Anthem of the 21st of April

Ο Ύμνος της 21ης Απριλίου
English: Anthem of the 21st of April
	Unofficial anthem of the Regime of the Colonels
Lyrics	George Oikonomidis, 1967
Music	George Katsaros, 1967
Adopted	1967
Relinquished	1974
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The Anthem of the 21st of April (Greek: Ύμνος της 21ης Απριλίου) was the anthem of the ruling military regime during the Greek military junta of 1967–74, de facto used as an unofficial co-national anthem along with the Hymn to Liberty. The anthem glorifies the "national revolution" begun by the regime, which took power with the Coup d'état of 21 April 1967.

Lyrics

Greek original	Romanization of Greek	English translation
Μέσα στ' Απρίλη τη Γιορτή το Μέλλον χτίζει η Νιότη αγκαλιασμένη - δυνατή μ' Εργάτη, Αγρότη, Φοιτητή και πρώτο τον Στρατιώτη. Τραγούδι αγάπης αντηχεί γελούν όλα τα χείλη Και σμίγουν μέσα στην ψυχή του Εικοσι-ένα η εποχή κι η Εικοσι-μιά τ' Απρίλη Μες στις καρδιές φτάνει ζεστή του Απριλιού η λιακάδα κι έχουν στα στήθεια μας χτιστεί Θρησκεία, Οικογένεια και πάνω απ' όλα Ελλάδα!	Mésa st' Apríli ti Giortí to Méllon chtízei hi Nióti angaliasméni – dynatí m' Ergáti, Agróti, phoitití cai próto ton Stratióti. Tragoúdi agápis anticheí geloún hóla ta cheíli Cai smígoun mésa stin psychí tou Eicosi-héna hi epochí ci hi Eicosi-miá t' Apríli Mes stis cardiés phtánei zestí tou Aprilioú hi liacáda ci échoun sta stítheia mas chtisteí Thrisceía, Oicogéneia cai páno ap' hóla Helláda!	In the feast of April The Youth builds the future embraced - strong with the Worker, Farmer, Student and first of all the Soldier. A song of love sounds all lips smile And unite inside the soul the era of '21 and the 21st of April Inside the hearts arrives warm the sunshine of April and they are built on our chests Religion, Family and above all Greece!

v t e Greek junta
People	Georgios Papadopoulos Stylianos Pattakos Nikolaos Makarezos Dimitrios Ioannides Odysseas Angelis Konstantinos Kollias Georgios Zoitakis Grigorios Spandidakis Phaedon Gizikis Adamantios Androutsopoulos Ioannis Ladas Michael Roufogalis Georgios Georgalas Nikolaos Dertilis Alexandros Hatzipetros
Events	1967 coup d'état 1967 counter-coup attempt 1968 constitutional referendum Constitution of 1968 Greek case 1973 republic referendum Constitution of 1973 Athens Polytechnic uprising Cyprus Coup d'état Turkish invasion Metapolitefsi Greek Junta Trials
Ideology and symbols	Glossary of the Greek military junta Greek nationalism Enosis Anticommunism Censorship Internal exile Stratocracy Torture methods Police state Atlanticism Phoenix Anthem of the 21st of April
Establishments	Hellenic Vehicle Industry Hellenic Railways Organisation

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