June 29

Events

• 1850: The Patriarch of Constantinople recognises the independent Church of Greece.
• 1875: Charilaos Trikoupis publishes his famous article "Who is to blame?" ("Τις πταίει;") in Athens daily "Times" ("Καιροί") concerning the decadence of the government. The public outcry that follows brings down the Dimitrios Voulgaris government.
• 1917: Greece enters World War I.
• 2002: A bomb that detonates in the hands of Savvas Xeros starts a chain reaction of arrests of Novermber 17th members.

Namesday

• Saint Peter and Saint Paul