The Kemenche – Sam Topalidis
The Kemenche Sam Topalidis 2010 (Author of A Pontic Greek History) Where music is considered a frill, where no effort in made to transmit a musical heritage to new generations, … Read More
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Development of the Greek Pontic Dialect – Sam Topalidis
Development of the Pontic Greek Dialect Sam Topalidis 2009 History of the Greek Language According to Encyclopaedia Britannica (2005), the form of Greek written and spoken today evolved in four … Read More
Formation of the First Greek Settlements in the Pontos – Sam Topalidis
Formation of the First Greek Settlements in the Pontos Sam Topalidis The Pontos According to Liddell and Scott’s An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, the word Pontos stands for the sea, especially … Read More
Crypto-Christians of the Trabzon Region of Pontos – Sam Topalidis
Crypto-Christians of the Trabzon Region of Pontos Sam Topalidis Who were the crypto-Christians? The crypto-Christians (also called cryphi, klosti, Stavriotes, Kromledes) were Christian Greeks who due to the Muslim persecution … Read More