Pontian Greeks

SARTANA: Donetsk's Greeks celebrate foundation of historic town with Pontian song and dance

On Saturday, the Greek village of Sartana (15km northeast of Mariupol) in Donetsk celebrated 243 years since the village's foundation…

September 24, 2023

GREEK GENOCIDE: The Pontian Greeks who fought hard and bravely against Turkish genocide perpetrators

Today we commemorate the Pontian Greek victims of the Greek Genocide, perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks and Kemalists. During the…

May 19, 2022

Today we pause to reflect on the victims of the Greek Genocide from the Pontus region

"Today we pause to reflect on the victims of the Greek Genocide from the region of Pontus. May they forever…

May 19, 2022

May 19, Remembering the Pontian Greek Genocide

May 19 marks the remembrance of the Pontian Greek Genocide (1916-1923), one of the darkest moments in Greece’s history. Records…

May 19, 2022

Ministry rebukes Turkey for attack on Greek President over Pontian Centre

Greece's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement condemning the personal attack by Turkey on the President of the…

January 14, 2022

Greek President announces major cultural centre in Athens for Global Pontian Greeks

The Pontian Greeks have experienced a long, bright, and painful history including a systematically planned genocide, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou…

January 12, 2022

Turkish DNA Project calls for boycott after Ancestry.com highlights many Greeks were Turkified

UPDATE: Since publication of this article, the Turkish DNA Project deleted their tweet. The Turkish DNA Project, a misinformation portal…

June 1, 2021

Athens and Thessaloniki light up for Greek Genocide of Pontus Remembrance Day

To commemorate the Greek Genocide of Pontus, Greece's Parliament building in Athens and the White Tower in Thessaloniki were lit up.…

May 20, 2021

The Pontic Greeks who fought hard and bravely against genocidal barbarity

Today we commemorate the Greek Genocide victims of the Pontus region. During the genocide, over a million Greeks were exterminated…

May 19, 2021

The Australian Savior of Thousands of Pontian Greek Refugees

Australian military officer George Treloar saved thousands of Pontian Greek refugees who fled their ancestral homes in Turkey in the…

May 17, 2021

Message from the Pontian Greeks of Russia's Caucasus: The pandemic did not defeat Prometheus

As the Greeks of the Caucasus, whose association is known as "the children of Prometheus", face the COVID-19 pandemic, they…

March 2, 2021

MP of Turkish Parliament demands investigation into the Greek Genocide

Tuma Çelik, a Kurdish Member of Parliament from the Mardin district, has called on the Turkish parliament to investigate and…

May 22, 2020

Turkish Foreign Ministry says Greek Genocide is "baseless and delirious"

Turkey accused Greece’s parliament on Tuesday for supposed “baseless and delirious statements” about the Greek Genocide in Pontus. Turkish state-run…

May 20, 2020

Graffiti removed from Pontian Genocide Monument in Arnissa

Graffiti was sprayed on the path in front of the Pontian Genocide Monument in Arnissa, a town in the Pella…

May 20, 2020

It was a German Colonel who helped the Turks plan the Greek Genocide

Speaking in 2018 to Pontian Greeks living in Toronto about the genocide of their ancestors, former General Frangoulis Frangos of…

May 19, 2020

Today we pause to reflect on the victims of the Greek Genocide from the Pontus region

"Today we pause to reflect on the victims of the Greek Genocide from the region of Pontus. May they forever…

May 19, 2020

The Pontic Greeks who fought hard and bravely against genocidal barbarity

Today we commemorate the Greek Genocide victims of the Pontus region. During the genocide, over a million Greeks were exterminated…

May 19, 2020

Book Review: "The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey" is a MUST READ book

"The booklet of originally sixty print pages in the Greek language, published by the war correspondent Konstantinos Faltaits as early…

May 19, 2020

Thessaloniki: Candles lit in memory of the victims of the Pontian Greek Genocide

Candles for the 350,000 Pontian Greeks exterminated by Turkish troops and Kurdish para-militaries, were lit on Monday night in the…

May 19, 2020

May 19, Remembering the Pontian Greek Genocide

May 19 marks the remembrance of the Pontian Greek Genocide (1916-1923), one of the darkest moments in Greece’s history. Records…

May 19, 2020
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