Today we remember the most tragic page in modern Greek history, the Genocide of Pontian Hellenism, which counts more than 353,000 victims. A valuable part of Hellenism was lost, violently uprooted from its ancient homeland and led to exile, but not to oblivion. In the new era, the Pontians of America, Canada, Australia, Europe, […]
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk sold 400 tons of bones of the Greeks he destroyed to the French for soap
December 13, 1924. On this day, the British dry cargo ship Zan arrived from the port of Mudanya (Marmaris) to the port of Thessaloniki, in the hold of which there were 400 tons of bones of Greeks destroyed by the regime of Kemal Ataturk. The consignee was a French soap manufacturer in the city of […]
May 19: Pontic Evzones on Syntagma
Soldiers of the guard of honor, keeping watch on Syntagma Square in front of the Greek government building, today were dressed in traditional costumes of the Greeks of Pontus. Today, May 19, is the 103rd anniversary of the memory of the victims of the Greek genocide of Pontus, which was officially recognized in 1994 by […]
May 19: Pontic Evzones on Syntagma
Soldiers of the guard of honor, keeping watch on Syntagma Square in front of the Greek government building, today were dressed in traditional costumes of the Greeks of Pontus. Today, May 19, is the 103rd anniversary of the memory of the victims of the Greek genocide of Pontus, which was officially recognized in 1994 by […]
Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Pontic Greek Genocide: Events in Athens and Thessaloniki
The Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Pontic Greek Genocide is celebrated on 19 May and is a significant date for Greeks of Pontic origin throughout the world. The Pan-Pontic Federation of Greece organizes events in connection with the genocide, emphasizing that “this day is the culmination of our desire for international recognition […]
Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Pontic Greek Genocide: Events in Athens and Thessaloniki
The Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Pontic Greek Genocide is celebrated on 19 May and is a significant date for Greeks of Pontic origin throughout the world. The Pan-Pontic Federation of Greece organizes events in connection with the genocide, emphasizing that “this day is the culmination of our desire for international recognition […]
Turkey accuses Greece of "genocide of the Greeks of Pontus"
Turkey holds anti-Greek conferences, declaring “Greek atrocities in Anatolia” and accusing the Greeks of … “the genocide of the Greeks of Pontus”. Numerous Turkish teachers gathered at the Atatürk Cultural Center in Samsun at the initiative of the Federation of Black Sea Clubs and in cooperation with the Turkish Ministry of Youth and Sports to […]
Saranthopoulou: we do not forget our sacred duty to our history
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 made an address dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Tragedy of the Greeks of Asia Minor Pontus
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 […]