Syntagma Square ceremony highlights historical memory, cultural identity and ongoing debate over recognition as participants gather at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Dendias said the annual commemoration honors not only the victims of the genocide, but also the enduring legacy of the Pontic Greeks themselves — a community he described as a vital and living part of Hellenism

Between 1915 and 1922, the Pontic Greek population paid a devastating price. Entire communities were subjected to expulsions, imprisonment, rape, confiscation of property, forced marches, executions, and hangings

Pontic Greeks are offering heirlooms to a new Naousa museum aimed at preserving and showcasing the history of Argyroupolis.

The statement comes as Israel itself faces international scrutiny over the devastating toll of its military campaign in Gaza.

In his message on the occasion of the 106th anniversary of the Pontic Greek genocide by the Ottoman Turks, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas, called for the international recognition of the atrocity, emphasizing that the sacrifice of the Pontic Greeks “leaves us with the legacy of the struggle against all forms of […]

The Genocide of the Pontic Greeks as recorded by “ELEFTHERON VIMA” and by people who lived through it.

Agapi is set during the rise the rise of nationalist Kemalist forces in 1921, whose eventual prevalence a year later marked the abrupt end of millennia of Hellenism and Christianity in Asia Minor