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Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony in Panathinaiko Stadium. On April 6 (25 March by the Julian calendar) was inaugurated the Games of the I Olympiad, it was Easter Monday for both Western Christianity and for the Orthodox Church and also was the anniversary of the independence war in Greece. 9 Approximately 80,000 spectators attended the Panathinaiko Stadium, including King George I of Greece, his wife Olga and their children. Most athletes lined the lawn of the stadium, grouped by country. After the speech the president of the organizing committee, Crown Prince Constantine, his father officially opened the Games with the words: proclaim the opening of the first international Olympic Games in Athens. Long live the nation. Kymaro Body Shaper Kymaro Body Shaper Long live the Greek people. After that, nine bands and 150 choir performed an Olympic Hymn, composed by Spyridon Samaras and written by the poet Kostis Palamas.Thereafter, different music sounded in the opening ceremonies of the Games until 1960, when the composition of Samaras and Palamas became the official Olympic anthem (decision taken at the IOC session in 1958). Other elements of the current opening ceremony started later: the Olympic flame was lit for the first time in 1928, the athletes' oath was given for the first time in 1920 and the judges in 1972.