Sam Topalidis[1] Pontic Historian and Ethnologist (2024) What is Romeyka and How Did it Develop? From the 7th century BC, Greeks established colonies in Pontos, in north-east Anatolia […]
Observations by Foreign Visitors of the Soumela Monastery, Pontos
Sam Topalidis (Pontic Historian) 2019 Historical Background From the 7th century BC, Pontos (northeast corner of Anatolia near the Black Sea) had several Greek settlements (Topalidis 2019). After […]
Soumela Monastery of Trabzon, The Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Virgin Mary, better known as Sumela Monastery, is one of the Black Sea’s highlights.
