ORIGINAL MACEDONIAN NAMES BEFORE 1926
Ilinden
THE NAMES OF 804 MACEDONIAN VILLAGES IN AEGEAN
MACEDONIA,
occupied by Greece in 1912, that have forcedly been changed from 1926
and
forward.
Submitted by Lena Jankovski and Alex Bakratcheff
Following the 1913 Treatry of Bucharest, the Macedonian place names
that existed
were gradually changed to Greek named, this included people's family
and given
names, and was called Hellenization.
1927 Greek Government Legislative Edict
The Greek Government Gazette declared that "there are not any
non-Greek people
in Greece". This was part of a process whereby all the names of
Macedonian
villages, towns, regions, etc. were changed, together with the
surnames of ethnic
Macedonians, into Greek versions.
1934-1941 Military Dictatorship in Greece
At its height, the Facists regime prohibits the speaking of
Macedonian.
MACEDONIAN NAME (District) Greek changed name
--------------------------
-------------------------
Agova mahala (Ser) Adelfikon
Ahil (Kostur)
Agios Ahileos
Aivatovo (Solun) Liti
Ajtos Lerin)
Aetos
Akandzhaly (Kukush) Muries
Alchak (Kukush) Hamilon
Alistrat (Ser)
Alistrati
Apidija (Ser)
Aposkep (Kostur) Aposkepos
Arapli (Solun) Lehanokipos
Armensko (Lerin) Alonas
Arsen (Voden) Poliplatanon
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Babakjoj (Kukush) Mesja
Babchor (Kostur) Pimenikon
Baldzha (Solun) Melisohorion
Banitza (Lerin) Vevi
Banitza (Ser) Karie
Barakli Dzhumaja (Ser) Valteron
Barovitza (Kukush) Kastaneri
Bejlik mahale (Ser) Valtotopi
Bela Tzarkva (Kostur)
Bel Kamen (Lerin) Drosopigi
Belotintzi (Drama) Levkoija
Ber (Solun) Veria (Imatja)
Berishcha Ptelea
Besvina (Kostur) Sfika
Biraltzi (Kozhany) Perdikas
Bitushe Parorion
Bizovo Megaloplatanos
Blatza (Kostur) Oksies
Blatze Ahladia
Bobishcha (Kostur) Vergas
Boevo Katsanovo
Bogatsko (Kostur) Agios Nikolaos
Bojmitza (Kukush) Aksiupolis
Boreshnitza Palestra
Boriany Agios Atanasios
Borislav Periklia
Borovo Potami
Bostandzievtzi (Kostur)
Bozhetz (Voden) Atiras
Brest (Kukush) Akrolimnion
Breshcheny (Kostur) Kria Nera
Breznitza (Kostur) Vatohorion
Bruhovo Kokina Egri
Buf Akrita
Buf (Lerin) Bufi
Bugarievo (Solum) Karavias
Buk Paranestion
Bukovik (Kostur) Oksia
Bulamasli Akakies
Bultishta Profitis Ilias
Bumboki (Kostur) Makrohori
Butkovo Kerkini
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chavdar Psomotopi
Chegan (Lerin) Meteora
Chegan (Voden) Agios Atanasios
Chekri (Voden) Paralimni
Cherepljan (Ser) Tserepljani
Chereshnitza (Kostur) Polikerason
Chereshovo (Drama) Tisavros
Chereshovo Pagoneri
Cherkezkjoi (Lerin) Limnohori
Cherkovian Klidohor
Cherna reka (Kukush) Karpi
Chernak Strotis
Chernova Fitia
Chernovishcha (Kostur) Mavrokampos
Chetirok (Kostur) Mesopotamja
Chichigaz (Voden) Stavrodromi
Chiflik(Radogozhe)(Kostur) Triha
Chirpishcha (Ser) Terpni
Chor (Kozhany) Galatija
Chuchuligovo (Ser) Anagenizis
Chuguntzi (Kukush) Megali Sterna
Chuka (Kostur) Puka
Churilovo (Kostur) Tsirilovon
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dabovo (Kukush) Valtotopi
Dambeni (Kostur) Dendrohori
Darovo Kehrokampos
Dautli (Kukush) Ambelohori
Debretz (Kozhany) Anarahi
Demir Hisar (Ser) Sidirokastron (Sintiki)
Dere Kalitea
Dervent Akritodohori
Dobrolishcha (Kostur) Kalohori
Doksat (Drama) Doksaton
Doleny (Kostur) Zevgostasi
Dolni Poroj (Ser) Kato Poroja
Dolno Drenoveny (Kostur) Kato Kranionas
Dolno Garbali Kato Surmena
Dolno Kalenik (Lerin) Kato Kaleniki
Dolno Kleshtino Kato Klene
Dolno Kotori (Lerin) Kato Idrusa
Dolno Krushevo (Ser) Kato Kerdilion
Dolno Kufalovo (Solun) Kufalja
Dolno Nevoljani (Lerin) Valtonera
Dolno Papratsko (Kostur) Kato Fterias
Dolno Rodivo Kato Korifi
Dovishta (Ser) Papas Emanuil
Drachevo Levkotea
Dragomantzi Apsalos
Dragomir Vapsiohori
Dragosh Zevgolatio
Dragotin (Ser) Promahon
DRAMA DRAMA
Dramendzhik Drakontion
Dranich Antifilipi
Dranichevo (Kostur)
Dravunishta Geraki
Dremiglava Drimos
Drenichevo (Kostur) Kranohori
Drenoveny (Kostur) Kranionas
Drenovo (Kostur) Glikoneri
Drenovo (Ser) Dranovan
Drenovo Monastiraki
Dreveno Pili
Drobishcha (Kostur) Daseri
Druska Drosia
Dudular (Solun) Djavata
Dupjak (Kostur) Dispilion
Durbanli (Kukush) Sinoron
Durdanli (Kukush) Patohori
Durgutli Nigdi
Dutli Eleon
Dzhuma (Kozhany) Amigdala
Dzuma Migdala
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Egri Dere (Drama) Kalitea
Ehatli Kavalaris
Ekshi-su (Lerin) Ksino Nero
Eleovo (Kostur) Lakia
Eleshnitza (Ser) Fea Pitra
Elshen (Ser) Karperi
Embore (Kozhany) Enborion
Enidzhe-Vardar (Voden) Janitza
Enikjoi (Ser) Provatas
Ezeretz (Kostur) Petropulaki
Ezhovo (Ser) Dafni
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fetishcha Pola Nera
Fotinishcha (Kostur) Fotini
Fotovishcha Valtohoro
Frankovitza Ermakia
Futzeli Semeli
Fustani Evropos
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gabresh (Kostur) Gavros
Galishcha (Kostur) Omorfoklisia
Garbasel Kastanies
Gariptzi Hloronomos
Garleni (Kostur) Hionaton
Gaskarla Kalohori
Gavalantsi (Kukush) Valtudi
Gavrishcha Dorotea
Gedi-Dermen Eptomili
Georgolik (Kukush) Gorgopi
Gerakartzi (Kukush) Gerakonos
German (Ser) Shistolitos
Gevsekli Rematia
Gjulobasi Pikrolimni
Gjumendzhe (Kukush) Gumenitza (Peonija)
Gjumenich Stiva
Gjundzheli Vamvakuza
Gjupchevo Gipsohori
Gjuredzhik (Drama) Granitis
Gjuvezna Asiros
Globoshchitza Kalohorio
Gola Korifes
Golem Besik Megali Volvi
Golem Sevidrik Megalokampos
Golema Livada (Voden) Megala Livadija
Golishani (Voden) Levkadia
Golo selo (Voden) Gimna
Gorentzi (Kostur) Korisos
Gorjantzi (Drama)
Gorna Nushka Ano Dafnudi
Gorni Kotor (Lerin) Ano Idrusa
Gorni Metoh (Ser)
Gorni Poroj (Ser) Ano Poroja
Gorni Postular Ano Apostoli
Gornitza Kalivrisi
Gornichevo (Lerin) Keli
Gorno Brodi (Ser) Ano Vrondu
Gorno Drenoveny (Kostur) Ano Kranionas
Gorno Garbali Ano Surmena
Gorno Karadzhovo (Ser) Monoklisia
Gorno Klestino Ano Klene
Gorno Krushare Ekso Asladohori
Gorno Krushovo (Ser) Ano Kerdilion
Gorno Kufalovo (Solun) Kuflja
Gorno Kumanichevo (Kostur)
Gorno Nevoljani (Lerin) Skopja
Gorno Papratsko (Kostur) Ano Fterias
Gorno Pozharsko (Voden) Ano Lutraki
Gorno Rodivo (Voden) Ano Korifi
Gorno Selo Ano Vermion
Gosno (Kostur)
Govlishta Krokos
Gradishte Kiros
Gradobor (Solun) Gradeboin
Gradobor Nikopolis
Grache (Kostur) Ftelia
Gramos (Kostur) Gramos
Granichevo Krioneri
Grazhden Vronteron
Grazhdino (Kostur) Vronderon
Gropino Voltolivado
Gugovo (Voden) Viritja
Gulintzi (Lerin) Rodonas
Gurbesh Agriosikia
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hadzhi-bejlik Vironia
Hadzhi-bajramli Teodosia
Hadzhik Filiros
Hajderli (Kozhany) Klitos
Harava Polikilon
Harbino (Kozhany) Ftelionas
Harman-kjoi Stadmos
Harsovo Herson
Hasanovo (Lerin) Mesohori
Haznatar Hrizohorafa
Hedzik Fikiros
Hodzhovo Karidia
Holeva Amision
Homandos (Ser)
Hristos (Ser) Hristos
Hrupishcha (Kostur) Argos Orestikon
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ilezli Inoi
Ilidzhievo (Solun)
Indzes Eratni
Ineli (Kozhany) Anatolikon
Ineovo Avrini
Ishirli Platanotopos
Istrane Perasma
Izbishcha (Drama) Agriokerasia
Izglibe (Kostur) Poria
Izvor (Kukush) Pigi
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jadzilar Ksilokeratia
Janchishcha (Solun) Janisa
Janes Metaliko
Janikia Askos
Janovene (Kostur) Janohori
Janozli Karpofonom
Jaramzli Ajdonia
Javor Diamezon
Javoreny (Voden) Platani
Javornitza Nea Kuklina
Juklemes (Kozhany) Farangi
Jundzhular Kimina
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kabasnitza (Lerin) Proti
Kadinovo (Voden) Galatas
Kajachaly Triadi
Kajali Vrahia
Kajljari (Kozhany) Ptolemajs (Eordeja)
Kalapot (Drama) Paleon Kalapoti
Kalenik (Lerin)
Kalevishcha (Kostur) Kali Vrisi
Kalinovo (Kukush) Sutojaneika
Kaljany Eani
Kamareto (Ser) Kamaroti
Kamenik Petrias
Kamila (Ser) Ano Kamili
Kandza Aniksia
Kapinjany Eksaplatanos
Kara-bej Karna
Kara-bunar (Kukush) Mavroneri
Kara-bunar (Solun) Angelofrori
Kara-bunar (Kozhany) Mavropigi
Kara-Chali (Solun) Mavrodendri
Kara-Chali (Drama) Mavrovatos
Kara-Chali (Ser) Kaliroj
Kara-chukali Kardia
Karadzha Evangelizmos
Karadzha-kjoi (Solun) Kartera
Karadzha-kjoi (Drama) Tolos
Karadzhova Elafohori
Karagatz Mavrodendri
Kara-ilar Drepanon
Kara-kjoj Kalegiri
Kara-kjoj (Drama) Katafiton
Kara-mahala Koronia
Karamanli Agios Kozmos
Karandzhilari Zarkadia
Kara-sule (Kukush) Polikastron
Kara-tepe Mavrolofos
Karchishta Polianemon
Karchovo Koridohori
Kardzhalar Adendron
Karilova Zardadion
Karladovo Milias
Karlakovo Mikropolis
Karli-kjoi (Ser) Hionohoron
Karpeny (Kostur)
Katranitza (Kozhany) Pirgi
Katun Dipotama
Kavadzhik Levkadi
Kavakli (Drama) Egiros
Kavakli (Kukush) Perintos
Kavakli (Ser) Levkonas
KAVALA KAVALA
Kazanovo Kotili
Kesedzhi Chiflik (Ser) Sidirohorion
Kiklova Kastanies
Kirech-kjoi (Solun) Azevstohorion
Kjospekli (Ser) Skutari
Klabuchishta Poliplatanos
Kladorobi (Lerin) Kladorahi
Klepushna (Ser) Agriani
Klishali Prositis
Klisura (Kostur) Klisura
Kobalishte (Drama) Kokinoja
Kochan Rizana
Kochana Perea
Kochany Kostani
Kokova Polidendri
Kolaritza Manjaki
Kolibi (Kukush) Skinite
Komarjan Kimaria
Komen (Kozhany) Komanos
Kondorbi (Kostur)
Konitza Pevki
Konikovo Stiba
Konomlady (Kostur) Makrohori
Konsko Talakini
Konuj (Kozhany) Elos
Korchak Mirini
Koriten (Kukush) Ksirohori
Kormishta (Ser) Kormista
Kornishor (Voden) Kromni
Kosinetz (Kostur) Jeropigi
Kosinovo Polipetron
KOSTUR KASTORIA
Kosturadzhe (Kostur) Ksifonia
KOZHANY KOZANY
Kozhusany Filotia
Kozlukjoi (Kozhany) Kariohori
Kramtza Mezovunos
Kranishta Dendrari
Krastali Korona
Krechovo Agios Jorgios
Krepeshino (Lerin) Atrapos
Kriva (Kukush) Grivas
Krontzelevo (Voden) Kerasies
Krushari Ampelies
Krushoradi (Lerin) Ahlada
Krushovo (Ser) Ahladohorion
Kuchkari Galini
Kuchkoveny (Lerin) Perazma
KUKUSH KILKIS
Kula Paleokastron
Kulakija Halastra
Kumanich (Drama) Dasaton
Kumanichevo (Kostur) Litia
Kumli (Ser) Amudja
Kurchishcha (Kostur) Polianemon
Kurchovo (Ser) Karidohori (Liebra)
Kushinovo (Kukush) Polipetron
Kushovo Kokina
Kutlesh Vergina
Kula Paleokastron
Kutuger Halastra
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Labanitza (Kostur) Agios Dimitrios
Ladza Terma
Lanki Mikrolimni
Lagino (Lerin) Triandafilia
Lagadina (Solun) Litokastron (Langadas)
Lakavigtza Mikromilia
Langa (Kozhany) Milohori
Latrovo Hortero
Lazheny (Lerin) Mesonisi
Lebishevo (Kostur) Aila
Lehovo (Ser) Krasohori
Lelovo (Kukush) Agios Antonios
Lembed Evkarpia
LERIN FLORINA
Leskovetz (Lerin) Leptokaries
Leskovo Tria Elata
Lestan Farasinon
Leveny Vasiludi
Liban Skaloti
Libanovo Eginion
Libjahovo (Drama)
Lichishta (Kostur) Polikarpos
Likovan Ksilopolis
Likovishta Likojani
Lipintzi (Kozhany) Azvestopetra
Lipush (Ser) Filira
Lise Ohiron
Ljubetino (Lerin) Pedinon
Ljumnitza Skra
Loshnitza (Kostur) Germas
Lovcha (Drama) Kalikarpon
Lovcha (Ser) Akrohori
Lozanovo Palefiton
Lozitza Mezolofos
Ludovo (Kostur) Kria Nera
Luguntzi (Voden) Langadia
Lukovich Sotira
Lunki (Kostur) Mikro Limno
Luvrade (Kostur) Skieron
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Machukovo (Kukush) Evzoni
Mahala (Lerin) Tropeuhos
Mahaledzik Milorema
Malak Besik Mikra Volvi
Malesh (Ser) Vamvakja
Malko-Osmanli Kosmiti
Malovtzi Hilioluston
Mangila (Mogila) (Kostur) Ano Perivoli
Manjak (Kostur) Manjaki
Marchishcha (Kostur) Kato Perivoli
Markoveny (Kostur) Markohori
Mavrovo (Solun) Mavruda
Mavrovo (Kostur) Mavrohori
Mech Mezi
Medovo (Kostur) Milionas
Melnikich (Ser) Melenikitzion
Menteseli Eli
Mentesli Moshuia
Merjan Ligaria
Mertatevo Ksirotopos
Mesely Drias
Mesimer (Voden) Mesimeri
Mezdurek Melisurgio
Mijalovo (Kukush) Mihalitzi
Milovo Megali Gefira
Mirovo Eliniko
Mokreny (Kostur) Variko
Mokro Polikrinos
Morafca Antigonia
Morartzi (Kukush)
Mramor Kapetanudi
Mrsna Gonimon
Munchino Lekani
Munuhy Mavrotalasa
Muralar Pelagros
Muralti Skopos
Murodonli Mirovliton
Mursali Monokaridia
Musacali Aetofolia
Muselim Aedonokastron
Muska Kudunia
Mutulovo Metaksohori
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Negochany Niri
Negovan (Lerin) Flamburion
Negush Nausa
Nered (Lerin) Polipotamon
Nesram (Nestram)(Kostur) Nestorion
Nestime (Kostur) Nastimon
Neukazy (Lerin) Neohoraki
Neveska (Lerin) Nimfeon
Nevoleny (Lerin) Skopia
Nevoleny Vamvaria
Nigoslav Nikoklia
Nigrita (Ser) Nigrita (Visaltija)
Nisia (Voden) Nision
Nivitza (Kostur) Psarades
Novi Grad (Lerin) Ve Gora
Novoseltzi Joromilos
Novo Selo (Kostur) Korfula
Novo Selo (Solun) Nehorion
Novo Selo (Solun) Neohoruda
Novoseljany (Kostur) Nea Komi
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Obor Aravizos
Obsirena Etnikon
Oktzilar Toksote
Oladzhak Platamon
Olishcha (Kostur) Melisotopos
Omotzko (Kostur) Livadotopos
Opaja (Kostur) Opaja
Orchovitza Pevkodazos
Organdzhi (Drama) Organzi
Organdzilar Sapeon
Orizartzi (Kukush) Rizia
Orizari (Voden) Rizarion (Rizo)
Orljak (Ser) Strimonikon
Orman (Kostur) Kato-Levki
Ormanli (Drama) Polikarpos
Ormanli (Ser) Dasohori
Ormanovo Dasero
Orovnik (Kostur) Karie
Orovo (Kostur) Piksos
Osheny (Kostur) Inoi
Oshchima (Kostur) Trigonon
Osin Argangelos
Osljani Agios Fotini
Oslovo Panagitza
Osmanitza Kalos Agros
Osmanli (Pravishta) Hrisokastron
Osmanli (Haldiki) Neromilos
Osnichani (Kostur) Kastanofiton
Ostitza Mikromilia
Ostima Trigonon
Ostrovo (Voden) Arnisa
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Palior (Kozhany) Fufa
Palmes Kastanusa
Papdia (Lerin) Papagja
Papli (Kostur) Levkonas
Paprat Pontokerasia
Pastrovo Kalikrunon
Patele (Lerin) Agios Panteleimon
Patele Pontokerasia
Patichino Patima
Pataros (Kukush) Drosaton
Pazarlar Agora
Pazarli (Haldiki) Dikorfon
Pazarli (Kukush) Melansion
Pejkovo Agios Markoc
Pejzanovo (Solun) Azevstohorion
Pelkati Monopili
Pernovali Agia Ekaterini
Pesjak (Kostur) Amudara
Pesochnitza (Lerin) Amohorion
Petersko (Lerin) Petras
Petgas (Kukush) Pentalofos
Petoritza Hrizohori
Petrovo (Kukush) Agios Petros
Pilkadi (Kostur) Monopilon
Pilorik (Voden) Pilorigi
Piskopija (Voden) Episkopi
Pisoder (Kostur) Pisoderion
Planitza Fiska
Plashnichevo Kria Vrisi
Pleshevitza (Lerin) Kolhiki
Plevna (Drama) Petrusa
Plugar (Voden) Ludias
Pochep (Voden) Margarita
Pod (Voden) Podos
Podgorjany Podohorion
Poljany Polikarpi
Ponor (Kozhany)
Popli (Lerin) Lefkonas
Popolzhany (Lerin) Papajanis
Popovo (Kukush) Miriofiton
Porna Gazoros
Postol (Voden) Pela (Agio Apostoli)
Potores Agia Kiriaki
Pozdivishcha (Kostur) Halara
Pozhari (Solun) Kefalohori
Prahna Aspro
Pravishte (Kavala) Elefteropolis (Pamgeon)
Prebadishte Sosandra
Prekopana (Kostur)
Prekopana (Lerin) Perikopi
Presechen (Drama) Protzani
Pribojna Vunohoron
Prosenik (Ser) Skotusa
Prosochen Pirsopolis
Provishta Palekomi
Pselsko Kipseli
Psore (Kostur) Ipsilon
Puljovo Termopigi
Purlida Konhilia
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Radigoze Agia Ana
Radomir (Kukush) Asvestario
Radovishta Rodjani
Radovo Haropo
Radunishta (Kozhany) Krio Vrisi
Ragjan Vati
Rahmanli (Kukush) Antigoni
Rahmanli (Lerin) Eleuza
Rahmanli (Kozhany) Galina
Rahovitza Marmaras
Rahovo (Solun) Rahia
Rahovo (Drama) Mezorahi
Rajkovche (Ser) Kapnotopos
Rakistan Katahloron
Rakita (Kozhany) Olimpias
Radovo Krateron
Ramel Rahona
Ramna (Kukush) Monoliti
Ramna (Voden) Omalon
Ramna (Kozhany) Omalon
Ranislav Agati
Rantzi (Kozhany) Ermakja
Rapes Drepani
Rasovo Limon
Ravenia Makriplagi
Ravitza Kalifiton
Ravna (Ser) Isoma
Razenik Haradra
Rehimli Mezia
Resen Sitaria
Resilovo Haritomeni
Retini Riakon
Revany (Kostur) Dipotamja
Rizovo Rizo
Rjamentzi (Ser)
Robovo Rodonas
Rudari (Kostur) Ekalitea
Rudino Aloras
Rulja (Kostur) Katohori
Rumbi Lemos
Rum-Saret Vromosiria
Rupel (Ser) Klidion
Rupishcha (Kostur)
Rusinovo (Drama) Ksantogia
Rusovo Makroliti
Ruzheny Rizohori
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sabotsko (Voden) Ardeja (Almopija)
Sachishcha (Kozhany) Sjatista
Sadina Karavi
Sakaftza Evadohori
Sakulevo Marina
Salamanli Galikos
Salpovo (Kozhany) Ardasa
Samar (Voden) Samari
Samokovo Domatia
Saratzi Falara
Saradza Valtohori
Saraj Sholarion
Sarajli Palatianon
Sarakinovo (Lerin) Sarakini
Sara-pazar (Kukush) Antofiton
Sarashaban Hrisopolis
Sari-gjol (Kukush) Kriston
Sarmusakli (Ser) Pendapolis
Sarmusalari Kokinohori
Savek (Ser) Vamvakofiton
Sborsko (Voden) Revkoton
Sehovo (Kukush) Idomeni
Seljany Mezorena
Semasi (Kostur) Kremaston
Sendelchevo Sandali
Seneleli Rodokipos
SER SERES
Seremeti Fanarion
Serermli Kserovrisi
Seslovo (Kukush) Sevaston
Setina (Lerin) Skopos
Setoma (Kostur) Kefalari
Sevendekli Eptalofon
Severjany Vorino
Sfiltzi Hromion
Shakovitza (Kostur)
Shekerki (Kukush) Zaharaton
Sheshtevo (Kostur) Sidirohori
Shilinos (Ser) Sfelinos
Shijak (Kostur) Komninades
Shkrapar (Kostur)
Shlimnishcha (Kostur) Milica
Shljopintsi (Kukush) Dogani
Shtarkovo (Kostur) Plati
Sicevo Sidirohori
Siderova Mezovuni
Singelevo (Ser)
Sivry Nea Mahala
Skrizhevo (Ser) Skopia
Slatina (Kostur) Hrisi
Slatina (Voden) Hrisi
Sliveny (Kostur) Koromilia
Smol (Kukush) Mikron Dasos
Smurdesh (Kostur) Kristalopigi
Snicheny (Kostur)
Sokol (Ser) Sikja
Sokolovo Parapotomos
SOLUN THESSALONIKI
Sosuri Nimfi
Spantzi (Lerin) Fanos
Spantzi (Kukush) Latomi
Spatjovo (Ser) Kimesis
Spirlitovo Plagiari
Sporlita Elefina
Srebreny (Lerin) Asproija
Starchishta (Drama) Peritorion
Starichany (Kostur) Lakomata
Statitza (Kostur) Melas
Stavros (Solun) Stavros
Stavrovo Stavrodromi
Stensko (Kostur) Stena
Straishta Ida
Strezovo (Kukush) Argirupolis
Strupino Likostomon
Subas-Kjoj Neon Suli
Sufilar (Halkidiki) Angelohori
Sufilar (Kavala) Angelohori
Suha-banja (Tashino ezero) Paliotros
Suha-banja (Ser) Ksilotros
Suho (Solun) Sohos
Sujudzuk Lima
Sulovo Amaranta
Surlevo (Kukush) Amaranda
Surovichevo (Lerin) Amindeon
Sveta Marina (Ber) Agia Marina
Sveta Nedelja (Kostur) Agia Kiriaki
Sveta Petka (Lerin) Agia Paraskevi
Sveti Atanas (Drama) Agios Atanasios
Sveti Ilija (Voden) Profitis Ilias
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tagramishevo Idromilos
Tarlis (Drama) Vatitopos
Tarlis Sidirohori
Tarnaa (Kostur)
Tarnovo (Kostur) Ankatoton
Tarsje (Kostur) Trivunon
Tehovo (Voden) Karadjas
Tekelievo (Solun) Sindos
Tekri Paralimni
Tekri-Vermisly Kserorevma
Telkili Petralona
Tikisli Talasia
Tikveny (Kostur) Kalokinton
Tiolishcha (Kostur) Tihion
Todorak (Kukush)
Tohova Palionelines
Toilar Peristeri
Toma Avgo
Toptzi Gefira
Topchilar Agios Dimitrios
Topljany Jorgjani
Topola Kiriaki
Topoljan (Ser) Hrisos
Topchievo (Solun) Gerifa
Topolovo Nea Tiroloi
Tranka (Ser) Damaskinon
Trebeno (Kozhany) Kardja
Treboletz Tripolis
Trepishcha (Kozhany) Agios Hristoforos
Tresino (Voden) Ormai
Trifulchevo Trifili
Trihovishcha Kamiohori
Tuhol (Kostur) Pevkos
Tukovo Leptokaria
Tumba (Ser) Neos Skopos
Tumba (Kukush) Tumba
Tumba Emvolos
Turbesh (Ser) Makriotisa
Turcheli Trakiko
Tukitza Trias
Turje (Kostur) Korifi
Turmanli Rodonia
Tursko selo Milopotamos
Tushilovo (Kukush) Statis
Tusin (Voden) Aetohiri
Tzakoni (Kostur)
Tzarmarinovo (Voden) Marina
Tzarvishta (Ser) Kapnofiton
Tzerovo (Lerin) Klidi
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Udzhana (Kozhany) Komninon
Ugurli Peristereon
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Vadrishta (Kukush) Kambohorion
Vadrishta (Voden) Palea Milotopos
Vadrishta Milotopos
Valchshta Domeron
Valgatzi (Kukush) Kambohorion
Valkojanovo (Voden) Liki
Valkovo Hrisokefolos
Vambel (Kostur) Mosohori
Varbeny (Lerin) Itja
Varbnik (Kostur)
Varlankza Agroniri
Vartokop (Voden) Skidra
Vartolom Agios Vartolomeos
Vardarovtzi Aksiohori
Vardino Limnotopos
Vates Nea Epivate
Vatilak (Solun) Vatilakon
Vazheny Sevastia
Vazme (Drama) Eksohori
Veldziler Dimaros
Velishti Levkopigi
Verzhjany Kato Psihiko
Vetrina Neo Petrici
Veshtitza (Solun) Angelohorion
Veznik (Ser) Monikon
Vidulushche (Kostur)
Vichishcha (Kostur)
Vineny (Kostur) Pili
Virlan Anavrito
Vishen (Ser) Visjani
Visheny (Kostur) Vissinia
Visochan Ksiropotamos
Visoka Osa
Vitachishta (Ser) Vitasta
Vitan (Kostur) Votani
Vitivjany Polifiton
Vitovo Delta
Vladikovo Oropedion
Vladovo (Voden) Agras
VODEN EDESSA
Vojvodina (Kozhany) Spilia
Volak (Drama) Volaks
Volchishta (Ser) Domiros
Volchishta Idoea
Volovot Nea Santa
Voronos Kikomidinon
Vosova Sfikia
Voshtarany (Lerin) Meliti
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Zabardeny (Kostur) Melantion
Zabardeny (Lerin) Lofi
Zagoricheny (Kostur) Vasilias
Zahartzi Tagarades
Zarnovo (Drama) Kato Nevrokopion
Zarovo (Solun) Nikopolis
Zdraltza (Kostur) Ampelokipi
Zdravik Draviskos
Zeleniche (Lerin) Sklitron
Zhelegozhe (Kostur) Pentavrison
Zhelevo (Kostur) Andartikon
Zhelin (Kostur) Heliodendron
Zhensko (Kukush) Ginekokastron
Zherveny (Kostur) Agios Antonios
Zhupanishcha (Kostur) Anolevki
Zhuzheltzy (Kostur) Spilea
Ziljahovo Nea Zihni
Ziljahovo (Ser) Filidos
Zimbjul mahala Pevkolofos
Zorbatovo (Solun) Mikro Monastiri
Zulitza Spitea
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
May god have mercy on their souls...Th Greek Papades...
NEW STATESMAN:
August 20 2000
The ayatollah replaces Zorba
by Helena Smith
A row over identity cards is giving the powerful Orthodox priests of
Greece a chance to exploit a dangerous
nationalism, reports Helena Smith
Strange things are going on in Greece. The country is wrestling with
an identity crisis and the Eastern Orthodox
Church, feeling wronged, appears to have gone mad.
Where you think you spot a priest, you invariably discover an activist
- men in black with stovepipe hats denouncing
the "dark forces" behind Athens's unusually progressive government.
The enlightened call them Orthodox
ayatollahs.
It's worrying stuff, the sort of thing that might make Pericles really
writhe in his grave. The cause of such rancour?
The removal of any reference to religion on civilian identity cards.
For a country in which 97 per cent of the
population is Christian and Eastern Orthodox, it would seem an
innocuous enough move. But in Greece - the
European Union's only Orthodox state - it has had an unexpectedly
explosive effect: all at once, Hellenes have had
to ask themselves who, and what, they want to be. And they are doing
it in a way that is not showing them in the
best of lights.
Greece's spiritual leaders - the self-styled protectors of Hellenism
through 400 years of Ottoman rule - retain an
influence on civil life unknown in any other part of the west: they
officiate at the swearing-in of governments, the
inauguration of public and private projects and the blessing of
private homes. In recognition of those close ties,
clerics receive state salaries. In their view, the Greeks are caught
up in their toughest fight yet to remain a cut above
the rest; to preserve their Christian Byzantine roots from the "meat
grinder" that is the EU.
Drop religious affiliation from identity cards - originally introduced
by a military dictatorship in the late 1930s - and,
the clerics argue, you sound the death knell of a single nation state.
The Greek prime minister, Costas Simitis, has tried to counter all
this by insisting that the reform brings Greece into
line with its European partners, and that "the declaration of one's
religious affiliation is not only discriminatory, but
offensive. It insults the right of every individual to privacy and
religious freedom."
The Church, however, remains adamant. Greece's bearded clerics regard
the "identity crisis" as the sort of thing that
could drag the nation into "civil war". In June, more than a million
Greeks (one-tenth of the population) flocked to
hear Archbishop Christodoulos, the Church Primate, denounce the
measure as the first step in a sinister plot to
de-Hellenise Greece. "Our faith is the foundation of our identity. If
you abolish one, you abolish the other," the
archbishop thundered, as the crowd of rumbustious flag-wavers cheered.
The scenes were reminiscent of the
fundamentalist fervour that once ran riot in Iran.
Increasingly, human rights groups have begun to wonder whether Greece
is a nice place, after all. Over the past ten
years, Athens has been repeatedly condemned by the European Court of
Human Rights for violations involving all of
its religious minorities. Away from the warm, taverna-terraced
beaches, fun-loving Zorbas and tourist-trampled
temples, Greeks treat those who dare to be different with red-hot
contempt.
Try being a Jew, Catholic, Muslim or Protestant, and you will not get
far - as the ranks of the Civil Service,
diplomatic corps and army so amply prove. Try being an immigrant, and
you are viewed as the reason for
unemployment and crime. Try mentioning ethnic minorities - officially,
they do not exist, bar communities of
Muslims and Roma - and you may be labelled "sick in the mind", to
quote Theodore Pangalos, the country's feisty
former foreign minister. Try taking a different tack in public on the
country's so-called "national issues", the ones
involving Turkey and other neighbours, and it is likely that you will
be branded a traitor.
"Modern Greece is an ethno-nationalist state par excellence," writes
the commentator Takis Michas in his
forthcoming book, Ethnic Totalitarianism. "'Others' are viewed as a
source of potential danger to the national
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Greece."
Twenty-six years after the collapse of the colonels, the fracas over
the identity cards smacks of "the Greece of
Christian Greeks", the rebarbative slogan that those petty officers
used to give their rotten regime an acceptable
allure. It also proves that liberty and equality, the values that
drive democracy, are still in short supply in this, the
birthplace of democracy.
I write this with a heavy heart. I am not a "mishellene", a
Greek-hater, although I know I will be cast as one when
this comes out. I have happily lived in and reported from Greece for
the past 14 years. I think I can say that it is a
magical place with some magical people.
The problem is that there are two Greeces: one that is western,
modern, open, reform-minded, civic, competitive,
risk-taking and international; and one that is eastern, traditional,
parochial, phobic, unskilled and introverted.
The country, mercifully, is now in the hands of the former. But they
are a minority - a "group of angels in a sea of
devils", as one wry observer recently put it. The political spectrum
is replete with members of the "other" Greece,
who see civic society, with all its talk of fundamental freedoms, as
reeking of anti-nationalism.
The present identity crisis has shown how far there is to go if the
twain are to meet. Greece's troublesome priests
show no sign of backing down soon. Archbishop Christodoulos may say he
does not want to turn his flock into
"fanatics", but he has seen that demagoguery works. Indeed, his
fighting spirit has sent shivers down the spine of the
governing Socialists.
The "eastern" Greeks, who support the archbishop's stand, can still
relate to the notorious declaration of the
Byzantine commander Loukas Notaras (uttered days before the sacking of
Constantinople in 1453) that it would be
better to see the Turkish turban in the city than the Roman cardinal's
mitre. For these people, civic society is still a
dirty word. They believe that they have nothing to gain from
globalisation, least of all the punishing reforms
required to take the nation into Euroland's new economic order.
Passions are clearly on the rise. In the Church, the
easterners see the embodiment of Greece's defensive national identity,
the only bulwark left against the creation of
a threatening, multi- cultural, open society.
"There is a very big underdog coalition from which the Church can draw
its strength - Greeks who feel very insecure
about the phenomenal pace of change in this country," says Professor
Nikiforos Diamantouros, Greece's ombudsman
and a political scientist.
Many Greeks are now praying that the identity crisis will eventually
lead to a full separation of the secular and
ecclesiastical spheres. "This, I hope, will be the beginning of the
formal separation of church and state," says Nikos
Dimou, the author of the bestselling book The Misery of Being Greek.
"The Church is the wealthiest institution in this
country, and it has far too much control. Greeks vote according to
church dioceses, the constitution is in the name of
the Holy Trinity and, even if they want to, they cannot die without it
because the Church has ensured that civil
burials don't exist."
There have already been calls by bishops for civil disobedience. As
the government prepares to print the new ID
cards, the Orthodox Church, clearly girding its loins for battle, says
it will encourage people not to take possession of
them.
Come 1 September, churchmen will begin collecting millions of
signatures for an "informal referendum" on the
issue.
Every European state is afflicted to some degree by the twin evils of
populism and racism. As the only country in the
EU not to border another member state, Greece differs only in the way
that it perceives its own watertight identity. It
remains the EU's poorest member, badly in need of crucial economic and
social reforms. Within the 15-nation bloc,
Greece still has the biggest labour force of civil servants and
small-time self-employed.
The Greeks have experienced more years of authoritarian, right-wing
rule than perhaps any other nation on the
Continent. The generation born since the restoration of real liberty
in 1974 is the first never to have experienced
war, civil strife or major economic convulsions. Understandably, it
feels more secure - as the unprecedented
enthusiasm for recent rapprochement between Athens and Ankara has
shown.
Now that the identity crisis is out in the open, and with this new
generation in mind, it is hoped that the Greeks will
finally be able to accept the idea that their own homogeneity is a
myth. Already, taboos have been lifted, not least
around the once sacred subject of the role of their Church.
There are few who are saying such things aloud. But, one way or
another, good may come of the madness.
Helena Smith has been awarded a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard
University for her coverage of Greece and the
Balkans as the Athens-based correspondent for the Guardian and the
Observer.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Howarth ! ......Greek barbarity as depicted in his book called
the "Greek Adventure"
The truth which lies behind Greece's slanders against Turkey in the
presence of the world is that they aim to plunder
Aegean, Cypriot and Turkish lands. Yes! In the year 2000, Greece is
still living with the "Megali Idea" dream.
Now let us take a look at GREEK BARBARITY.
The Greeks cannot endure books that show them in a bad light. One of
the books that make them furious is the
"Greek Adventure" written by the English author David Howarth. Howarth
examined the 1821 revolution on the scene
of the event and wrote this book after examining one by one the books,
articles and journals written by British,
Italian, French and German officers and journalists after returning to
their respective countries.
The true events recorded in David Howarth's book "Greek Adventure" are
disgraceful and loathsome.
Those who read below the several paragraphs extracted from the book in
question, which divulges Greek barbarity
to the world in the clearest terms, will acquire ample knowledge about
what the Greeks are.
"In the summer of 1821, rebellion against the Turks erupted against
the Turks. The conflagration spread so rapidly
that no one can say where, why and by whom the first Turks were
killed. According to official records, the rebellion
was first led by the Church. The first cause of the war could be
described as a religious and sacred war.
Bishop Germanos of Patras called the populace to arms by raising his
cross. In those days, Patras was a prosperous
and beautiful city. It was open to the outside world and a large
number of Turks lived there along with the Greeks.
On hearing that a crowd of people from the mountains was approaching,
they withdrew to the city castle to defend
themselves. Even before Bishop Germanos and the insurgents arrived in
the city, Muslims and Greeks had begun
killing each other in the streets. The Greeks welcomed Germanos as a
saviour. The new arrivals had already begun
looting the homes of the Turks. The insurgents erected a cross in the
main square of the city with a ceremony. The
words uttered by their leaders were: "Peace to Christians, respect to
consuls and death to Turks!"
Events followed the same course in the Peloponnese. The Greeks had
risen all over the peninsula and murdered
their neighbours the Turks. They had done this perhaps in the name of
Christianity or freedom, but above all else
they had done it to despoil the Turks, to take revenge and because of
the Church's jealousy and personal
vengeance.
Once the massacres had begun they did not need to search for a reason.
They were all thirsty for blood, that was
why they were murdering. It was known that in the month of March of
that year, 25 thousand Muslim families were
living outside the cities in the Peloponnese and were occupied in
farming. In April, as the Easter celebrations were
continuing, not a single individual of these people was left alive.
The corpses were left among the flowers in the
fields, on soil warmed by the Spring sun. With the arrival of Summer
heat, they rotted away.
This frenzied genocide perpetrated by Germanos and the other Church
leaders had caused horror. Throughout the
war, other leaders joined Germanos and were madly applauded.
Kolokotronis was also a leader sought by the peasants and the nobles.
He had made his wealth selling horses to the
British army. In return for his services, the British had awarded him
the rank of major. When Kolokotronis joined the
uprising he was fifty years old. He commanded a 6,000-strong special
unit. His first battle ended in fiasco. His troops
were routed by a Turkish cavalry force of 500. Kolokotronis ran along
with his men, and he ran so fast that he left his
weapons behind.
It was a tradition of the Greeks to run when the course of battle
turned against them. The Greeks neither adopted a
battle order like the European armies nor fought face to face with
their enemy. The first thing they sought in order
fight was someplace behind which they could defend themselves; this
would generally be a boulder. And if they
couldn't find one, they would build themselves a small wall of rocks,
behind which they would seek safety, and then
start firing. As they fought, they shouted obscenities at their enemy,
uttered words of contempt at them and derided
them. As they fired, they held their weapons at the hip and as they
pulled the trigger they closed their eyes and
averted their faces. They could therefore kill only a few of their
enemies and when a random bullet killed someone,
they forgot they were in a battle and ran to the dead person to rob
him, emptied his pockets and then severed his
head from his body. The economic resources of the revolutionaries were
the robberies and plunders carried out by
their chiefs.
The city of Monenvasia fell five months after the outbreak of the
rebellion. This city and its castle were built on
sharps cliffs rising from the sea. The Turks living in the city; the
soldiers, state officials and traders and their families,
and the other Turks from the nearby villages, had sought refuge in the
castle. There was terrible starvation. Their
only food was sea moss and plants. They even sallied forth desperately
from the castle at night to capture and bring
back a corpse. They knew the tragedy awaiting them if they surrendered
to the Greeks. The Greek bandits were
waiting patiently to slaughter and rape the Turks and plunder their
properties. The Greeks declared to the Turks
besieged in the castle that if they surrendered their lives would be
spared. The priests even promised them that if
they surrendered they would be put on boats and sent to the Turkish
coast. Only 500 Turks were put on the boats.
These 500 Turks never set foot on any land and nothing has been heard
of their fate. As for the thousands of Turks
left in the castle, as soon as the gate was opened, they were set on
by the Greeks, were slaughtered and their
possessions plundered.
This is the truth about the victory announced in Europe as "The Greek
Miracle." It was not the triumph of Greek arms
and Christianity in the sense understood by the Europeans.
The second fortress to fall was that of Navarone. The Turks had been
promised that if they surrendered they would
be taken to the North African coast and set free. The Greek who made
the agreement boasted to an English colonel
that: "The agreement had a single copy and I have torn it up. No one
can claim any rights now." The Turks opened
the castle gates, either because they believed this promise or because
they had no other way out.
The Greeks immediately rushed in and massacred all the inhabitants of
the city numbering some two thousand. A
priest who witnessed the event later recounted how the women were
undressed, taken to the seashore where they
were raped then drowned; how children were beaten to death or killed
by knocking them against rocks. Greeks
greatly enjoyed cutting off the arms and legs of their victims.
Foreigners who visited Navarone months later found it
hard to endure the stench of corpses that permeated the whole city and
saw dogs, rats and crows feed on corpses
along the castle walls whose arms and legs had been cut off. As for
the Greeks, in order to demonstrate their power
to the visiting foreigners, they told them the numbers of the Turks
they had killed and how they had killed them; they
also presented the visitors with the Turkish boys and girls they were
keeping in the ruins. They had spared the lives
of these children, naked and mad with fear, to satisfy their sexual
appetites.
Some twenty Europeans witnessed the barbarity of the Greeks as they
attacked the fortress of Tripolitsa. One of them
was Colonel Thomas Gordon from Scotland. The Colonel was a sensible,
experienced and honest soldier and knew
Greek well. He found the events he witnessed at Tripolitsa so
horrifying that he wanted these disgraceful events to
be remembered to eternity. Even today, it would be better if the
stories the witnesses have recounted were not
repeated. I think saying this much should be sufficient. Within two
days not a soul was left alive in the city where ten
thousand Turks had been living. Most of them had been murdered by
cutting off their heads, arms and legs.
Following this massacre, thousands of Greeks returned to their
villages to hide the plunder which had by their
standards made them rich. The price of slaves had dropped so low that
no one wanted to own them. Because no
one had buried the dead, an unbearable stench permeated the whole
city, the drinking water was contaminated
and a cholera epidemic broke out.
"PHILOTIMO" is a Greek word. It means "Honourable" and it is an ethnic
title for the Greeks. The Greeks have, until
the recent past in any event, conducted their lives on two levels: one
of them being the normal world where we all
live, and the other the dream world of ideals they themselves created.
The first of them is the life of reality they lived
in, the other the world of dreams created by themselves. A Greek may
reject the facts and events known, seen and
believed by everyone and may insist that they had never been or
occurred. For example, it is this characteristic of
the Greeks which make them exalt and praise bandits and raise them to
the level of courageous knights, the
defenders of noble Greek traditions. In fact, they all know by
experience that the bandits and pirates they have
presented as national heroes were in reality mangy, filthy, insatiable
and hardened thieves. But the fact is that for
the Greek, these two aspects are of equal value.
When a Greek's "Philotimo" is in question, he can never accept the
facts as they are. As Lord Byron has said, "The
Greeks lack the capacity to comprehend reality. Every Greek has an
exaggerated opinion about Greeks."
A traveller like me who has an open mind cannot help but feel
admiration for them. This may be a result of
sensitivity. In the face of their amenability I felt myself indebted
to the Greeks. I thought about what the cause might
have been that had all of a sudden turned their ancestors into
monsters one hundred and fifty years ago. The
general explanation for this was the hatred they felt for the Turks
after living for centuries under Turkish oppression.
They had avenged themselves. But I think something else lies behind
the event. Turkish rule, as is known, was not
bad. Hatred cannot be an excuse for turning into monsters. I think the
cause is just the opposite of what it is thought
to be. Once the Greeks loved the Turks very much. They had been under
the influence of the Turks for 350 years.
The only thing that separated them from the Turks was the Church. In
spite of being Christians, the Greeks had
remained more oriental than western in their traditions and behaviour
. I don't think that even today they have rid
themselves of the influence of the Turks.
Only a handful of foreigners lived in Greece at the time of the 1821
revolution. Therefore Europe did not know what
was happening in Greece. Because the reports sent outside Greece were
written by enlightened romantics who had
not taken part in the war, they were penned to reflect the Greeks'
ideals. Therefore as the Europeans condemned
the Turks, they were unaware that it was the Greeks who were
perpetrating barbarities and had started the
slaughter. While all foreign countries recognised the Greeks as
citizens of the Ottoman Empire, the European public
applauded them as Christians heroically waging war against Muslims.
The reason for the European's siding with the Greeks was not only
their being Christian; it was also their history. In
those days, education was classically orientated. Language, philosophy
and ancient Greek arts were the foundation
of this education. Meanwhile, a group of people known as the
"Philhellenes" was guiding the Europeans' beliefs
about Greeks onto a wrong path. These Philhellenes comprised scholars
of classical literature, idealists, poets and
conservative and romantic politicians who had spread all over Europe.
They were spreading all around them a new
ethnic concept the Greeks had never even thought of. According to
them, the Greeks were the progeny of ancient
Greeks and maintained invisibly the intelligence and heroism of the
ancients.
For five whole years, the Philhellenes not only died for this
delusion, they also spent vast amounts of money. This
idea championed by the Philhellenes has never been correct. The
present day Greeks are as close to the ancient
Greeks as are the present day English to the Saxons. The blood of both
nations has been mixed and adulterated by
migrations and invasions over thousands of years. The ancestors of the
modern Greeks, even if we discount the
Turks, were the Romans, Albanians, Goths, Venetians and Slavs.
There is no doubt that the genius of ancient Greek forms the
foundation of European culture, but this genius was
virtually forgotten in Greece. The Greeks did not want to remember it.
When they looked back, they only saw the
Byzantine Empire and prided themselves on that.
The Greek revolutionaries' capture of the Turkish garrison in Corinth
is also a black stain on Greek history. The
fortress rose on the hills behind the city. The siege of the fortress
lasted a long time. The Turkish families who had
gathered in the castle were suffering horribly from hunger and thirst.
As in Navarone and Tripolitsa, the Greeks had
promised the Turks that if they surrendered the fortress, they would
be ferried across to the Anatolian coast. The
Turks, having no other option, accepted the offer and when they left
the castle to go to the coast, a new chapter was
added to the book of horrors. The Greeks, setting upon the defenceless
people, slaughtered everyone except the
young boys and girls. They did not harm the young ones because of
their evil lust and their intention of selling them.
This cruel, bloodthirsty genocide by the Greeks was also extremely
idiotic. As an Italian by the name of Brengeri
wrote in his memoirs, "One incident is sufficient to make one
understand a lot of things..." On his way to Corinth,
Brengeri comes across a murdered Turk. A little further on are the
man's wife and baby in a wretched condition. To
help the starving woman and her baby Brengeri collects a few pennies
from his companions and hands them to the
woman. Brengeri leaves the woman and he has not gone a hundred meters
along the road when he hears two
gunshots. When he looks back, he sees that Greek rowdies who had seen
him hand the money to the woman have
murdered the woman and her baby to rob her of the money.
Brengeri is one of several foreigners who witnessed the genocide in
Corinth. Brengeri watched with disgust as a
Turkish family of a man, his wife, two children and their servants,
who had been cornered, were murdered by the
Greeks in his presence. Before killing the children's mother, the
Greeks tore the veil off the woman's face to see
what she looked like. When Brengeri pled with the Greeks to release
the woman, he was told: "Give us fifty piastres
and we'll release her." Leaving his companions with the Greeks and the
woman, Brengeri went to a grocer he knew
and borrowed the fifty piastres to give to the Greeks. Then the Greeks
said: "We'll hand her to you but naked," and
stripped the woman naked before releasing her. Hundreds more Turkish
women were thus sold to foreigners by the
Greek bandits.
The Acropolis in Athens was the most renowned of the citadels in
Greece. For more than a year, 1150 Turks had
been forgotten and left to their fate among the ruins of this sacred
temple. No one bothered these wretched people
but for the "Greek Admirers" force set up by Europeans who admired the
Greeks. The "Philhellenes", who wanted to
capture the Temple of Acropolis, the treasure house of Greek
civilisation, from the Turks and hand it to the Greeks,
attacked the citadel one night but were routed. When the Turks looked
below from the Acropolis, they could see
people prepared to cut their throats with pleasure.
It was lack of water that defeated this handful of Turks whom no siege
or orderly assault had been able to vanquish.
The winter of 1821 had been unusually dry. The cisterns cut out of
rocks had dried up. By June, the Turks did not
have a drop of water to drink. Taking advantage of this, the Greeks
set down their conditions for the capitulation of
the citadel. What they demanded was that the Turks leave their arms
and half of their money to the Greeks; in return
they would be allowed to board ships and go to Turkey.
When on 22 June 1822 the gates of castle opened, those who came out
were not warriors but wretched people
begging, "A drop of water...a drop of water.." and trying to crawl.
Only 180 of them were men of an arms-bearing
age. The rest were made up of the elderly, the crippled and women and
children from neighbouring villages who
had sought refuge in the castle. There were no ships waiting to take
them away. The Turkish captives were put in
the courtyard of Hadrian's Temple on the slope of the Acropolis. No
one bothered them there for two days. Then the
attack of Greek rowdies began. They threw the Turks out of the places
where they had hidden and began to chase
them in the streets. 400 people, most of them made up of ill and weak
women, were murdered. Those who survived
were taken under protection by the foreign consuls in Athens.
In the ten-year period from 1821 to 1832, events continued to occur at
the same speed. Much Turkish blood was shed
on the Greek peninsula. The events might have been viewed from a
different perspective if the blood shed was the
blood of only the Turkish soldier. A soldier fights and he either
kills or dies, that is his duty. But if the shed blood
belongs to helpless people such as women, children and the elderly,
then it is called a "massacre" or "butchery" We
learn from foreign sources that the Greeks carried out not just
butcheries but mass butcheries. And again the same
sources write how the Greeks deceived world public opinion into
swallowing their butcheries as a triumph of Greece
and Christianity.
As Greece accuses the Macedonians, Albanians, Bulgarians and Turks of
barbarity, it should not forget that it owes
them a debt of blood.
The Greeks ruthlessly murdered tens of thousands of Turks, Bulgarians,
Albanians and Macedonians with the aim of
adding the Balkans and Anatolia to their borders. They may have
forgotten these murders that they committed, but
cannot delete the fact from the pages of history.
If we were to turn these pages and transfer Hellenism's mass murders
to our pages, we would have to write volumes
of books.
All the same, let us recall a few of them:
On 4th July 1913 during the 2nd Balkan War, the Greeks attacked
Kilkish. The city was defenceless with only women,
children and the elderly present. The first targets attacked by the
Greek artillery were the orphanage and the
hospital. The greater part of the children and patients in these two
buildings died in the shelling. Meanwhile, the
Greek troops who had occupied the city looted and burned the houses
and murdered their occupants, just like they
did in Anatolia, Macedonia, Albania and Cyprus.
During this occupation, they raided forty villages, burned down 4,725
houses and bayoneted to death 74 people,
eleven of them babies and most of the rest women and elderly people.
In the village of Akangeli they had occupied, the Greeks told some 400
villagers that they would transport them to
some other place, took them to the forest where they murdered them and
then stole their money and other
valuables.
In the Bulgarian villages they attacked, Greek troops not only
murdered anyone they came across but also raped the
women and stole their money. According to official records, in three
days Greek troops slaughtered 365 Bulgarians
and Muslim Turks.
In the presence of a group of foreign journalists, Greek troops
gathered two hundred Bulgarians of Macedonian
origin in a square where they murdered them, they then loaded the
corpses onto lorries and carried them to the
forest where they buried them in a mass.
Also included in the report prepared by the "Carnegie Foundation
Research Centre" on these mass murders
committed by the Greeks are also excerpts from letters sent to their
families by the Greek soldiers who had
committed these murders.
Here are a few of them:
· "Here in the villages we occupy, we kill all the Bulgarians, not
caring whether they are women or children."
· "Under the orders we have been given, we kill every Bulgarian we
come across and burn their houses."
· "The orders are to the effect that we should kill them by cutting
their throats and burn their houses. We obey these
orders."
· "We bayoneted every Bulgarian we captured and cut off his head."
· "Of the 1200 Bulgarians we captured in Negrita, only 41 who were in
prison stayed alive."
· "We did not leave a single Bulgarian alive in every place we passed
through; we exterminated them."
· "We gouged out the eyes of five Bulgarians we had captured, and they
still would not die."
The following excerpts, taken from books written by Greek officers who
in 1919 attempted to occupy Turkish lands,
reveal in very clear terms what the Greeks are in their own words.
Excerpts from Nikos Vasilikos's book "The War Diary":
· "Akcakoy is surrendering. A dreadful scene." P.72
· "The Turkish villages on our route are being subjected to real
disasters." P.74
· "All the Turkish villages on the plain are being burned by Greek
troops. With the passage of Greek forces through
these places, all sides are being illuminated with the light of
civilisation (flames)" p.108
· "All the villages are burning furiously. In order not to get
roasted, the occupants of the villages are running out of
their homes like rats." P.113
· "Afyon is being abandoned to the flames." P. 175
· "We are rapidly advancing to the village of Burnaz. The village was
set on fire amid the maledictions of the Turkish
ladies running about naked in the gardens to escape the fire."
· "We arrive at a town burning from one end to the other." P.187
· "Large numbers of Turks are being killed along the route. One of us
advancing in the van put the muzzle of his
weapon against the Turk's neck and when he fired, the Turk's head flew
fifteen meters away." P.181
N.VASILIKOS, "Dairy", p.57
"We are given the task of guards in the transportation of 150 Turkish
captives. All along the route, the cavalry troops
are tormenting the captives; some of them are striking the captives
with rifle butts and whips. The captives' attempts
to protect themselves by hiding in each other's arms present a
dreadful picture. It is as if they are trying to turn into a
single body. Many of them pass out as we advance and we make the
others carry the ones that faint."
P.APOSTOLIDES: We read the following lines in pages 20-21 of his book
"MY Recollections 1900-1969".
"The elderly, the women and children had hidden in the mosque. Some of
our soldiers became aware of this.
Because they lacked courage like all worthless people, they were
afraid of the crowd and therefore did not dare
force the door of the mosque to rape the women. They started a fire by
throwing dry grass they had collected from
here and there through the windows. The people inside began to come
out, choking with the smoke. It was then that
those worthless wretches aimed at the women, the children and the
elderly and murdered them. Some others
related to me how they had seen the application of another method of
infernal torture. Very large nails were driven
into the ground. The plaited hair of the women were passed around
these nails, so that the women, unable to move,
were raped in groups.
An instance of Greek barbarity witnessed by historian Arnold Toynbee
is told on page 298 of his book "The Western
Problem".
"At 13.00 on Friday, the 24th of June 1921, three days before the
Greeks evacuated Izmit, the men of two Turkish
quarters called Bahcecesme and Tepekhane were taken to the cemetery
and shot in groups. I was present when on
29th June two of the graves were opened. I saw that the arms of the
corpses were tied behind them. Some 60
corpses were estimated to be in those graves. A total of around 300
people were missing."
The Greek has shown his barbarity everywhere he has gone, as it
happened in Cyprus in 1974...
According to an official report published in the British "The
Guardian" newspaper on 2nd April 1988, 25 Turks in
hospital went missing from their hospital beds during the July 1974
events. According to the report prepared on the
findings of British intelligence officer Lieutenant Martin Packard,
the Turkish patients had their throats cut by the
Greek Cypriot nurses, their corpses were loaded onto a lorry and taken
to a farm in the north of the city, where their
flesh was separated from their bones, ground in a mincing machine and
thrown into the sewers.
Another instance is the horrifying event Salahi Hilal, who is still
alive today, went through. This is how Salahi Hilal,
whose flesh was cut with a knife and his blood sucked, relates Greek
cruelty:
"The Greeks and Greek Cypriots who had captured me began to cut my
arms and the fleshy parts of my shoulders
with the daggers they had pulled from their belts. Meanwhile a Greek
officer approached them and asked the Greek
Cypriots, "Is there anyone among you who hasn't drunk Turkish blood?"
Some of them shouted, "We haven't,"
whereupon ten to fifteen people along with the Greek officer began
licking the blood oozing from the cuts on my
arms and shoulders. I was about to pass out when I was taken outside,
I saw a friend of mine captive in their hands.
His legs and arms were tied. Then a Greek Cypriot pulled the safety
pin from the grenade he had taken from his belt
and threw the bomb at the Turkish soldier. My poor friend was blown to
pieces. I didn't want to live any more."
The Tsamourian Albanians whose lands were occupied by Greeks should
not be forgotten either.
The genocide movement whose aim was the ethnic cleansing of the
Tsamourian Albanians began on 27th June
1944. 2900 young and elderly men, 214 women and 96 children were
murdered by the EDES bands commanded by
General Napoleon ZERVAS; 745 women were raped, 76 women abducted, 32
children under the age of three put to
the sword, 68 villages razed to the ground and 5800 houses and places
of worship destroyed.
The Greek has always kept low in the presence of the powerful but put
on a show of strength only in the presence of
the weak.
This is the true blood-smeared face of the Greeks who think that they
will gain something by deceiving the world
with lies in order to present the Turks as "Barbarians".
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BORZA
Historian and Professor Eugene Borza who is credited as "Macedonian
specialist" by the American Philological
Association, and who have done extensive studies regarding the
ethnicity of the ancient Macedonians, had also
presented in-depth analysis on the modern Greek position which claims
that the ancient Macedonians "were Greek".
In his In the Shadow of Olympus (p.91-92) Borza writes:
"Thus, long before there was a sufficient ancient evidence to argue
about the ethnic identity--as revealed by
language--of the ancient Macedonians, there emerged a "Greek" position
claiming that the Macedonian language
was Greek, and that thus the inhabitants were Greek."
The modern Greeks have therefore, developed a position that the
Macedonians were Greek, long before there was
sufficient ancient evidence to argue about their ethnicity. Yet
although modern historiography had long abandoned
this prematurely established "Greek" position, modern Greeks are still
its most zealous defenders despite the
overwhelming evidence available today, which overwhelmingly shows that
the Macedonians were not Greeks but a
distinct nation. Borza continues:
"For example, recent work describes the funerary stelae found in the
tumulus covering the royal tombs at Vergina.
These stelae date from the fourth and early third centuries, and the
preponderance of names are Greek… The
excavator of Vergina, Manolis Andronikos, in a useful summary of the
epigraphic evidence, writes: "In the most
unambivalent way this evidence confirms the opinion of those
historians who maintain that the Macedonians were a
Greek tribe, like all the others who lived on Greek territory, and
shows that the theory that they were of Illyrian or
Thracian descent and were hellenized by Philip and Alexander rests on
no objective criteria." Manolis Andronikos
Vergina:The Royal Tombs, 83-85."
Here is Borza’s answer to the Greek archeologist Manolis Andronikos:
"This argument is true enough only as far as it goes. It neglects that
the hellenization of the Macedonians might
have occurred earlier then the age of Philip and Alexander, and can
not therefore serve as a means of proving the
Macedonians were a Greek tribe."
Indeed, not only Andronakis was obviously wrong to conclude that the
Macedonians were Greek, but also notice
how the Greek archeologist does not point that the Macedonians might
have been a separate nation. Instead he
prefers to call it if not Greek, either Illyrian or Thracian, two
ancient nations that can not be associated with the
Balkans politics surrounding Greece, resulted from the 1913 partition
of Macedonia (see below). Also notice how
Andronikos used the term "like all the others who lived on Greek
territory". It’s like he wants to convince the reader
that Macedonia has always been a "Greek territory", which is exactly
what he uses as a base for his inaccurate
conclusion.
Another Greek writer, Michael Sakellariou, in his Macedonia 4000 years
of Greek History, 44-63 (quite questionable
of accuracy title to begin with), "proves" that the "Macedonians were
Greek" although he purposely avoided all
evidence that does not suit such conclusion. Borza has a line for him
as well:
"It is indicative of the strength of Badian’s case that his critics
have succeeded only in nit-picking: e.g., Sakellariou,
Macedonia, 534-35 nn. 52.53" (Borza, In the Shadow of Olympus p.96.)
Borza is talking about Ernst Badian from Harvard University who in his
extensive research Greeks and Macedonians
presented all evidence and soundly concluded that the Macedonians were
distinct nation from the Greeks, which
neither considered themselves to be Greeks nor were considered by the
Greeks to be Greek. That is precisely what
the Greek writer Sakellariou had completely and purposely avoided, and
lacking any base for a well-balanced
criticism, choused instead to nit-pick Badian's argument.
We can see a trend among the Greek scholars (Andronicos, Martis,
Daskalakis, Kallaris, and Sakellariou) who
desperately want to show the world that the Macedonians "were Greeks",
though unsuccessfully. Martis' Falsification
of Macedonian History was handed out to the foreign journalists in
Greece and translated into many languages.
Sakellariou’s Macedonia 4000 years of Greek History was even donated
for free to the libraries throughout the United
States. This exposes a well-developed propaganda strategy, to
influence all those unaware that the "Macedonians
were Greek." Yet the Greeks are showing the world that the
"Macedonians were Greek" by avoiding all ancient and
modern evidence that does not suit their purpose, and in that process
they try to pass books so full of historical errors
and distortions:
"The fullest statement of the "Greek" position, and also the most
detailed study of the Macedonian language, is by
Kallaris, Les anciens Macidoniens, esp. 2: 488-531, in which alleged
Greek elements in the Macedonian language
are examined exhaustively. A more chauvinistic (and less persuasive)
point of view can be found in Daskalakis,
Hellenism, esp. pts. 2. and 3. The most blatant account is that of
Martis (The Falsification of Macedonian History).
This book, written by a former Minister for Northern Greece, is an
polemical anti-Yugoslav tract so full of historical
errors and distortions that the prize awarded it by the Academy of
Athens serves only to reduce confidence in the
scientific judgment of that venerable society of scholars. The most
sensible and scholarly Greek position is that laid
out by Sakellariou, in Macedonia, 44-63. Lest it seem, however, that
the "Greek" position is held only by modem
Greeks" - (Borza, In the Shadow of Olympus p.91)
It is ironical that the book of the former Greek politician Nicolas
Martis is named The Falsification of Macedonian
History, when in fact he is the one who is falsifying the history of
Macedonia with his historical errors and distortions.
It is worrisome that the students of the countries who have nothing to
do with the modern Greek politics, must be
exposed to the Greek historical fabrications against one of the most
dynamic powers of the ancient times - the
Macedonians. But why is Greece doing this, what is behind it, why do
they steal the history of the ancient
Macedonians, and attempt to appropriate it as theirs?
The answer lays in the year of 1913 when Macedonia was partitioned
after the Balkan wars and Greece swallowed
the biggest part - 51%. There was nothing in Macedonia then that
connected that land with Greece, apart from the
small 10% Greek minority scattered in southern Macedonia among the
overwhelming majority of Macedonians who
lived throughout the country (for complete statistical evidence see
the "Macedonian-Greek Conflict"). Since in 1913 it
acquired foreign territory populated by non-Greeks, Greece had to
provide a link that would justify its claim on that
half of Macedonia. That is exactly why the Greeks claim that the
ancient Macedonians "were Greek", so that if in
ancient times there was a Greek tribe (Macedonians) living in
Macedonia, then that land therefore is Greek (just like
Andronikos points above). What is not disputable however, is that
since 1913 till today, the modern Greek state
continues to oppress the ethnic Macedonians who now find themselves
living in Greece (see Human Rights Watch,
Amnesty International evidenced in the "Macedonians in Greece"). The
other northern part of Macedonia, today’s
Republic of Macedonia, broke out of Yugoslavia and became independent
in 1991. That brought addition fuel to the
Greek nationalists who are afraid now that one part of the ethnic
Macedonian nation is independent, the partition of
1913 can be seen as illegal, which could lead to eventual loss of
their Greek Macedonian part and subsequent
reunification of one Macedonia. That is exactly why they claim that
there is no modern Macedonian nation, not in
Greece not anywhere, and continue to deny the basic human rights of
their Macedonian minority through politics
filled with paranoia, politics which without the revision of the
ancient history could not breathe.
Ilinden the Macedonian
June R Harton
What a stupid historically ignorant post, Bulgar.
You apparently don't know the difference between Bulgarians like
yourself and Greeks nor what the geographically correct GREEK
names existed in REAL Macedonia (northern Greece) since
ancient times. How can you so dumbly post stupidities?
I will expose your *all* your silly lies below.
Let's make this very very clear, troll, so that even you can really get it!
http://www.macedonia.com/english/history/regions1.html
The Regions of Ancient Macedonia are not anything to do with your West
Bulgarian Fyromian area:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-Philip II:
Upper Macedonia
Ancient Name: Modern Location:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
ORESTIS Kastoria province, Greece
TYMPHAEA Grevena province, Greece
ELIMEIA S. Kozane province, Greece
EORDAEA N. Kozane province, Greece
LYNKESTIS Florina province, Greece
PELAGONIA Monastiri (Bitola), tiny area SW FYROM
Lower Macedonia
Ancient Name: Modern Location:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
AMPHAXITIS Kilkis province, Greece
ALMOPIA Pella province, Greece
PIERIA Pieria province, Greece
BOTTIAEA Emathia province, Greece
KRESTONIA N. Thessalonike province, Greece
MYGDONIA E. Thessalonike province, Greece
ANTHEMOUS S. Thessalonike province, Greece
Expansion under Philip II:
New Macedonia
Ancient Name: Modern Location:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
BISALTIA E. Thessalonike province, Greece
SINTIKE Serres province, Greece
ODOMANTIS Drama province, Greece
EDONIS Kavalla province, Greece
THASSOS Kavalla province, Greece
CHALKIDIKE Chalkidike province, Greece
SOUTHERN PAEONIA Gevgeli province, tiny area SE FYROM
http://www.unet.com.mk/oldmacedonianmaps/stmapi/mapa3.jpg
http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/Maps/mapSeq_Map01.html
http://crystalinks.com/mapgreeceancient.gif
You will also see below that *ALL* the towns of REAL Macedonia
St Paul visits and they are ALL in *northern Greece* and the
*Word Of God* identifies the actual Macedonians as GREEKS:
http://www.genesis.net.au/~bible/kjv/acts/
For fair use only
Chapter 16
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was
there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and
believed; but his father was a Greek:
16:2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and
Iconium.
16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him
because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his
father was a Greek.
16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees
for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at
Jerusalem.
16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in
number daily.
16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia,
and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but
the Spirit suffered them not.
16:8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of
Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go
into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to
preach the gospel unto them.
16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to
Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
16:12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of
Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where
prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which
resorted thither.
16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that
she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying,
If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and
abide there. And she constrained us.
16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed
with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by
soothsaying:
16:17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the
servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation.
16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said
to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of
her. And he came out the same hour.
16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they
caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do
exceedingly trouble our city,
16:21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to
observe, being Romans.
16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates
rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into pri
son, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
16:24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison,
and made their feet fast in the stocks.
16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and
the prisoners heard them.
16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of
the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every
one's bands were loosed.
16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the
prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself,
supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we
are all here.
16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and
fell down before Paul and Silas,
16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house.
16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in
his house.
16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes;
and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them,
and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let
those men go.
16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates
have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being
Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily?
nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they
feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired
them to depart out of the city.
16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia:
and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
Chapter 17
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to
Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days
reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
17:3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen
again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of
the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them
certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all
the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring
them out to the people.
17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto
the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down
are come hither also;
17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of
Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
17:8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they
heard these things.
17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let
them go.
17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures
daily, whether those things were so.
17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were
Greeks, and of men, not a few.
So much for your silly lies, Bulgar.
from: Spirit Of Truth
(using June's e-mail to communicate to you)!
Yannis the Macedonian
> Agova mahala (Ser) Adelfikon
> Ahil (Kostur)
> Agios Ahileos
> ancient history could not breathe.
After Macedonia's liberation from the Turkish occupation and the Slavic
excruciation, Greece restored all known Macedonian toponyms in Macedonia:
Arnissa, Argos, Aiani, Ixnai, Kalindoia, Anthemous, Aliakmon, Axios, ......
These old original names were replaced by Turkish and Slavic names due to
long occupation or settlement.
On the other hand, in the occupied part of Macedonia in FYROPM nothing has
changed. SlavoSkopians respected Slavic and Turkish toponyms in order to
hide Macedonian Greekness. Where are Alalkomenai, Idomenai, Erigon, ....??
Dear ethic SlavoSkopians, Kajlar or Ptolemais ??
Yannis
Macedonia, Greece