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A group of people belonging to the Greek Orthodox community of the island of Tenedos celebrated the Orthodox feast day of Agia (Saint) Paraskevi on Thursday. Tenedos, now known in Turkey as Bozcaada, is an island in the Northeast Aegean...

In the wake of a recent decision ratified by the Council of the Vakoufia General Directorate, the Turkish state has agreed to return eleven plots of land – measuring two to four acres each – to the community of...

The few Greeks that still live on Tenedos and in Smyrni, Turkey, celebrated the Epiphany Feast yesterday with a glorious ceremony. On the eve of the Epiphany, the first blessing was held on Tenedos and then the small number of...

Members of the Society for Study and Listing of Diaspora Hellenism – with the main coordinators being its president, Dr. Constantine Paschalidis, and the editor of the “Akrita” newspaper of Xanthi, Evangelos Vasiliadis – have planned and realised an...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, as a native of the island of Imbros, stressed the importance of the “Toponym Map of Imbros” in studying history as well as the local idiom. He further stated that the map would help on better...

Nikolaos Karanikolas, a Turkish citizen of Greek origin who lives permanently in the island of Imvros, was appointed to the municipal police. Karanikolas applied for the post last April and the island's Mayor Cetin Unal approved his position in March 2014. "I am...

A documentary viewing and an open discussion, in cooperation with the Hellenic American Education Center and the association Hellenic Roots will mark the reopening of the Greek Primary School on the island of Imvros after 48 years. The Hellenic History...

The General Assembly of the General Directorate for Foundations (VGM) elected its five members to represent the communal (cemaat), new (yeni) and connected (mulhak) foundations for 2011-2014 last Sunday, December 25. 150 candidates from 162 foundations have filed a participation...

America's Archbishop Demetrius accompanied the Ecumenical Patriarch to the island of Imvros.  He officiated the opening ceremony at The Church of St. Demetrius at the cave of Imvros. The Metropolitan of Imvros, Tenedos, and many Imvriots and friends of...