The town of Sinasos (Mustafapaşa) in Cappadocia, located in the Kaisareia (Kayseri) province of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, belonged to the Municipality of Ikonio (Konya) which was part of the Niğde province and the district of Aravisos (Afşin). Despite its small population, it was a very well-organized community with vibrant political, educational, and religious institutions which survived and evolved through the years according to the community’s means and needs.
Even though none of these institutions would survive the resettlement in Greece and the new circumstances after the Exodus, the residents of Sinasos painstakingly packed and moved an array of community objects and registers, alongside their own personal belongings. Despite the fact that the three seals they brought to Greece were never used, they still attest to the meticulousness of the organising system the residents of Sinasos had to leave behind and its importance to them.
