Source:  Byzantines Did It First! by Eileen Stephenson, March 11, 2018 The Byzantine Princess and the Fork, East-West Culture Clash by Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald, December 1, 2018 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ When I was growing up, I heard many a tale of Greeks, from Classical times to reminiscences shared with me by my grandparents and their generation. One reoccurring set of stories was how Byzantine Empire refugees transmitted culture to the West. We gave the ‘light’ to the West, I was told repeatedly. As Greeks and other peoples of the eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Balkans were escaping from Ottoman domination they brought new information, materials and skills to Europe and so, I was told, helped to launch the Renaissance. I w...

MUSEUM OF BYZANTINE CULTURE 2 Leoforos Stratou Thessaloniki 546 40 Greece Telephone +30 231 086 8570 Website:  www.mbp.gr The year 2014 is a landmark as it represents the anniversary of twenty years since the Museum opened its doors for the first time on September 11th 1994 with the exhibition ‘Byzantine Treasures of Thessaloniki. The return journey’.  This way the Museum of Byzantine Culture was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. That exhibition with the inspired title marked the return of the Byzantine antiquities, on the 14th of June 1994*, after eighty years in the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens where they have been transferred in 1916. The exhibition also marked the end of a long effort for the foundation of a Byzantine Museum in Macedonia and specifically in Thessaloniki which is connected with persons and events of the recent and contemporary history of the Greek state. Introduction to the permanent exhibition The eleven rooms that comprise ...

MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM TO EXHIBIT GREEK, BYZANTINE ICONS Published in the Orthodox Observer, May - June 2018 Clinton, Mass. - The Museum of Russian Icons will present the first major exhibition on Icons of the Hellenic World  from June 22 to Oct. 21. The exhibition focuses exclusively on Greek and Byzantine iconography and will delve deeply into the links and the continuity of Greek art and culture from Late Antiquity, through Byzantium, to the present.  "We are very grateful to Emmanuel Tiliakos for the opportunity to showcase his extraordinary collection, giving contemporary viewers a window into the richness of Greek culture and history," says Museum of Russian Icons CEO and Curator Kent Russell.  "Though icons are considered works of art, they are important cultural and religious relics.  As they are handed down through generations, icons are often the only surviving testimonies of places and peoples long gone." Largely comprised of icons created aft...

THE EDINBURGH HISTORY OF THE GREEKS, 1453 TO 1768; THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE by Molly Greene  Published by Edinburgh University Press Ltd., 2015 " The period of Ottoman rule in Greek history has undergone a dramatic reassessment in recent years. Long reviled as four hundred years of unrelieved slavery and barbarity under 'the Turkish yoke', a new generation of scholars, based mainly but not exclusively in Greece, is rejecting this monochromatic view in favour of a more nuanced picture of the Greek experience in the Ottoman Empire. This volume considers this new scholarship, most of it in Greek, and makes it accessible for the first time to a wider audience. Molly Greene also discusses the changing views of the Ottoman Empire more generally and assesses what this changing historiography can tell us about this period in Greek history. Four main themes provide the foundation for the book and run through the individual chapters: the fate of the 1,000-year Byzantine herit...

Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies in Venice, Italy "The aim of this web site is to present, in summary form, the history of Hellenism in Venice, and more specifically of the Greek Orthodox Community, founded in 1498." Includes: - History of the Orthodox Community (Multimedia) - The Hellenic Institute - Library - Archive - Museum - The Historic Buildings -  Digital Presentation ** This link will allow you to view many books and manuscripts (scanned in total) and miniature paintings (many icons) . - Publications - Events - Contacts

I recently received the book " GRANDES FAMILLES DE GRECE, D'ALBANIE, ET DE CONSTANTINOPLE " through the Inter-library loan program.  This book is written in French and was published in Paris in 1983.    I have it until July 22, 2010  when it must be returned.   I will be posting the Surnames listed in the book and am  offering to do look-ups for those that request it . The following names are not included in the Index listings previously posted.  These are in a separate section labeled "List of Byzantine Nobles who fled Constantinople" Good luck with your Greek family history research. Georgia Keilman nee Stryker (Stratigakos) http://HellenicGenealogyGeek.com --------- List of Byzantine nobles who fled Constantinople the day of the conquest of that city by the Turks . Mariano Domini, et les siens Michel et Jacques Zifinichi Theodore et Andronic Paleologue, avec les leurs Emmanuel, Thomas, et Demetre Paleologue, avec les leurs Jean et...

Here is a list of 12 new links that are on HellenicGenealogyGeek.com  -- You can view all the links on the page titled "Links that are new and have not been categorized yet" Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America - Department of Archives     Greek Film Archive Foundation / Film Museum Cyprus Action Network of America (CANA) - Free download of the Greek and English PDF book "BLOODY TRUTH"  The First Greek in America - Pinellas, Florida - April 14, 1528  The Jewish Museum of Greece  Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine studies in Venice - "The aim of this web site is to present, in summary form, the history of Hellenism in enice, and more specifically of the Greek Orthodox Community, founded in 1498.  Note:  The Digital Presentation link will allow you to view many books & manuscripts (scanned in total) and miniature paintings (many icons).  The Greek Institute, 1038 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 ...