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Apostolos (given Name)
Apostolos ( el, Απόστολος) or Apostolis (Αποστόλης) is a common male Greek given name, which means "apostle". The diminutive form Tolis (Τόλης) is also common. Bearers of the name include: *Apostolis Anthimos *Apostolos Athanassakis *Apostolos Doxiadis *Apostolos Gerasoulis *Apostolos Giannou * Apostolos Gkountoulas * Apostolos Grozos *Apostolos Kaklamanis * Apostolos Kathiniotis * Apostolos Kontos * Apostolos Liolidis *Apostolos Nanos *Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete) *Apostolos Nikolaidis (singer) * Apostolos Papandreou *Apostolos Paraskevas * Apostolos Prantzos * Apostolos Santas * Apostolos Tsianakas * Apostolos Vellios * Metropolitan Apostolos of Kilkis * Metropolitan Apostolos II of Rhodes *Tolis Voskopoulos __notoc__ Apostolos "Tolis" Voskopoulos ( el, Απόστολος "Τόλης" Βοσκόπουλος; 26 July 1940 – 19 July 2021) was one of the legends of modern Greek music. He also starred in many films and played in the theatre in Athens. .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Name
In the modern world, Greeks names are the personal names among people of Greek language and culture generally consist of a given name and a family name. History Ancient Greeks generally had a single name, often qualified with a patronymic, a clan or tribe, or a place of origin. Married women were identified by the name of their husbands, not their fathers. Hereditary family names or surnames began to be used by elites in the Byzantine period. Well into the 9th century, they were rare. But by the 11th and 12th centuries, elite families often used family names. Family names came from placenames, nicknames, or occupations.Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, Peter McClure, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland'', 2016, , p. lii During the Ottoman period, surnames with Turkish prefixes such as "Hatzi-", "Kara-" and suffixes such as "-(i)lis", "-tzis", and "-oglou" became common, especially among Anatolian Greeks. It is not clear when stable family surnames bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete)
Apostolos Nikolaidis ( el, Απόστολος Νικολαΐδης, 19 April 1896 – 15 October 1980) was a Greek athlete, football manager and businessman. He was a leading board member and president of Panathinaikos A.C. Life and career He was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, a member of the Greek community. After his graduation from the Robert College in Istanbul, he moved first to Thessaloniki (where he competed as an athlete of Aris Thessaloniki) and later to Athens in 1917 and joined the family of Panathinaikos. He was an athletic phenomenon, as he successfully competed in decathlon, football, basketball and volleyball and also a successful racing driver. He was member of the Greek team of 1920 (in Antwerp), both as a football player and as a track athlete. He played football for more than ten years and contributed to all sports departments of PAO. He became also manager of the Greece national football team. In 1926–27 he was elected president of the Hellenic Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolis Apostolis
Nikolis Apostolis ( el, Νικολής Αποστόλης) was a Greek naval commander during the Greek War of Independence. Apostolis was born on the island of Psara in 1770. He was initiated into the Filiki Eteria in 1818. When the revolt against the Ottoman Empire broke out in 1821, he took part in the naval struggles at the head of the Psarian squadron. Apostolis continued the struggle even after his native Psara was attacked and sacked by the Turks in 1824. He helped supply the army and people of Messolonghi by running through the Ottoman blockade during the final siege of that city. He died in Aegina Aegina (; el, Αίγινα, ''Aígina'' ; grc, Αἴγῑνα) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born on the island and ... on April 6, 1827. {{DEFAULTSORT:Apostolis, Nikolis 1770 births 1827 deaths People from Psara Greek admirals Members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tolis Voskopoulos
__notoc__ Apostolos "Tolis" Voskopoulos ( el, Απόστολος "Τόλης" Βοσκόπουλος; 26 July 1940 – 19 July 2021) was one of the legends of modern Greek music. He also starred in many films and played in the theatre in Athens. One of Voskopoulos' greatest theatrical hits was ''Oi Erastes tou Oneirou'' (Dream Lovers), which he performed opposite Zoe Laskari. Voskopoulos was married to former minister Antzela Gerekou. Discography This is a partial list of Tolis Voskopoulos' discography:Albums *1967: Doukissa & Voskopoulos – Anamnisis *1968: Agonia *1970: Adelphia Mou, Alites, Poulia *1970: Se Iketevo *1971: Mia Agapi *1972: Stigmes Agapis *1972: Tolis Voskopoulos (Stichimatizo) *1973: As Imaste Realiste *1974:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolos Dimelis
Apostolos II ( el, Απόστολος Β'; Archangelos, 1922 – Rhodes, 22 September 2010), born Panagiotis Dimelis (Παναγιώτης Διμέλης), was the Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Rhodes, Greece from 5 May 1988 until his resignation on 20 April 2004, and before that titular metropolitan of Ilioupolis and Theira in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ..., from 17 November 1977 until 15 October 1985. Notes 1922 births 2010 deaths Orthodox bishops of Rhodes People from Rhodes {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Apostolos Of Kilkis
Metropolitan Apostolos (Papakonstantinou) (1924 – 28 September 2009) was the metropolitan bishop of Kilkis from 1991 until his death. He was ordained a deacon in 1950 and a priest in 1954. He was elected and ordained as Bishop of Zakynthos Zakynthos (also spelled Zakinthos; el, Ζάκυνθος, Zákynthos ; it, Zacinto ) or Zante (, , ; el, Τζάντε, Tzánte ; from the Venetian form) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Za ... in 1967. References 1924 births 2009 deaths Bishops of the Church of Greece Kilkis (regional unit) {{Bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolos Vellios
Apostolos Vellios ( el, Απόστολος Βέλλιος; born 8 January 1992) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eerste Divisie club PEC Zwolle. Club career Iraklis Vellios started his professional career at Iraklis in 2008. He made his debut against in a 4–1 away defeat by Skoda Xanthi on 26 April 2009, as he came in as a late substitute for Dimitris Giantsis, for the last round of the 2008–09 season. His first goal was an equalizer in injury time against Olympiacos in Karaiskakis Stadium on 7 November 2009, to help Iraklis escape with an away draw against the Greek giants. He was named ''MVP of the 10th round of the Greek Superleague'' for his performance in that match. At the end of the season, he totalled nine appearances for the club, all as a substitute, and two goals. Everton Following interest from Fulham, Olympiacos, AEK, and Bologna, Vellios signed for Everton in January 2011 for a fee of £250,000 on a 4-year deal. Vellios scored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolos Tsianakas
Apostolos Tsianakas ( el, Απόστολος Τσιανάκας; born 11 July 1979) is a Greek football player who currently plays for Oikonomos Tsaritsani in the Greek Football League 2. Career Born in Larissa, Tsianakas played for Larissa F.C. and Fostiras F.C. in the Greek Beta Ethniki and was on the books of Akratitos F.C. A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia ( el, Α.Π.Ο. Ακράτητος Άνω Λιοσίων) is a Greek football professional club from Ano Liosia, Athens, Greece. They currently play in the Alpha Division of the Football League championship, which is th ... during the 2001–02 season. References External linksProfileat Onsports.gr * 1979 births Living people Footballers from Larissa Greek footballers Men's association football defenders Aiolikos F.C. players A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Trikala F.C. players Ethnikos Asteras F.C. players Anthoupoli Larissa F.C. players {{Greece-footy-defender-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolos Santas
Apostolos Santas ( el, Απόστολος Σάντας; 22 February 1922 – 30 April 2011), commonly known as Lakis, was a Greek veteran of the Resistance against the Axis Occupation of Greece during World War II, most notable for his participation, along with Manolis Glezos, in the taking down of the German flag from the Acropolis on 30 May 1941. Biography Apostolos Santas was born in 1922 in Patras, while his roots were from the Ionian island of Lefkada. His family moved to Athens in 1934. He completed his secondary education in Athens and was accepted to the law school of the University of Athens, completing his law studies after the liberation of the country from Nazi occupation in 1944. On the night of 30 May 1941, he and Manolis Glezos climbed on the Acropolis of Athens and tore down the Nazi flag, which had been there since 27 April, when the Nazi forces had entered and occupied Athens, leaving the flagpole empty. That was one of the first resistance acts in Greece. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolos Prantzos
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Apostolos may refer to: * The Apostolos (Eastern Orthodox liturgy), a book containing texts traditionally believed to be authored by one of the twelve apostles (disciples) – various epistles and the ''Acts of the Apostles'' – from which one is selected to be read during service * Apostolos (given name) * The Greek for apostle * Apostolos (surname) Apostolos may refer to: * The Apostolos (Eastern Orthodox liturgy), a book containing texts traditionally believed to be authored by one of the twelve apostles (disciples) – various epistles and the ''Acts of the Apostles'' – from which one is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolos Paraskevas
Apostolos Paraskevas is a Grammy nominated composer and guitarist. He was born in Volos, Greece. Parents of Apostolos were Panayiotis Paraskevas (1925-1990) and Chrysoula Paraskevas (1929-2002). Apostolos Paraskevas is a published recording artist and recently an award-winning Film Director/Producer. Gold Level Award at the 2010 California Film Awards, Silver Screen Award in the 2010 Nevada Film Festival. Classical Guitar Magazine/London acknowledged him as the only guitarist ever to have a major orchestral piece performed at New York's Carnegie Hall and the international press as the only musician who performed at Carnegie Hall in a Grim Reaper's outfit He has received five First Prizes in International Composition Competitions. "Lukas Foss" Composition Competition 2000/USA, "Pappaioanou Composition" 1997/Greece, as well as performing with Lukas Foss at Carnegie Hall, Paraskevas has performed at Weill Hall/New York, Wertheim Performing Arts Center/Miami,Jordan HallBoston, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolos Papandreou
Apostolos Papandreou ( el, Απόστολος Παπανδρέου) (born November 10, 1975, in Athens) is a Greek sprint canoer who competed in the mid-2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ..., he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event and the heats of the K-1 1000 m event. References Sports-Reference.com profile 1975 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Greek male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Greece Sportspeople from Athens {{Greece-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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