The events commemorating the 82^nd anniversary of the Battle of Crete culminated last Sunday, 28^th May, with a ceremony at Maleme airfield, one of the main sites of the airborne invasion of May 1941. The event started at 6.30 pm with a memorial service led by Metropolitan Damaskinos of Kydonias and Apokoronas, who was accompanied by representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and other clergy. Those in attendance included diplomatic representatives of the Allied nations involved in the Battle – the UK, Australia and New Zealand – military and local political authorities, and large numbers of the general public.