Hellenic Net

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ The Greeks living in Constantinople today, though few in number, remain "countless" in their strength and dedication to preserving the traditions and customs of their homeland. Their daily lives are marked by the effort to keep the flame of Greek culture alive in the heart of this historic city. One of the most beautiful examples of this dedication is the annual Christmas Bazaar held at the Zappeion School, one of the most historic schools of the Greek community. This year, too, the Greeks of Constantinople gathered there just before the holidays to exchange wishes, share their news, and purchase gifts for their loved ones. The venue was filled with warmth and smiles, while the few remaining churches of the city prepared to host the Christmas services, where everyone would come together to celebrate the birth of Christ. The Bazaar was organized with great success thanks to the contribution of the Zappeion Parents and Guardians Association. Its members, Maria Magdalin...

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Livisi (Kayakoy today) is located in the region of western Lycia, a few kilometers south of Fethiye (Telmissos-Anastasioupoli-Makri). Livisi can be considered as one of the most important Greek villages of western Lycia and was depicted on many maps of the 17th and 18th centuries. There are also plenty of testimonies about the village from European travelers of the 19th century. Livisi, 2020 Livisi or also Livissi, Levissi and Levissi, is a village 8 km south of Makri (Fetiye) in southwestern Turkey, where Anatolian Greeks lived until about 1923.  The ghost village, now preserved as a museum, consists of hundreds of houses and two churches, which cover a small part of the mountainside and serve as a parking place for tourists visiting Fethiye and Oludeniz. History The area where Livisi is located was inhabited since the early Archaic times, as mentioned by ancient authors. In the same area where Livisi was located, scholars place the Lycian city of Karmylissos. Karmylissos...

  ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Edessa (Greek Ἔδεσσα) and Ορρα, Orrha in Greek (also Ορροα, Orrhoa) was a city in Upper Mesopotamia, founded on an earlier site by Seleucus I Nicator ca. 302 BC. It was also known as Antiochia on the Callirhoe from the 2nd century BC. It was the capital of the semi-independent kingdom of Osroene from c. 132 BC and fell under direct Roman rule in ca. 242. It became an important early centre of Syriac Christianity. It fell to the Muslim conquest in 639, was briefly re-taken by Byzantium in 1031, and became the center of the Crusader state of the County of Edessa during 1098–1144. It fell to the Turkic Zengid dynasty in 1144 and was eventually absorbed by the Ottoman Empire in 1517. Map of Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in the early Christian period, with Edessa in the middle . The modern name of the city is Şanlıurfa (Syriac: ܐܘܪܗܝ‎ Urhāy, Armenian: Եդեսիա Yedesia or Armenian: Ուռհա Uṙha), in Turkey's Southeast Anatolia Region. Although the site of Urfa has been inhabited sin...

  ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Byzantium (Greek: Βυζάντιον Byzántion) was an ancient Greek colony on the site that later became Constantinople, and later still Istanbul. Byzantium was colonised by the Greeks from Megara in c. 657 BC. Byzantion name is of ancient greek origins, derived from the legendary king Byzas, the leader of the Megarian colonists and founder of the city. Coinage with idealized depiction of Byzas, founder of Byzantium. Struck in Byzantium, Thrace, around the time of Marcus Aurelius (161–180 CE). The form Byzantium is a Latinization of the original name. Much later, the name Byzantium became common in the West to refer to the Eastern Roman Empire, the "Byzantine" Empire, whose capital Constantinople stood on the site of ancient Byzantium. This usage was introduced only in 1555 by the historian Hieronymus Wolf, a century after the empire had ceased to exist. During the time of the empire, the term Byzantium was restricted to just the city, rather than the empire it ruled. Hist...

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Chrysaorium (Greek: Χρυσαορίδα)   was an ancient city in Caria, Anatolia, between Euromus (also Eunomus) and Stratonicea. In Seleucid times, Chrysaorium was the seat of the Chrysaorian League. The League's assembly met here, in a temple of Zeus Chrysaorius.  τὸ Χρυσαορέων ἔθνος a natione Carum (Steph. Byz. Χρυσαορίς· Ἐπαφρόδιτος δὲ τὴν Καρίαν πᾶσαν Χρυσαορίδα λέγεσθαι); quae cum antiquitus oppida nondum haberet, sed κατὰ·κώμας habitaret, foedus pago- rum (κωμῶν) constitutum est circa lovis Chrysaorei (not. i 9) delubrum. Cf. quae post W. Η. Waddingtonum ad Lebas Inscr. III 399 aliosque exposuit Holleaux ad hunc tltulum (vide etiam n. iil^). Post Alexandri Magni vero aetatem cum oppida Graeca in illa regione conderentur, pagi Carici ex parte his oppidis attributi sunt, quo factum est ut quaeque civitas tot suffragia ferret in communi concilio, quot pagos antiquos systematis Chrysaorei eius ager comprehenderet. Cf. Strabo XIV, 2, 25 p. 660 Cas. καλεῖται δὲ τὸ σύστημα αὐ...