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Diaspora schools commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Exodus of Messolonghi
Schools of the Greek diaspora are taking part in an international online event titled “Greek-language Education Schools honor Messolonghi – 200 years since the Exodus”, which will take place on April 24, 2026, from 18:00 to 20:45 (Greece time), featuring theatrical performances, narrations, visual art, and digital presentations
Greece’s Darkest Decade Returns: HHF Podcast Explores the Civil War Through Voices of the Diaspora
Season 6 of The HHF Presents revisits the turbulent years after World War II, sharing powerful firsthand accounts from Greek Canadians and shedding light on one of Greece’s most traumatic historical chapters
Were Greece’s claims in Asia Minor justified – The demographic reality behind the “Great Idea”
In the aftermath of World War I, Greece pursued the dream of reclaiming historic Hellenic lands in Asia Minor — a vision rooted in centuries of Greek presence along the coast of Anatolia. Yet a century later, historians continue to debate whether these territorial ambitions were truly justified. Was the Greek campaign of 1919–1922 an act of imperial overreach, or a desperate attempt to protect threatened Greek populations
The “Destruction” of the Klephts of the Morea (1806) – How Theodoros Kolokotronis Escaped
The relentless persecution, arrests, and executions of hundreds of klephts – What Theodoros Kolokotronis, who escaped the “destruction,” writes, as well as the accounts of the British travelers Leake and Dodwell, who witnessed the events up close
Demographic SOS: In 15 years, 45,000 first graders “disappeared”!
In 2010, there were 115,000 children in the 1st grade of primary school. This coming September, only about 71,000 will attend for the first time — that is, 1,760 fewer classrooms
572 years since the Fall of Constantinople – The life, reign, and tragic end of Constantine Palaiologos
The end of Constantine Palaiologos How he became Emperor of Byzantium – The Ottoman siege of Constantinople and its fall – What happened to Constantine – The legend of the "Marble King" – Why was Constantine Palaiologos-Dragaš the 12th Constantine and not the 11th
ASPIDA affair, 60 years later: Conspiracy or frame-up?
On May 18, 1965, the case that paved the way for the July 1965 political crisis came to light – It remains one of the most controversial chapters in Greek history – The interrogations, the continuation of prosecutions against 11 politicians under the junta, and the amnesty granted by Papadopoulos
