 2000 yrs of history after it started with Arminius kicking out the Romans. But we can't be proud of anything. In Germany it does'nt take long to find someone calling you a Nazi, even if you're just interested in Crusading or Prussia. So I envy everyone who can be patriotic for their country, without being persuaded to feel bad about it. Enjoy it! :)
@@neinnein9306 Ok I start with this sorry , I dont think modern Germany has anything ti do with the nazi one also yes I know that Germany has also history and a rich one actually. Dont be envy (if you werent sarcastic) of anyone ! Every country has its goods and bads In Greece for example we are 100 years back technologicly from Europe cause of Ottoman ocupation.
MY nephew became an EVZONA...boy,,,,all the family was on a hih..and if that wasnt enough...The whole lot of them went to New York for the 25th of March parade....This was real big....They were ALL treated like royalty and you should have seen my sister...beaming with pride for her very tall handsome son... GREEK DNA...nothing like it in the world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As i Greek i definitely understood the pride she must have felt
I served as an Evzonas in 1988, very tough those days..best memory too.
As a Signal Cadet on my way to become a reserve officer, we had the honor of raising the flag on Acropolis all days apart from Sunday that was done by the Presidential Guard (Evzones). Darn straight this guy is right, there is possibly no greater honor or another experience in my life that can compare with that, serving in such posts, honoring the dead and trying to bring hope and pride for the rest of the country!
Διαβάζοντας ορισμένα σχόλια, μπορεί κανείς να διαπιστώσει την άγνοια πρώτα αλλά, κυρίως την ασέβεια που υπάρχει μέσα στην κοινωνία, σε όλα τους πολίτες των κρατών...
Κάθε Λάος έχει την ιστορία του, της παραδώσεις του, τα ήθη και έθιμα του...
Οι Ευζωνες αποτελούν κομμάτι της χώρας μας, όπως οι Black Hock για την Σκωτία ή οι Grenadiers Foot Gards για την Αγγλία και ουτο κάθε εξής...
Κάθε οπλίτης που καλείται να υπηρετήσει την πατρίδα του, σε μια ιδιαίτερη μονάδα που γίνεται με αυστηρά κριτήρια, είναι άξιος και του αξίζουν θέμα συγχαρητήρια...
Δεν υπάρχουν καλύτεροι ή ομορφότεροι ή εντυπωσιακοί ή δεν ξέρω τι άλλο μπορεί κάποιος να πει για την πατρίδα του...
Υπάρχουν νέοι πολίτες που τιμούν με το καλύτερο δυνατό τρόπο, τους πρωγονους τους, που θυσιάσαν το πολυτιμότερο αγαθό που είχαν, για την πατρίδα τους...
Την ζωή τους...!!!
"Your crush is near, act normal"
Me:
I'm also half Greek/Brit. I've also served in the Greek military although in a different unit. Respect to you brother for coming all the way from mother England to serve in the Greek military as I'm sure many guys who have dual nationality would.
I wish the UK and Greece shared closer ties and an even closer alliance as they did in the past since they both share similar values.
"I wish the UK and Greece shared closer ties and an even closer alliance as they did in the past since they both share similar values. "
My friend, UK ruined Greece. Look at WW2, after the defeat of Italy by the Greeks, the Germans offered peace and Greece to keep northern Epiros, however, no British or commonwealth forces were allowed to be stationed in Greece. Greece first wanted to encounter the Germans if Britain send nine fully equipped divisions to help Greece in order to defeat the Germans. However Britain couldn't even send 1 division, Greece obviously rejected this and wanted to remain neutral, not to provoke a German attack. Nonethless Britain send less then 1 division so they wouldn't lose any Mediterranean bases, 4 days later, Hitler angry and intervened. On the end, hunderds of thousends civilians dead, Britain robbed our whole treachery in their so called "liberation" of Greece in 1944 (spoiler: not to liberate Greece, but not to lose another Mediterranean base to the communists). And then lets not start about the Turkish invasion of 1974, where the British did not intervene and actually gave Greek/Cypriot military positions to the Turks for them to know where to bomb with their artillery and planes. Why? Because Cyprus wanted to join Greece and Holy Britain didn't want to lose their colony. If you are real Greek, go read Greek history, and no British propaganda history.
I am a half greek as well with family from Cyprus, I would love to serve honestly.
@@j.sansur730 ya m8 tea for days
@@j.sansur730 nah that gun is for cowards and weaklings
@@j.sansur730 looks like I found a salty turkish nationalist
Μπράβο ρε μάγκα, ωραίος. Κρίμα που η Ελλάδα δεν μπόρεσε να σε κρατήσει.
πως να τον κρατήσει...είναι επενδυτής ο Κύριος?
@@kotsoskotsou8864 Γιατι κραταμε τους επενδυτες; Ουτε καν αυτους.
@@costasvas341 Εννοεί τους επενδυτές από το Πακιστάν και το Μπαγκλαντές.
Ελλάδα = η καλύτερη χώρα στο πλανήτη για τουρισμό. Τίποτα άλλο.
@@sarumadaki Άρα δεν μετράμε τους Έλληνες στον χώρο του πολιτισμού,της τέχνης,της τεχνολογίας,την νεοκλασική αρχιτεκτονική της Αθήνας(πού και πού),τους επιστήμονες σε κέντρα ερευνών,εταιρείες πανεπιστήμια και ιδιωτικές κλινικές;Ή είσαι τόσο αφελής που το μόνο που ακούς για Ελλάδα είναι η διαφήμιση της Aegean.Επιπλέον πολύ Έλληνες που καταξιώνονται στο εξωτερικό από κάπου πήραν την κατάρτιση τους είτε την περισσότερη είτε ένα μέρος της;Να υποθέσω ξέρεις πολύ καλά από πού.
Great interview Evan. I know how proud your family must be.
So proud my brother love from Australia
Φιλε ήρθες εδω να υπηρετήσεις κι άλλοι βγαινουν Ι4.συγχαρητηρια είσαι διαφήμιση για όλους μας και κυρίως για οτι παλιότερα εννοούσαμε για το ελληνικό φιλότιμο .
Και Ι5 μη σου πω. Σε κάποιους μπορεί να μην αρέσει να είναι σκλάβοι του συστήματος για Χ μήνες.
@@longlostwraith5106 Σιγά ρε Σπάρτακε..
@@ApaleutosMits Μίλησε ο Ιωτας.
chryloulou δόξα και τιμή στους γιωταδες
Εγω δεν ήθελα να υπηρετήσω
και δεν κατάφερα να παρω ι5
τι ψυχιατρεία τι ανώτατες πέρασα τιποτα
Ο θείος μου ήταν πίσω από ολα
με εντολή σκίστε τον
Μπήκα το 97 απολύθηκα το 2004
και έκανα από 20μηνο
10μηνο όσο την κοπανουσα μειωνόταν η θητεία lol
Έχω την αίσθηση ότι ήμουν ποιο μάχιμος από τους περισσότερους
Xaris Xeros
Ποιο μάχιμος από εσένα σίγουρα 6906634388
κάθε στιγμη
This was really interesting, cool moustache.. and traditions.
I learned a few things today. Beautiful presentation and information. Never too old to learn (I'm 69).
From an old Marine (USMC). I feel his pride, people that criticized this video and never served....
Will never know.
An excellent interview with a young man who understood exactly why he had done what he did and his pride shone through plus he explained why the Greek Soldiers march that way.
Don't let him waste his time joining the British Army get him to join the Royal Marines or the Royal Air Force Regiment
Bawdsey64 Join the RAF Reg... are you sniffing glue ?
RAF Reg are a horrendous bunch of perimeter pirates. Why would you recommend anyone apart from someone too fat or too thick for the infantry to join them?
lmao the RAF Regiment have higher fitness standards and have a much lower percentage of overweight soliders than the army. Not to mention they often top marksmanship contests, even beating Green Berets.
@@GJ-qt2kk "than the army". Pretty broad statement. Higher than regular infantry, the parachute regiment or some chefs and clerks? And what is that "standard"? 5 miles of death?
Honest mistake there, probably should have seen that coming. Higher than regular infantry and if you're in 2Sqn then you'll be at the paratrooper standard with having to go through P-Coy, 2Sqn also acts as a feeder to SFSG much like the Royal Marines and Paras.
The 5 Miler death thing only gets more tired and dumb the more it's said, the video was not of their final assessment and was only a part of a warmup, not to mention the instructor was a Royal Marine.
I've seen these guys in person. Magnificent.
Great respect for these soldiers.
Black people and muslims with greek citizenship serve in the army just like the rest of us.They are just not allowed to serve in this particular unit. Although some muslims (particularly of turkish origin) are not allowed to have weapons and they serve far from the borders with Turkey.
Thanks for the precision.
@kuvikina Sure ,as soon as the turks liberate the kurds..
@Hammody Ahmed Kurds are not arabs...Plus there is not a common arab state. There are 20, which are constantly fighting one another..Unless you think Iranians and Saudis can coexist in the same country..
@Hammody Ahmed I am well aware of your point. I am saying it is not possible. Iraq, Lebanon and Bahrain have a Shia majority while countries like Yemen, Kuwait and Syria have large Shia minorities. What makes you think that these people want to join countries like Egypt with 99,5% Sunni majority?Also countries like Saudi Arabia,Kuwait and Bahrain are extremely rich. Why would they want to join poor countries like Yemen and Libya and share their wealth? As for the Kurds,there are 17 million of them in Turkey and 10 million in Iran. Countries that you probably don't want to join the new arab state. Will the Kurds of Iraq and Syria prefer to join a country that will oppress them as much as Turkey does nowadays or create their own state, where they are the majority and make the calls? Just food for thought.
Hammody Ahmed With all due respect, but as Billaros says, I find it impossible to believe that all these countries/states/tribes will manage to be united, simply because they cannot co-exist and MAINLY because they (americans, jews & turks) WILL NOT allow this. Can you imagine how big threat to them this would be? That's why for sooooo many years, these three, are creating wars to this area.
Respect to our Evzones The Pride of Hellas.
Και εσυ τι ακριβως εισαι; θεωρεις τον εαυτο σου κατι σπουδαιο και πρεπει να σε σεβονται και εσενα, η μηπως εισαι ενας ρατσιστης, ομοφοβικος και πολλα αλλα "πατριωτης"?
Skase blaka gayfilo sixama Syrizo troll ekso apo tin ellada aids sapila.
@@pev1ce
@@pev1ce Σε παρακαλω κλειστο γιατι εσεις ειστε αντιρατσιστες μονο οταν σας συμφερει γιατι οταν ειναι για θρησκεια βριζετε σταυρους χωρις αυριο
@@pev1ce εσενα θα σε συμβουλευα να θυμηθεις τη φραση του Κολοκοτρωνη "φωτια και τσεκουρι στους προσκυνημενους". Θα σου χρειαστει καποια στιγμη προδοτη
@@pev1ce ΓΤΧΣ
Such an interesting and informative video !! Thanks a lot for uploading it . Getting an actual Greek Presedential guard to be part of this video has really added a lot of value .
Μπράβο λεβέντη μου , να είσαι πανευτυχής !
Via Ted Guarino
As one person put it, anyone calling these Evzones Clowns, should remember the evzone battalions are probably one of the worlds best Mountain fighting battalion units. These Evzone units kicked the Italians back into Albania during WWII until Benito needed to call in his buddy the Wall paper hanger, and the Ottoman Turks back into Asia.
Μπράβο σου ρε κοπελιά μου μπράβο σου έτσι είναι τιμη μας που είμαστε Έλληνες 🇬🇷✝️🇬🇷
Proud and honnor!
Greetings from Hellas!
🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
amazing, WELL DONE. Nothing wrong with pride. Be proud.
apart from pride being one of the 7 deadly sins...
@@yesitsvish You don't win your freedom by turning the other cheek
@@yesitsvish That depends on context.
im from greece and this is indeed the highest honor for a greek
Thank you , I didnt trust the video , or any of the comments . But when I saw your comment I was like '' If garry arganis said it , it's 100% true '' . Thank you .
@@high1ight63 lol xD
OYK... LOK... En olla auta.
@@high1ight63 lmaoo 👌
No, the highest honor is giving your life for your country, or giving all your wealth for your country.
you all miss the point its discipline that's why greeks are hard
J. Sansur have a bit of respect youre like 40 and still behave like a Little kid. But I forgot thats how mongols behave.
J. Sansur my fist also goes hard when I punch the hell outta you
@@j.sansur730 give your sword to your army they might need it. You didn't have enough petrol for the planes and ships necessary for your last military exercise! Maybe your turco can be used as ammo when the next greek f16 finds itself behind one of your planes.
PROJECT DARK PHOENIX !!!!🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷☦️☦️☦️
CONGRATULATION MY GREEK BROTHER I'M VERY PROUD FOR YOU. MEGA PARADIGMA FOR SOME ΞΕΝΕΡΟΤΟΥΣ YOUNG GREEKS.
Excellent vid👍Yorkshire be proud of this man.
Well done youve made greece proud 👍✌👏👏👏
J. Sansur blahhhh
It already is search the national anthem translated to see by yourself
And Yorkshire 😀
So proud of this guy for representing the famous evzones, a Greek military tradition that so many people all over the world are familiar with!
He has a Kolokotronis mustache!!!!!!! Bravo levendi
200 years independence today! Thank you for your service. Yia tin patrida!!
what the evzones are wearing is if you look at it closely, is almost medieval. Evzones are wearing hose which was common for men in Rennaisance and Medieval times, and the fustanella is just an extension of the tunic. Just have a look at the way men dressed in Tudor England or rennaisance Italy, Its almost the same. That indicates that the clothing of the Evzones has roots in Medieval Europe (Byzantium).
As much as many like to ridicule the fustanella as feminine, warriors have tended to wear tunic with possible metal armor at the knee or above the knee. Just look at the hoplite warriors of ancient Greece or Roman empire art and iconography if military persons. Trousers limits your mobility in hand to hand combat especially in mountainous rocky terrain.
My respect brother
RESPECT! Μπράβο παλληκάρι μου! Το να ανήκεις στην Προεδρική Φρουρά είναι μέγιστο προνόμιο για έναν Έλληνα!
Proud to be Greek.
@@j.sansur730 ΣΤ' ΑΡΧΙΔΙΑ ΜΑΣ!!!! ΗΛΙΘΙΕ.
@@j.sansur730 why? Maybe you are Albanian? Turkish Or Skopje???? Hahahaha Of course you wish to be Greek. Do not forget we teached Philosophy, Maths, Medicine etc, etc, etc.
@@j.sansur730 the only thing you taught from Greeks. Tell me about you, about your ancestors.
@@giannistz216 stop crying you poor greek
@@j.sansur730 We will sent you to heaven, there are 72 virgin waiting for you Baklava.
Respect ✊ from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies... Au
Χαιρετίσματα στην Μεγάλη Ελλάδα!
He has traditional moustache. They stand at their post regardless of the weather. A number of years past the guards were at their posts when a bomb went off not far behind them.
I'm grateful to have had someone so knowledgeable explain the importance & meaning behind the detailed movements.
IMPRESSIVE!
& quite handsome as well 😁
Fantastic video, very insightful.
Congrats . Long live Greece.
That stomp sound though....such power. When am passing by the parliament I can actually hear the sound of their tsarouchia even from 50m away if the place is not too crowded :)
The hard stomping down of the hobnailed boots is to waken the fallen dead
oh God I gotta learn Greek if this Englishman can sound so good lmfao
The cost of soldiers with that physical, bilogical detail and training is worth millions.
for a greek is the greatest honor to join the presidential guards . you are not just a soldier but you are the guard of the greek history through the uniform . this uniform have many symbolic things as the colours the shoes and others . even the hand in time of marching must not go so high. just untill the top of the head and the length of the step the speed and other things are part of the training . the evzones have to be well shaved well hearcuted . its tough but it worth it. btw . the uniform weight is 20 kilos plus 3 kilos the shoes . 1,5 kilo each . try to march in summer time on thees contitions unter 35 or 40 degrees for 500 meters
Respect to all guard soldiers.. its more dificult job than it looks ..
The amount of non-offensive patriotism in this guy is incredible
I LOVE GREECE
Total class act mate! I’ve been interested in the evzones since I first learned about them. Very interesting video, fantastic moustache and t’ cap it all off, thara Yorkshaman anaal! More vids about the evzones and your time there please.
1:15 I think that's wrong because a half japanese half greek man has served as an Evzonas. He does have asian characteristics but his surname is greek, meaning his father is greek so he has a greek citizenship. I don't know about his religion.
You don’t have to be Caucasian to be an Evzone. Sotiris Kontizas (from master chef) has been an Evzone and he’s half Japanese. You just need to have some Greek blood in you that’s all.
On a national holiday Kontizas posted a message on social media saying that tourists would approach him and after feeling confused about his 'classical ancient greek' beauty, they would leave and go to the other Evzona to take photos! ha ha !!!
He's a very handsome man
Well done! What an honour! 👍🏼
These is tough, Respect sir
Great story! Even though Greek, didn't know all those details! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
Those are the most swaggiest uniforms I have ever seen a soilder wear
The stamping of the foot is important, it is to let the dead know that they are still defending Greece.🇦🇺
So much pride in his whole being
The Evzones troops were the most elite warriors of the Greek Army from the Greek Revolution(1821) to WW1(1922). The name is "ευ" which in greek means well and "ζώνες" which in greek means belt. It literally means well armed .The last time they marched to battle Ottomans were kicked off the Balkans. Today they serve as the presidential guard and they guard the monument (tomb) of the unknown greek soldier that throughout our history and all wars died for our country. The monument is exactly under the Greek parliament and it has a great symbolism that our democracy lies on our dead heroes as its foundation. The idea of the monument can be found on the epitaph speech that Pericles gave during the Peloponnesian War which the Athenians lost to Spartans. In that speech Pericles described the custom of the burial of dead soldiers in ancient Athens. He says "Μια κλίνη κενή φέρεται των αφανών" which means "One coffin is empty for those that were never found" so this monument is the empty tomb of the unknown soldier.
That fabulous military march though.
Thank you for this Evangelos. It was very eye opening, and explained a lot. I always wondered what the pompoms were for, and now that I know they were for hiding knives, I think it is simply ingenious! I can imagine a godless turk wondering, "why is this man wearing that weird funny pompom" right before he gets kicked in the face......with a knife!!! May the zeal and love for God, that your ancestors had always remain with your people, and may the Orthodox Christian Greek martyrs intercede for Greece and for the whole world!
@kuvikina lol Greece wasn't involved in that war. Greece and Turkey were both Nato members back then and even today. However, the best the "brave" Turks could do against a weak Cypriot national guard was barely take 35% of small Cyprus. Really shows the incompetence of the Turks failing to take a small island against a weak and disorganized Greek Cypriot National guard that managed to heroicly hold them off from the largest part of the island against the odds.
@kuvikina if you hate Greeks so much what are you doing in this vid spamming each and every comment? Oh riiiight, you have nothing better to do, right... I'm sorry for you, child, it seems the people who raised you taught you that you're only worthy of negative attention, that's why you crave it so much. Either way, you have my God's blessing. ☺
@kuvikina -RUBBISH...the Turks came from outside - the north of Cyprus is now under a Turkish Tyrant .
@kuvikina -AGAIN RUBBISH...My mother is a Zouroudis from Symi stock ...I'm 63 years old but I would fly back to ELLAS to take up the if you so much as put one foot on my Mothers Island .
Further my paternal Yia-yia [Grandmother was of GREEK Cypriot stock =Nikolaides ...In 1974 i wanted to go to Cyprus to help my Patritha but what could i do 10,000 miles away a young boy with out money ... give Cyprus back you thieves ...!!! you were foreigners who came to a GREEK island .
This was great, thank you
Μπράβο παλληκάρια άξιοι απόγονοι των ηρώων που μας χαρισαν τη λεφτεριά την πίστη μας και την δημοκρατία!!
Absolutely fascinating to learn something about a wonderful nation's finest: thank you...
Congrats Man!
Outstanding
So proud watching this!
We are proud for you efzones
Well done Evan !!!!!
Thanks for this
Marvelous video
Good on him!
Excellent.
I am Greek and served in special forces. I learnt so much watching this video. I doubt the average Greek knows any of these symbolisms you were telling us. Thanks for the video. :-)
Nothing but respect from me who is 🇮🇹 to the Greek people. I’ve visited Greece on many occasions and it feels so strangely familiar!! I’ve watched many of these guard duties and admired the professional and proud way these soldiers perform their guarding of the brave Greek people who fell.
It must Hard . So proud