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Kallimasia
Kallimasia is a town of Chios, built 13 kilometers south of the capital of the island. It was one of the most important towns of the island during the Middle Ages, it was destroyed, though, almost completely from an earthquake in 1881. It is built in a plain with olive trees. The sights of the region are the ruins of the medieval towers and the churches. Kallimasia has been the seat of Anemonas and Ionia. From Kallimasia descended two Patriarchs, Joachim II and Joachim IV, the Wing commander Kostas Perrikos, head of PEAN, the founder and first president of the Mastic Producer Association of Chios doctor Georgios Stagkoulis and the champion in discus throw and Olympic medalist Nikolaos Syllas Nikolaos Syllas ( el, Νικόλαος Σύλλας; 30 November 1914 – 16 August 1986) was a Greek athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, in the 1948 Summer Olympics, and in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, .... In Kallimasia there are the beaches: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim IV Of Constantinople
Joachim IV (5 July 1837 – 15 February 1887) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople ( Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of ... from 1884 to 1886. See also * List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople 1837 births 1887 deaths Clergy from Chios Bishops of Larissa 19th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionia, Chios
Ionia ( el, Ιωνία) is a former municipality on the island of Chios, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chios, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in the southeastern part of the island, and has a land area of 48.272 km². Its population was 3,956 at the 2011 census. The seat of the municipality was in Kallimasia Kallimasia is a town of Chios, built 13 kilometers south of the capital of the island. It was one of the most important towns of the island during the Middle Ages, it was destroyed, though, almost completely from an earthquake in 1881. It is buil ... (pop. 958). Other large towns are Nenita (903), Tholopotámi (647) and Katarráktis (408). Notable people * Joachim IV, Patriarch of Constantinople References Populated places in Chios {{NorthAegean-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim II Of Constantinople
Joachim II (1802 – 5 August 1878) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ... from 1860 to 1863 and from 1873 to 1878. References Clergy from Chios 1802 births 1878 deaths Bishops of Ioannina 19th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Perrikos
Kostas Perrikos ( el, Κώστας Περρίκος; 23 April 1905 – 4 February 1943) was a Greek Air Force officer and leader of the PEAN resistance movement in World War II. He is the father of the UN arms control Commissioner Dimitris Perrikos (Δημήτρης Περρίκος). Early years Perrikos was born in Kallimasia on the island of Chios, then part of the Ottoman Empire (it became part of Greece in 1912), where he received his elementary education. His family later moved to Alexandria, where he completed high school. He returned to Greece in 1925 and in 1926 he entered the Air Force Academy, which he left with a commission as a lieutenant. Perrikos was a fervent Republican who had been dismissed from the Air Force after the failed Venizelist coup attempt in March 1935. He was married to Maria Deligiorgi, with whom he had three children. During World War II After the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October 1940, Perrikos requested to return to duty. His request ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chios
Chios (; el, Χίος, Chíos , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of mastic gum and its nickname is "the Mastic Island". Tourist attractions include its medieval villages and the 11th-century monastery of Nea Moni, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Chios regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Chios. Locals refer to Chios town as ''Chora'' ( literally means land or country, but usually refers to the capital or a settlement at the highest point of a Greek island). The island was also the site of the Chios massacre, in which thousands of Greeks on the island were massacred, expelled, and enslaved by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of Independence in 1822. Geogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from those that are so weak that they cannot be felt, to those violent enough to propel objects and people into the air, damage critical infrastructure, and wreak destruction across entire cities. The seismic activity of an area is the frequency, type, and size of earthquakes experienced over a particular time period. The seismicity at a particular location in the Earth is the average rate of seismic energy release per unit volume. The word ''tremor'' is also used for Episodic tremor and slip, non-earthquake seismic rumbling. At the Earth's surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by shaking and displacing or disrupting the ground. When the epicenter of a large earthquake is located offshore, the seabed may be displaced sufficiently to cause ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wing Commander (rank)
Wing commander (Wg Cdr in the RAF, the IAF, and the PAF, WGCDR in the RNZAF and RAAF, formerly sometimes W/C in all services) is a senior commissioned rank in the British Royal Air Force and air forces of many countries which have historical British influence, including many Commonwealth countries but not including Canada (since Unification) and South Africa. It is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. It ranks immediately above squadron leader and immediately below group captain. It has a NATO ranking code of OF-4. It is equivalent to commander in the Royal and United States Navies, as well as to lieutenant colonel in the British Army, the Royal Marines, and the United States Army, Air Force and Marine Corps. The equivalent rank in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and the Women's Royal Air Force (until 1968) and in Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (until 1980) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panhellenic Union Of Fighting Youths
The Panhellenic Union of Fighting Youths ( el, Πανελλήνιος Ένωσις Αγωνιζόμενων Νέων, ''Panellínios Énosis Agonizómenon Néon'', ΠΕΑΝ, PEAN) was a Greek Resistance organization during the Axis Occupation of Greece in the Second World War. The organization was concentrated in the areas of Athens and Piraeus, and although it never expanded to become a wider movement, it was one of the most active of the multitude of urban resistance groups that sprung up during the Occupation, and one of the first to carry out active resistance, in the form of bombings. History Foundation and political aims The organization was founded in October 1941 by a Chiot Air Force Lieutenant, Kostas Perrikos. Perrikos was a fervent Republican who had been dismissed from the Air Force after the failed Venizelist coup attempt in March 1935. In June 1941, he was a founding member of the "Army of Enslaved Victors" (Στρατιά Σκλαβωμένων Νικητών ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaos Syllas
Nikolaos Syllas ( el, Νικόλαος Σύλλας; 30 November 1914 – 16 August 1986) was a Greek athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, in the 1948 Summer Olympics, and in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... He was born in Chios. At the 1952 edition he was 1952 Summer Olympics national flag bearers, flag bearer for Greece. Outside the Olympics he was a silver medallist at the Athletics at the 1951 Mediterranean Games, 1951 Mediterranean Games behind Italy's Giuseppe Tosi (an Olympic medallist). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-08. He was also a three-time participant for Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
