Genocide

Serra Dance Highlights Genocide Memorial Service
Upper Darby, PA – The words, “We Will Never Forget” are inscribed just below the Eagle’s head on the Pontian Genocide Monument. It stood tall over the crowd that attended the Genocide Memorial service at…
May 22, 2017
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in the Community
Pontian Genocide Remembered At Monument In Upper Darby
Upper Darby, PΑ – Songs and poems about the loss of homeland and the 353, 000 thousand Pontian Greeks were read at the Pontian Genocide monument. The Pontian chapter Akritai, their descendants and the Greek…
May 23, 2016
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in the Community
St. Demetrios Greek School Commemorates Pontian Genocide
Upper Darby, PA – One by one, the Greek school students filed into the memorial square, holding white carnations they would later lay at the Pontian monument base. Led by Greek school teacher Vasiliki Tsanaktsidou,…
May 15, 2016
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in the Community
Philadelphia Community Assembles For Pontian Genocide Memorial Service
Upper Darby, PA – The Pontian Akritai of Philadelphia commemorated the Pontian Genocide on Sunday at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox church. The event recognizes the loss of homeland and 353, 000 people that were victims…
May 19, 2015
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Commemorating 100 years since the Armenian Genocide
On Saturday, April 18, 2015, the 8th Annual Philadelphia Armenian Genocide Walk will take place, providing an opportunity for the entire Philadelphia community to gather to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
April 15, 2015
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in the Community
Chicago’s Pontian Greeks Sponsor Lecture On Genocide
On Saturday afternoon, May 31, 2014, the Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center (AMPHRC), the Pontian Greek Society of Chicago and the Hellenic Link Midwest, sponsored a lecture titled “Genocide or Massacre: the Politics…
June 15, 2014
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Cultural Life
Comparing Genocide: Jews And The Ottoman Greeks
By Dr. George Papadopoulos & Aris Tsilfidis We are all familiar with the mass extermination of Jews during the Second World War. But are we familiar with the extermination of 1.5 million Greeks during the…
June 12, 2014
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From Greece and Cyprus
Vasiliki Tsanaktsidou And Akritai Of Philadelphia Commemorate Pontian Genocide
Upper Darby, PA – The Pontian Akritai Society of Philadelphia commemorated genocide day, May 19th, this past Sunday with a memorial service at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox church. Members of the organization including the youth…
May 27, 2014
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in the Community
Armenian Genocide Walk in Philadelphia
The Armenian community of Greater Philadelphia came together this past Saturday to march in recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The Armenian Genocide, which lasted from 1915-1918, was the first genocide of the 20th century and…
May 1, 2014
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in the Community
100th Anniversary of the Genocide of Thracian Hellenism
A hundred years ago, our ancestors were forced to endure the 20th century’s first Holocaust, alongside Ottoman Armenians and Assyrians. Masterminded by Otto Liman von Sanders and the Ittihadist Ottoman Government, the Ottoman Greek Genocide…
April 7, 2014
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From Greece and Cyprus
Preserving the memory of the Anatolian Greek Genocide
The Great Catastrophe: Forgotten Genocide The achievements of the Greeks of Asia Minor and Pontos — in philosophy, history, literature, and science — continue to enrich our lives today. This legacy remains with us, but…
March 28, 2014
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From Greece and Cyprus
Never Forget, Pontians Commemorate Genocide
May 19th, 2013.-Upper Darby. Tear’s filled the eyes of young and old alike yesterday at the Pontian memorial service. The Pontian “Akritai” (Black Sea Greeks) organization of Philadelphia commemorated the Genocide of 353,000 people and…
May 20, 2013
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in the Community