In her message to the Greeks abroad, on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the Pontic Greek Genocide, Secretary of the Council of Greeks Abroad (SAE) Dr. Olga Sarantopoulou draws attention to the promise “not to forget our sacred duty to history”. The full text of the message from Ms. Sarantopoulou (translated into Russian […]
Ivan Savvidi: “May 19 is a day of memory and sorrow, the day when our thoughts and voices merge into a common prayer, sounding in memory of the victims suffered by Christian peoples as a result of the inhuman policy of the Ottoman Empire” Dear brothers and sisters, compatriots! May 19 is a day of […]
This year marks 102 years since the genocide of Pontic Hellenism. May 19 is a day that has been officially recognized by the Greek state since 1994 and is named the Day of Remembrance of the Pontus Greek Genocide. More than 300,000 deaths are officially reported, while the Central Council of the Pontians (Κεντρικό Συμβούλιο […]
May 19 – Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of the Pontic Greeks. More than 300,000 deaths are officially reported, while the Central Council of the Pontians (Κεντρικό Συμβούλιο Ποντίων) in the Black Book (Μαύρη Βίβλο) mentions 353,000 victims of genocide. The genocide of the Pontic Greeks is the massacre and deportation of the Greek […]