Byzantine Emperor of Trebizond Sam Topalidis (2024) Pontic Historian and Ethnologist Introduction Alexios IV Grand Komnenos (reign 1417–1429) was the emperor of the small Byzantine empire of […]
Observations by Foreign Visitors of the Soumela Monastery, Pontos
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.