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Charalampos Christopoulos
Charalampos Christopoulos ( el, Χαράλαμπος Χριστόπουλος; Andritsaina, possibly 1809 – Athens, 8 April 1871) was a Greek 19th-century politician, MP and six times minister during the 1855–1870 period.Kostis Ailianos, ''Charalampos Chr. Christopoulos, minister of foreign affairs, three days, four months... 1865, 1870–1871'', Nea Estia, year 88, volume 176, issue 1863, Sept. 2014, p. 121Kostis Ailianos, Nea Estia, Sept. 2014, p. 143 (the newspaper Aion talks on the prime minister's funeral), 10.4.1871 Sources Charalampos Christopoulosbiographical information from the Institute of Modern Greek Studies * * Λήμμα Χριστόπουλος Χαράλαμπος, Εγκυκλοπαιδικό Λεξικό Ελευθερουδάκη, Athens, 1931 * Kostis Ailianos, ''Charalampos Chr. Christopoulos, minister of foreign affairs, three days, four months... 1865, 1870–1871'', Nea Estia ''Nea Estia'' ( el, Νέα Εστία) is a Greek literary magazine wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charalambos Christopoulos
Saint Charalampos ( grc, Ἅγιος Χαράλαμπος) (also variously Charalampas, Charalampus, Charalambos, Haralampus, Haralampos, Haralabos or Haralambos) was an early Christian priest in Magnesia on the Maeander, a city in Asia Minor, in the diocese of the same name. His name means ''glowing with joy'' in Greek. He lived during the reign of Septimius Severus (193–211), when Lucian was Proconsul of Magnesia. According to one source, at the time of his martyrdom in 202, Charalambos was 113 years old. Life and martyrdom Charalambos was Bishop of Magnesia also known as the Assyrian Saint Mar Zayya and spread the Gospel in that region for many years. However, when news of his preaching reached the authorities of the area, the proconsul Lucian and military commander Lucius, the saint was arrested and brought to trial, where he confessed his faith in Christ and refused to offer sacrifice to idols. Despite his advanced age, he was tortured mercilessly. They lacerated his bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andritsaina
Andritsaina ( el, Ανδρίτσαινα) is a village and a former municipality in Elis, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andritsaina-Krestena, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 131.247 km2. Geography Andritsaina is situated in mountainous southeastern Elis, on the borders with Arcadia and Messenia. The town is built on a hillside, northwest of mount Lykaion. The river Alfeios forms the northeastern border of the municipal unit. The predominant land uses in the municipal unit are forestry and small scale farming. Andritsaina is 22 km northwest of Megalopoli, 28 km southeast of Krestena, 41 km west of Tripoli and 46 km southeast of Pyrgos. The Greek National Road 76 (Krestena - Karytaina - Megalopoli) runs through Andritsaina. History According to tradition, Andritsaina owes its name to the wife of a Cretan shepherd named Andrikos, who -chasing his runaway shee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
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Greeks
The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and, to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. They also form a significant diaspora (), with Greek communities established around the world.. Greek colonies and communities have been historically established on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, but the Greek people themselves have always been centered on the Aegean and Ionian seas, where the Greek language has been spoken since the Bronze Age.. Until the early 20th century, Greeks were distributed between the Greek peninsula, the western coast of Asia Minor, the Black Sea coast, Cappadocia in central Anatolia, Egypt, the Balkans, Cyprus, and Constantinople. Many of these regions coincided to a large extent with the borders of the Byzantine Empire of the late 11th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nea Estia
''Nea Estia'' ( el, Νέα Εστία) is a Greek literary magazine which has been circulating since 1927. It was founded by Konstantinos Sarandopoulos (d. 1972) with the international writer and publisher Gregorios Xenopoulos and is the longest-running literary magazine in Greece. Its director since 2012 is the writer and university professor Nikos Karapidakis and the publishing company is Nea Estia Booksellers, I.D. Kollarios & Co., which has been administered by its owner, the writer Eva Karaitidi, since 1998. Before ''Nea Estia'' In the nineteenth-century, between 1876 and 1895 '' Estia'' (now a newspaper) was published, initially as a family periodical, later becoming a literary one. The directorship initially was held by the editor Pavlos Diomedes; after 1889 jointly with Nikolaos Politis, the folklorist and university professor and Georgios Drossinis, the poet, prose-writer and publisher. From 1894 until 1895 when it closed, it was taken over by the writer and publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Ministers Of Greece
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Ministers Of The Interior Of Greece ''
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People From Andritsaina
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1871 Deaths
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Greek MPs 1850–1853
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Greek MPs 1865–1868
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