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From Tatavla to Kurtulus
The neighbourhood of Tatavla, today known as Kurtuluş, was once one of the wealthiest and most populous Greek Orthodox parishes of Istanbul. At the top of the hill, at the beginning of the “straight road”…
Coffee talk in Belogiannis
Alexander Billinis seeks out the history behind the Greek settlement of Beloiannisz in Hungary Five minutes off a spanking new autobahn, funded, like those in Greece, by the European Union, I arrive in Beloiannisz, a…
Greek Naval History: 1900 the Book – The First Naval Feat
This story brings to light the crossing in 1900 of the Atlantic Ocean by a generation of men of the Hellenic Navy, an attempt which from the outset had seemed doomed to fail. Even though…
Thermopylae and the “Other” Spartans
We all know the most famous words of defiance uttered by King Leonidas I of Sparta, when Xerxes I of Persia demanded that the Spartans guarding the Pass at Thermopylae lay down their arms and…
The Greeks Of Trieste
At the top of the Adriatic Sea, literally hemmed in by the crags of the Alps, which rise, at a clutch-burning grade from its port, lies the city of Trieste, in, but somehow not of,…
This Moment in Philadelphia Greek American History: Evzones and Hooters
March 1996, Philadelphia, PA – The Federation of Hellenic American Societies of Philadelphia was sponsoring the annual Greek Independence Day Parade in Center City Philadelphia, and marching in the parade was the members of the…
Book Review: “The Great Fire”, By Lou Ureneck
Smyrna’s (Izmir’s) destruction by fire and sword during the horrible month of September 1922, in the wake of the retreating Greek Army has been the subject of many a book. While many are the heroes…
Lecture About The Burning Smyrna In Philadelphia Today
Lou Ureneck will speak about the burning of Smyrna and the American rescue of Greek refugees today at 7:30 p.m. at the Free Library in Philadelphia. In September 1922, the richest city of the Mediterranean was…
A rocking introduction to Greek philosopher Socrates
The most important philosophers of all time are presented through an original marriage of animation and interviews of professors of Philosophy, at each episode of the TV series “Animated… Philosophers” of the Greek Public Television…
Another Lesson From 1821
A reflective look at Greece’s 1821 Revolution, its flawed heroes, foreign intervention, and the difficult question of whether independence also brought political evolution.
The 189th Anniversary of the Attempted Liberation of Beirut
189 years ago, on March 18th, 1826 a small group of brave Romaic Revolutionaries, led by Vasos Mavrovouniotis attempted to spread the Hellenic Revolution to Ottoman-occupied Coele-Syria. Although unsuccessful, their heroic attempt to incite the…
Why is Lord Elgin an Abomination to the Greeks?
To the Greeks, the name Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, is an abomination, the likes perhaps, of only Lucifer himself. Lord Elgin, as he is more famously known, is notorious in my country for…
