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 2021 Like all major Pontic Greek monasteries, Vazelon is based on a sacred cave. It was supposedly founded around 270 AD and was then […]
Sam Topalidis 2021 Xenophon, an Athenian, was one of the Greek mercenaries who were hired by Cyrus to usurp the crown of Cyrus’ brother, Artaxerxes II, […]
