Objects Archive - Page 7 of 10

The wedding wreaths of Theofylaktos and Ifigeneia

The wedding wreaths of Ifigeneia and Theofylaktos were passed on to their daughter Anna Theofylaktou, president of the Pontian Women’s Association from 1974 to 1983.

The embroidered hairbrush case from Kars

The Museum of the Pontian Women’s Association, called ‘Embroidering memory’, was inaugurated in 2005. Several of the objects in its collection came from Pontus and Russia, traversing space and time. Among them, the embroidered hairbrush case of Elisavet Theodoridou (nee Grammatikopoulou) which came from Kars, Russia.

An embroidery from Trapezounta

The Museum of the Pontian Women’s Association, called ‘Embroidering memory’, was inaugurated in 2005. Several of the objects in its collection came from Pontus and Russia, traversing space and time. Among them, an embroidery from Trapezounta known as a ‘kourtinaki’ or ‘keimilio’, one of the two curtain panels covering an icon display embroidered in a paisley pattern (lahuri in Turkish), a pattern widely used in Pontus.

The icon of Agios Georgios

A Singer sewing machine

Agios Nikolaos, a saint associated with the sea on the plateaus of Cappadocia

The icon of Agios Nikolaos dominates the small museum of the ‘Nea Sinasos’ Association. Agios Nikolaos was the patron saint of Sinasos, a saint traditionally associated with the sea who found himself on the plateaus of Cappadocia protecting the people of Sinasos who were always on the move.

The icon of Our Lady of the Sign (I Platitera ton Ouranon)

One of the icons donated to the museum of the ‘Nea Sinasos’ Association is an icon depicting Our Lady of the Sign (Virgin Mary with her hands upraised in prayer).

The icon of Agia Anastasia

The icon of Agia Anastasia is an heirloom of the refugee family of Nikos Dimopoulos who is the president of the ‘Agios Polykarpos’ Refugee Association in Heraklion. On his mother’s side, Nikos Dimopoulos’ family left Vourla, near Smyrna, and settled in Heraklion.

Bridal underwear from Englezonisi

The offices of the ‘Englezonisi’ Cultural Association of Asia Minor Greeks of Nea Ionia, Magnisia host a small exhibition of household items, clothes, and linen brought over by the refugees. Among the exhibits displayed, you can see embroidered, handmade, cotton, bridal underwear and everyday cotton undergarments.

Embroideries and dowries

The offices of the ‘Englezonisi’ Cultural Association of Asia Minor Greeks of Nea Ionia, Magnisia host a small exhibition of household items, clothes, and linen brought over by the refugees. Among them, the handmade embroideries and dowries of girls and women.