... that the flag of Greece is deeply symbolic.  It consists of four white and five blue alternating horizontal stripes, with a white cross on the upper inner corner. Blue and white are the national colours of Greece, blue symbolizing the sky and seas, white denoting the purity of the struggle for Greek independence in 1821.  The nine stripes represent the nine symbols of the powerful cry of the Greek people during that struggle - eleuqeria h qanatoV (freedom or death).  The cross on the flag is that of the Christian religion.

...that there is a Greek Orthodox church in Middlesbrough?

Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation of the Mother of God
within the Anglican Church of St Columba
Wilson Street , Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS1 1SH

Contact:  Vassos Georgiou.  Services are held on the first Sunday of each month at 4.30pm. Tel: 01642 458168