There is a church in Thessaloniki, nowadays, that is dedicated to God’s Wisdom. It is one of the most important monuments of Byzantine culture, included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. During the foreign occupations (Latin and Ottoman occupation), its use changed. It was burnt in 1890 and it was restored by the
Ioannis Kouskouras (1867-1935), from Vogatsiko, Kastoria, was an educator, journalist and publisher of newspapers in Thessaloniki. He was the founder of the newspaper Alitheia in 1903 and Nea Alitheia in 1909. After liberation, he was also elected as City Councillor of Thessaloniki.
Tsimiskis Ioannis (925-976) was Emperor of Byzantium, he ascended the throne after Nikiforos Phokas, in one of the most turbulent periods of the empire (969 AD). He fought victoriously against both the Sviatoslav Russians and the Arabs. He is considered one of the most capable generals of the Byzantine Empire. He remained on the throne
Aristotle was an eminent ancient philosopher (384-322 B.C.). He was born in Stagira, Halkidiki. He was taught by Plato and he tutored Alexander the Great. In Athens, he founded the “Lyceum” or “Peripatetic School”. He was a prolific writer. His ideas had a tremendous appeal and he is considered to be the founder of Logic
Mitropoleos st is named after the Church of Saint Gregory Palamas, that is the metropolitan church of the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki. The metropolitan church was built in 1891-1914 based on the designs of the architects Ernesto Chiller and Xenophon Paionidis.
Saint Gregorios Palamas (1296 –1359) was an Orthodox monk, theologian, and intellectual leader of Hesychasm. He was appointed Archbishop of Thessaloniki and was canonized a saint of the Orthodox Church. His feast day is on November 14 and on the Second Sunday of Great Lent. In Thessaloniki the metropolitan church is named after him.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian physicist, astronomist and professor at the Universities of Pisa and Padova. He discovered the law of the isochrone swings of the pendulum and he proclaimed that the Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the Sun that is the centre of our planetary system.
Vaios Michael (1513-1589) was Belgian, Theologist and interpreter of the Bible.
Nikolaos Vaglamalis founded in 1868 in Thessaloniki the Greek printing house named “Macedonia”, that was later renamed as “Hermes”. The origins of the Vaglamali family, according to folklore tradition, went back to the Byzantine times. Numerous important books were printed at his printing house.
Georgios Averof (1818-1899) was a national benefactor, born in the town of Metsovo, Epirus. He was a merchant in Alexandria, Egypt and he donated significant part of his property to national and charitable projects, such as the (Metsovian) National Technical University of Athens and the regeneration of the Panathenaic Stadium.
