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
http://www.karalahana.com/2021/02/25/st-john-vazelon-monastery/
Sam Topalidis 2021 Greek Settlement The name Sinope is probably of Hittite origin and its settlement may have existed at least during the Hittite period. After
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,
By Sam Topalidis April 11, 2020 (From The National Herald) The St Michael Greek Orthodox church (Plate 1) is located up a steep hill in Ortamahalle, Akchaabat (formerly
Sam Topalidis (Pontic Historian and Ethnologist) 2019 Background This paper on traditional clothes worn by Pontic Greeks (Greeks from Pontos—the northeast corner of Anatolia adjacent the
http://www.karalahana.com/2019/08/16/traditional-pontic-greek-costumes/
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). A...
http://www.karalahana.com/2019/06/10/how-did-greeks-from-pontos-identify-themselves/
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.
http://www.karalahana.com/2019/01/15/the-soumela-monastery-pontos/
Sam Topalidis (Pontic historian) 2018 Introduction Trabzon is a town with over 300,000 people in northeast Turkey on the Black Sea coast (Figure 1). It was settled
http://www.karalahana.com/2018/11/18/the-status-of-old-churches-in-trabzon/
Sam Topalidis (Pontic Historian) 2018 Introduction Greeks colonised Pontos in the north-east corner of Anatolia near the Black Sea from at least the 7th century BC (Tsetskhladze
http://www.karalahana.com/2018/11/17/a-brief-introduction-to-the-pontic-greek-dialect/