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Filiki Eteria (Greek: Φιλικὴ Ἑταιρεία, romanized: Filikī́ Etaireía) or Society of Friends (Greek: Ἑταιρεία τῶν Φιλικῶν, romanized: Etaireía tôn Filikôn) was a secret political and revolutionary organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek State. [1]
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) [ a ] is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre.
Edessa, Greece. Edessa (Greek: Έδεσσα, pronounced [ˈeðesa]; also known as the " City of Waters and of the 5 Senses "), [3] until 1923 Vodena (Greek: Βοδενά), is a city in northern Greece and the capital of the Pella regional unit, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. It was also the capital of the defunct province of the ...
Edessa (/ əˈdɛsə /; Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα, romanized: Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It was founded during the Hellenistic period by Macedonian general and selfproclaimed king Seleucus I Nicator (r. 305–281 BC), founder of the Seleucid Empire.
The vast majority of the territory of present-day Greece was at some point incorporated within the Ottoman Empire.The period of Ottoman rule in Greece, lasting from the mid-15th century to the successful Greek War of Independence that broke out in 1821 and the First Hellenic Republic was proclaimed in 1822 (preceded by the creation of the autonomous Septinsular Republic in 1800), is known in ...
Generally, the history of Greece is divided into the following periods: Prehistoric Greece: Paleolithic Greece, starting c. 3.3 million years ago and ending in 20,000 BC. Significant geomorphological and climatic changes occurred in the modern Greek area which were definitive for the development of fauna and flora and the survival of Homo ...
Image of Edessa. According to the account, King Abgar received the Image of Edessa, a likeness of Jesus. According to Christian tradition, the Image of Edessa was a holy relic consisting of a square or rectangle of cloth upon which a miraculous image of the face of Jesus Christ had been imprinted—the first icon (lit. 'image').
1937 – Mass murder of around 1,000 Poles during the Polish Operation of the NKVD. [ 21 ] 1941. August 8-October 16: Siege of Odesa. October 17: Axis occupation begins. October 22–24: 1941 Odesa massacre. Odesa becomes capital of Romanian -administered Transnistria Governorate. [citation needed] 1944.