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DIDYMOTICHO (Town) EVROS
1325 - 1404
1193 - 1254
Emperor of the byzantine State of Nicaea (1222 - 1254).
1332 - 1391
Emperor ot the Byzantine Empire (1341 - 1376 and 1379 - 1391).
Late 13th c.-1383
Son of Theodora Kantakouzini and nephew of the great general Ioannis
Synadinos, from whom he received his military training, married Irini Kantakouzini
(empress before 1320) with whom he had six children (including Mathaios, Manouil
Palaiologos and the future empress Eleni Kantakouzini). During the civil war waged
by Andronikos III Palaiologos against his grandfather Andronikos II, he sided
with the former. To this end he contracted an alliance in 1320 with Theodoros
Synadinos, Syrgiannis Palaiologos Philanthropinos and Alexios Apokaukos and became
governor of Adrianoupolis (Adrianople), while between 1325(?) and 1341, he was
emerged as Megas Domestikos. After the death of Andronikos III in 1341, he was
declared emperor at Didymoteicho. During the civil strife that followed his enemies
were the widowed empress Anna Palaiologina, Apokaukos and the patriarch Ioannis
Kalekas. He sought refuge with the Serbian tsar Stephan I Uressi and was supported
by Omour, emir of Aidinion and Orhan, the Osmanli sultan. In 1347 he entered Constantinople,
was crowned emperor by patriarch Isidoros Boucheiras and granted a general amnesty.
In 1351, declaring himself a follower of Grigorios Palamas, leader of the Hesychasts,
he headed the synods in which his teachings on Orthodoxy were proclaimed. When
in 1354 Ioannis V Palaiologos entered the city, he withdrew from public life and
became a monk under the name Ioasaph and shortly afterwards went to Mystra with
his sons Manouil and Mathaios. In 1379-1381 the Genoese ordered his arrest but
he later returned to the Peloponnese, where he died in 1383. He was the author
of "The Histories" and several rhetorical texts, among which was a Commentary
on the Hesychasts.
This text is cited Apr 2003 from the Thracian Electronic Thesaurus URL below, of Democritus University of Thrace
ALEXANDROUPOLI (Town) EVROS
1909 - 1982
DORISKOS (Settlement) ALEXANDROUPOLI
ALEXANDROUPOLI (Town) EVROS
Vangelis Karafillidis was born in 1971 in Alexandroupolis.
In 1989 he was admitted to the Department of Physics of Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki on scholarship. His thesis was based on artificial neural networks.
He received his Physics degree in 1996.
While a University student he also studied music. After studying under
Demetris Athanasiades at the Macedonian Conservatory, he received his Fugue degree
with honors in 1992. From the same Conservatory, after studying under Nicolas
Astrinidis, he received his Piano Diploma with honors and 1st prize, voted unanimously,
in 1994. After studying under Alkis Baltas at the Music College, he received his
Diploma of Composition voted unanimously with honors in 1996. He has attended
seminars by Athanasiades, Antoniou, Lapidakis and Kalogeras. His works have been
performed in Thessaloniki, Alexandroupolis, Xanthi, Berlin and Wuppertal. As a
pianist he has given performances in Thessaloniki and Xanthi.
His compositions served as research paper material in the class "Introduction
to Modern Greek Music" in the Music Department of Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki. At the festival "Thessaloniki, Cultural Center of Europe 1997"
he took part in a concert with works of Greek composers and David Gompper (President
of the Union of American Composers) with the dual attribute of pianist - composer.
He has composed music in various styles. Among his works are included:
Variations for String Quartet, Variations for Wind Quintet, "The Darkness,
the Death ..." for choir and chamber orchestra (in free atonal style). In
some of his works the influence of post-romanticism is obvious (Toccata for piano)
or even the Greek tradition and national schools: "Variations on an Island
Dance", "Micrographies", Concertino for Violin and Orchestra. For
the works "Variations on an Island Dance" and "Micrographies"
he won the 1st and 2nd prize respectively in the 1st competition for piano composition
organized by the House of Education and Arts in the Municipality of Xanthi.
He has taught Music at the Macedonian Conservatory (1995-97) and the
Municipal Conservatory of Kalamaria (1999-2000), Physics at the Music School of
Thessaloniki (1997-1998 and 1999-2000) and Form and Structure of Modern Music
and Modern Music Performance Techniques during the winter semester 1999-2000 at
the Cultural Professional Training Institute of Thessaloniki.
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DIDYMOTICHO (Town) EVROS
ALEXANDROUPOLI (Town) EVROS
1947
He was born at Alexandroupolis(1952).He studied decoration and he
was a student of Dimitris Cretas. Apart from painting , he was scenarist until
1990.
Since 1987, he lives and works at Makrinitsa
- Pelion Mountain - Volos
DIDYMOTICHO (Town) EVROS
MAKRI (Small town) ALEXANDROUPOLI
PEPLOS (Small town) ALEXANDROUPOLI
PROVATONAS (Small town) SOUFLI
VRYSSIKA (Village) DIDYMOTICHO
ALEXANDROUPOLI (Town) EVROS
1903 - 1985
FERES (Small town) ALEXANDROUPOLI
1093 - 1152
Third son of the emperor Alexios I Komninos and Irini Douka, he received
from his father the title of caesar and was elevated to the rank of sevastokrator
(prince) by his brother, emperor Ioannis II. Aspiring to usurp his brother’s throne,
he plotted with state officials and all the enemies of Byzantium (Muslims, Armenians
and Latins) while he was in exile. During his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he
had built at his own expense an aqueduct to the monastery of St. John the Baptist
near the Jordan river. With the sudden death of Ioannis II, Isaakios asserted
his right to the throne over that of the legitimate heirs, Isaakios and Manouil,
without success. He married a certain Irini, with whom he had two sons and two
daughters. With the appearance of the first symptoms of a fatal illness (1150)
his thirst for power ceased. In 1151/2 he founded and endowed the large monastery
of the Virgin Kosmosoteira at Vira with his immense estates at Ainos. And there
he was buried despite having prepared a luxurious tomb in the narthex of the Monastery
of Chora in Constantinople. He also drew up the book of rules and regulations
(Typikon) for the Kosmosoteira monastery, the text of which has survived to this
day. The figure of St. Merkourios in a fresco decorating the monastery church
is thought to be his portrait.
This text is cited Apr 2003 from the Thracian Electronic Thesaurus URL below, of Democritus University of Thrace
ALEXANDROUPOLI (Town) EVROS
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