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Greek Assistance Committee, Odessa |
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Greek associations (syllogoi) at the Romanian coast of the Black Sea |
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Numerous Greek associations were founded in Romania of both an educational and benevolent character. The most significant associations were active in Brăila at the end of the 1860s and they founded girls’ and boys’ schools for the destitute families. The most noteworthy ones, which were established in Brăila and Constanţa, also covered the medical and pharmaceutical needs of members of the Greek communities, whilst some ("Elpis" in Constanţa) were involved in theatrical performances. During the... |
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Greek associations at the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea |
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Greek associations at the north coast of the Black Sea |
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Greek Charitable Community of Odessa |
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The Greek Benevolent Association of Odessa, (henceforth GBAO) was the premier civic association of Imperial Russia’s Greek minority from the time it was created, August 25th 1871, until 1918 when most of its leaders left Russia following the Bolshevik takeover. The GBAO was mainly a philanthropic organization dedicated to helping Odessa’s Greeks. Less known is the organization’s political activities in both Russia and Greece. |
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Greek Charitable Society of Odessa |
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Society of Friends (Filiki Etaireia) |
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The Filiki Etaireia was a vehicle around which the operational forces of the Greek Genus rallied and the main initiating lever of the liberation process. As an organization it can be placed within the more general historical movement of secret societies which blossomed at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, with all the particular characteristics which defined its structure, aims and importance. |
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