Hieromonk Father Nektarios Terpos was a special personality of the pre-revolutionary years and is rightly characterized as the forerunner of Patrocosmas of Aitolos. He was born in Moschopolis in Northern Epirus probably in 1675. There is insufficient information about his life. We know that he b
After their victory over Troy, the Greek Achaean kingdoms gradually began to collapse. They had spent the last ounce of their strength to defeat their Trojan Greek opponents. If this seems strange to some, we contrast them with the example of the Peloponnesian war, which lasted 27 years and destroye
In 480 BC the very existence of metropolitan Greece was threatened by the invasion of the huge army of Xerxes. In Greater Greece (Lower Italy - Sicily), the existence of Hellenism was on the edge of a razors edge by the attack of a huge Carthaginian army under Amilcas. The Carthaginians controlle
The Greek must be proud, strong, industrious and hold his head high in the adversities of life. A little good madness never hurts!, said Antigoni Kamperou, niece of the first Greek military aviator, Dimitris Kamperou, in an interview with APE-MPE, on the occasion of the Air Force Day, next to the pl
Cyprus, in its centuries-long historical course, has known many foreign dynasties. In 1878 the Turks ceded it to the British. The Cypriots initially welcomed this change, considering that the British would allow, at least in time, their union with Greece, as they had done with the Ionian Islands. Th
On April 7, 1941, colonel Thomas Pentzopoulos was in the Monastery of the then Yugoslavia. The colonel was emissaries of the Greek General Staff (GS) with the aim of clarifying the situation and establishing liaison with the Yugoslav general staff. Until then, the information that the Greek headquar
The Air Force Museum is located at Decelia Air Base in Tatoi and includes an interesting collection of aviation exhibits. The mission of the Museum is to gather, preserve and exhibit the relics of Aviation, to study and document History, to promote the sacred races and the Aviation Idea throughout t
The Byzantine Empire for a long time held possessions in Italy. In 1009 the Lombard ruler of Bari Melis (or Melo), until then a vassal of the empire, revolted. The Byzantines reacted and in 1011 occupied Bari. However, the defeated Member did not surrender and after being reinforced with Norman
Retired German diplomat Wolfgang Schultheiss, who was ambassador to Greece from 2005 to 2010, spoke about Greece at an event in Germany. The most interesting point of his speech concerns the issue of war reparations. The Germans are never going to pay. First, we dont have enough money. The Greek
The battle of the Areios River (todays Hari) in 209 or 208 BC. was a catalytic conflict between the kingdom of the Seleucids and that of Bactria. The Seleucid king Antiochus III the so-called Great, attempting to recover the eastern provinces of the state founded by his ancestor Seleucus, invaded th
Zenobia (from Zeus and Bios) is a highly enigmatic personality of late antiquity. He was born in 240 AD. She herself claimed to be a descendant of Cleopatra of Egypt and therefore had roots from the Ptolemies. This information is also mentioned in Augusta History. He was fluent in Greek, Aramaic and
With fanatical opponents and fanatical supporters, Georgios Grivas Digenes, as well as Makarios, manage - decades after their deaths - to divide society on who and how much responsibility they have for the developments in the Republic of Cyprus. On January 27, 1974, George Grivas dies of a heart att
It would be sacrilege, indeed, to say something about the strategic and tactical abilities of the great Greek soldier Alexander. His campaign against the Illyrians is a prime example of their skill and ingenuity. Immediately after the death of Philips father, Alexander was proclaimed king of Mac
In 1366, the Byzantine Empire was, by euphemism, a state. The Ottomans, after capturing the Gallipoli peninsula in 1354, secured a stable bridgehead in Europe which the Byzantines tried in vain to recover. With Gallipoli as their base, the Turks rapidly expanded into the former Thracian and Maced
The process of rebuilding the Supermarine Spitfire MJ755 aircraft of the Air Force (PA) is in its final stage. As is known, a relevant contract of free concession of use has already been signed by the PA, to the non-profit IKAROS Foundation, which has undertaken exclusively at its own expense the re
In 1352, the most destructive, due to conditions, civil war broke out in the Byzantine Empire. The two warring camps fighting to occupy the throne of the broken empire did not hesitate to commit pure treason by calling in help from Serbs and Turks. The civil war between John Kantakouzenos and Joh
On June 22, 1944, the Soviets launched their largest attack in intensity and scope up to that point in the central part of the vast Eastern Front. Opposite them were the German Army Group (OS) Center, under the friendly close to the Nazi regime, Field Marshal Ernst Busch. In the early hours of Ju
We are in 1967, a really very difficult year for Greece. A year that, in addition to the April 21 coup, brought the possibility of a war with Turkey very close... The Turkish Cypriots are still seeking autonomy and Turkey is once again escalating the tension in Greek-Turkish relations, inciting the
Speaking 76 years later, it is not bad at all, on the contrary, to give a definition of the term. Therefore, we call the conflicts that took place, mainly in Athens and Attica, from Sunday 3 December 1944 to Thursday 11 January 1945. Typically, the December conflicts ended at 7:35 on the evening of
In the early hours of Monday, December 4, a very important event occurred, the significance of which was clearly not understood by the EAM-ELAS leadership. The 2nd Regiment of ELAS, which had come - on foot of course - from Hasia, had camped in N. Psychiko. Fatigue, cold and reckless confidence cont
The 13th Light Bombardment Squadron was one of the Greek Squadrons that operated from the desert with the Allies in World War II. During her stay in N. Africa and the N. East until April 1944, she performed more than 1600 combat missions, exceeding 4550 flying hours in total. During this time the
The Roman calendar was made up of twelve months and 365 days, but the movement of the Earth around the Sun lasted a little longer (365.25 days). This gap had produced a delay of 90 days, so the seasons -very important for the harvests- danced. Julius Caesar brought the wise Sosigenes of his retreat
Man appeared on the face of the earth about 2,500,000 years ago. We tend to think that there was only one type of human. However, one of our grandfathers, who in those days was the Ape Austral , he left some corner of East Africa and embarked on the path to other horizons, such as Asia, Europe and e
When you think of the Ottoman Empire today, the first thing that comes to mind is its downfall. One thinks of the sick man on the Bosphorus of the 19th century, of the lost First World War and finally of Atatürks assumption of power and thus the end of the empire. And before? You can find an answer