The Greek Destroyer That Sailed 730 Miles With No Bow
On October 22, 1943, a German mine detonated near Kalymnos and blew the entire bow off the Greek destroyer Adrias. The explosion killed 21 men and wounded 30…
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Cyprus Commandos to March in Thessaloniki for the First Time
For the first time in history, a Cypriot National Guard commando unit will march in Thessaloniki’s October 28 military parade. A 24-member commando platoon…
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Hislop: “4,000 Greek Children Sold to American Couples Like a Commodity”
Victoria Hislop’s new novel “The Wine-Dark Sea” has landed on the Times bestseller lists in the UK, and the story behind it is as harrowing as the history it…
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The Martyrdom of Chrysostomos: What the West Never Talked About After Smyrna 1922
In September 1922, as Smyrna burned, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Chrysostomos Kalafatis was handed over to a mob by Turkish forces and killed in the…
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The Greek Immigrant Who Sold Peanuts to Five US Presidents
A Greek immigrant from Laconia ran a peanut cart outside the White House for decades and became one of the most unlikely figures in American political history…
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Greece Marks 122 Years Since Pavlos Melas Fell in Macedonia
Greece commemorated the Day of the Macedonian Struggle on Sunday in the northern village of Melas, formerly known as Statista, in Kastoria. The ceremony marked…
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Greece’s Evzones Land in Sydney Tomorrow for OXI Day
Greece’s elite Presidential Guard, the Evzones, begin their Australian tour tomorrow, Thursday 22 October, with a public Guard of Honour at the Martin Place…
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199 Years Ago Today, One Battle Ended the Ottoman Empire’s Grip on Greece
On October 20, 1827, the Greek Revolution nearly died before it could succeed. By that point, Greeks had been fighting for six years and were running out of…
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The Ottoman Commander Who Handed Thessaloniki to Greece, Then Died in Exile
114 years ago this month, Greek forces fought the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War at Giannitsa, a confrontation that determined whether Thessaloniki…
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The 1611 Massacre in Epirus That Wiped Out Entire Greek Communities and Burned Their Churches
In 1611, Ottoman forces captured Dionysios the Philosopher, the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Larissa and Trikala, and flayed him alive. His skin was then stuffed…
