Pontus
Ancient Greece
Mithridates: The Greco-Persian King Immune to Poison
Mithridates was an ambitious Greco-Persian king who left his mark in history for his fierce war against the Romans and for developing immunity to poison
Greek news
Santa: The Ruins of the Deserted Greek Town in Pontus
The Greek town of Santa, Dumanli in Turkish, situated in Pontus, has been a ghost town suffering neglect ever since the Greeks were forced to flee their ancestral homes in the exchange of populations with Turkey in 1923.
Santa, surrounded...
Ancient Greece
‘Romeyka’ The Ancient Greek Dialect Spoken in Northern Turkey
Romeyka is a dialect of Greek spoken in the region of Trabzon (Trapezounta) and Pontus, around Turkey's Black Sea coast. Researchers say it bears striking resemblances to ancient Greek dialects.
Its speakers are Muslims but many also trace their lineage...
Ancient Greece
The History of the Ancient Greek Colonies in the Black Sea
The ancient Greeks established cities across the four corners of the Mediterranean. However, the Black Sea was of particular importance to them, with the area becoming a hub of the ancient Greek world beyond its metropolis.
The ventures into the...
Greece
Pontic Greek Still Spoken by Thousands in Northern Turkey
Pontic Greek, which closely resembles Ancient Greek still lives on today, in communities near Turkey's Black Sea coast.
Greek News
Greece Vows to Fight for Recognition of the Pontian Genocide
Greece vowed on Friday to continue the fight for the recognition of the Pontian Genocide by the international community.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that Greece will fight for international recognition until Remembrance Day becomes Vindication Day.
"This year we commemorate...
Greek News
How Ernest Hemingway Witnessed the Greek Genocide
Ernest Hemingway witnessed at first hand as a journalist the displacement of the Greeks from their ancestral homelands of Asia Minor.
Culture
Memories of Pontus and Asia Minor Dominate Opening of AEK Athens Stadium
Memories of Pontus and Asia Minor dominated the spectacular opening of the new football station of Greek soccer club AEK on Friday in Athens.
More than thirty thousand fans gathered at OPAP Arena in the Athenian suburb of Nea Philadelphia...
Greek News
Greece Marks Pontic Genocide as Turkey Claims it Distorts History
Turkey accused Greece of distorting history as the nation commemorates one of the darkest pages in Hellenic history, the Pontic Genocide at the hands of the Turks.
The Genocide in Pontus cost 353,000 lives while even more lost their homes...
Greek church
Orthodox Outrage as Panagia Soumela Turns into Nightclub in Ad
The courtyard of Panagia Soumela Monastery turned into a nightclub in advertising video clip, causing outrage in the Orthodox World