HISTORY AND CULTURE OF GREEKS FROM PONTOS BLACK SEA

Παρουσίαση

I am [like most of us] a descendent of the few thousand homo sapiens who from 100.000 years ago migrated 'out-of-Africa' and became the progenitors of the rest of the world, (Rutherford 2016). All my more recent ancestors were Orthodox Christian Greeks who came from Pontos in the north-east corner of Anatolia adjacent to the Black Sea. I reside in a multi-cultural Australia and hold citizenship there. I am proud of my Pontic roots.
This book is an updated collation of my Internet articles written from 2008 to 2016 covering aspects of Pontic Greek history and culture with the inclusion of a Preface, an Introduction titled, Who are the Greeks From Pontos?' and a conclusion titled, Where to From Here?'. It also includes new chapters on, the family history of 'Sotiris and Aglaia Moratidis' and the family history of 'Sophie Kiriakidis'. [...] (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

List of figures
List of tables
List plates
Preface
PONTIC HISTORY
Who are the Greeks from Pontos?
Formation of the Greek Settlements in Pontos
A History of Trabzon
A History of Samsun
The Panayia Theoskepastos Monastery, Trabzon
Development and Current State of the Pontic Greek Dialect
Crypto-Christians in Pontos
PONTIC SOCIETY AND CULTURE
Greek Funeral Rituals
Greek Weddings
Greek Easter Celebrations
Origin of Greek and Turkish Surnames
PONTIC GREEK FAMILY HISTORIES
Sofia Dimarhos
Sophie Kiriakidis
Sotiris and Aglaia Moratidis
Sam Topalidis
PONTIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
The Daouli Drum
The Tsabouna (Tulum) Bagpipe: What is its Future?
The Kemence (Pontic Lyra)
CONCLUSION AND REFERENCES
Where to From Here?
References