List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople (Istanbul) Bishops of Byzantium (until 330) * 1. St. Andrew the Apostle (founder) * 2. St. Stachys the Apostle (38-54) * 3. St. Onesimus (54-68) * 4. Polycarpus I (69-89) * 5. Plutarch (89-105) * 6. Sedecion (105-114) * 7. Diogenes (114-129) * ... »
The list of Greek composers of the Ottoman classical music Hristo Efendi (Hristâki Kiryazis) (?-1914) Greek (Rum) composer and lutanist. Hristo Aga was the younger brother of Civan and Andon Aga. In old age, he had psychological problems and committed suicide, jumping from the window of his house. The information about Hristo Aga can be found in a book ... »
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης Βαρθολομαῖος Α', Patrik I. Bartholomeos) was born in 29 February 1940 in Gökçeada (İmbros) and is the Ecumenical Patriarch of İstanbul, and thus "first among equals" in the Eastern Orthodox Communion, since 2 November 1991. He is thus the spiritual leader of 300 million ... »
Elia Kazan (1909 -2003) Elia Kazan, (Greek: Ηλίας Καζάν, September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American award-winning film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and cofounder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. Kazan is a three-time Academy Award winner, a five-time Tony Award winner, ... »
Lefter Antoniadis Lefter Küçükandonyadis (Λευτέρης Αντωνιάδης, Lefteris Antoniadis), born 1925 in Istanbul, is a legendary football player and well recognised as one of the greatest footballers to play for Turkey. At the height of his career in the 1950s, he was regarded as one of the best players in the world. ... »
Constantine Lascaris (1434-1501) Constantine Lascaris (1434 – 1501) was a Greek (Rum) scholar and grammarian, one of the promoters of the revival of Greek learning in the Italian peninsula, born at Constantinople. He was a member of the noble Bithynian family, which had furnished three emperors of Nicaea during the thirteenth century. After ... »
Yorgo Y. Zarifi Yorgo Y. Zarifi (1810-1884) was a prominent Greek Ottoman banker and financier. He was also very well known as a prominent benefactor of his time. Yorgo Zarifi met Sultan Abdulhamid II when the latter was a shahzade with a low expectation of ascending to the throne. The Prince, having financial ... »