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	pope pontian - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Pontian (or Pontianus), was pope from July 21, 230 to September 28, 235.
		A little more is known of Pontian than his predecessors, apparently from a lost papal chronicle that was available to the compiler of the Liberian Catalogue of bishops of Rome, made in the fourth century (Catholic Encyclopedia).
		Pontian and other church leaders, among them Hippolytus, were exiled by the emperor Maximinus Thrax to Sardinia, and in consequence of this sentence resigned on September 25 or September 28, 235.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/pope-pontian (190 words)

	Wikipedia: Pope Pontian
		Pontian (or Pontianus), was pope from 230 to 235.
		Pontian and other chuch leaders, among them Hippolytus, were exiled by the emperor Maximinus Thrax to Sardinia, and in consequence of this sentence resigned on September 25, 235.
		It is unknown for how long he stayed in the exile, but according to Liber Pontificalis he died due to the inhuman treatment he received in the Sardinian mines.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/p/po/pope_pontian.html (114 words)

	Pope St. Pontian
		The schism of Hippolytus continued during his episcopate; towards the end of his pontificate there was a reconciliation between the schismatic party and its leader with the Roman bishop.
		One of its first victims was Pontian, who with Hippolytus was banished to the unhealthy island of Sardinia.
		Pope Fabian (236-50) had the remains of Pontian and Hippolytus brought to Rome at a later date and Pontian was buried on 13 August in the papal crypt of the Catacomb of Callistus.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/pontian,pope_saint.html (458 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : August 13, 2005 : Pontian and Hippolytus
		Pontian (Pontianus) was a victim of the persecution of Alexander Severus, who directed his attention particularly against the leaders of the Church.
		Pontian, a Roman and son of Calpurnius, had enjoyed a peaceful reign over the Roman Church during Severus' time, but soon found himself among the first victims of this new emperor.
		Pontian, in the mines only two months, was brutally beaten to death by his jailers.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2005-08-13 (602 words)

	Ellhniko Forum/Hellenic (Greek) Forum
		Pontian Genocide May 19 has been recognized by the Greek parliament as the day of rememberance of the Pontian Greek Genocide by the Turks.
		In a precursor of what was to become a favorite practice in Hitler's extermination camps, Pontian men were driven from their homes into the wilderness to perform hard labor and expire from exhaustion, thirst, and disease.
		Pontian guerrilla bands had appeared in the mountains of Santa as early as 1916.
	network54.com /Forum/65399/thread/1160016662/...+PONTIANS+GENOCIDE (656 words)

	ST. PONTIAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Not only did he become reconciled with St. Pontian, but he ordered all his followers to return to the Church.
		He made a good end, dying a confessor of Christ, and it is touching that down to this day, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Pontian, the Pope, and St. Hippolytus, once antipope, on the same day, November 19.
		Pontian seems to have abdicated when sent to the mines and to have been succeeded at Rome by Anterus.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp18.htm (242 words)

	Short Synopsis of the Pontian-Greek History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Under the reign of the Pontian king Mithridates VI Eupator, the Greek language became official language of the many and therefore polyglot people of Asia Minor.
		Pontians living in the territory of the former Soviet Union are still estimated to be half a million people who stick to their Pontian-Greek traditions to the extent as that is permitted by the Commonwealth of Independent States.
		The Pontians managed — like all persecuted and in the first years disadvantaged refugees — to heal the wounds of their fate by diligent and honest behavior.
	www.pontos.org /englsh/istoria/fotiad1.htm (899 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pontian was of Roman birth and succeeded Pope St. Urban I in the year 230.
		The details of the identity and life of Hippolytus are still uncertain but he was of a very different character from Pontian.
		One tradition tells of Pontian being beaten to death, while another tells of both men dying from abusive treatment in exile.
	www.christdesert.org /public_graphics/martyrology/names/p/pontian_and_hippolytus.txt (311 words)

	Exiles on Stage: Greek Pontian Theater 1922- 1972 (P. Fann Bouteneff)
		Pontian refugees in Sitagroν, a village near the city of Dhrama, began to stage various kinds of sketches, as did the villagers in Yerakαrion in Kilkis (Zerzelidis 1951:130ff.; Kontoeidis 1980:257).
		Pontian texts are almost invariably framed by Greek texts since collectors who record folk tales and folksongs in Pontian dialect write their prologues, footnotes, and glosses in demotic or katharιvousa.
		Pontian commentators often refer to the analgesic aspect of the theater, whose illusions are said to provide relief for the pain of nostalgia.
	www.trapezounta.com /article32.htm (6446 words)

	Greek News - The Pontian Genocide 1916-1923
		The details of this systematic slaughter of the Pontians by the Turks were dutifully recorded by both German and Austrian diplomats.
		The memory of the Pontian Genocide is dedicated to all those in Europe and the U.S. who shamelessly advocate admitting Turkey into the EU and describe it as a "democracy." They are all blind as they are shameless.
		The Pontians now lie scattered all over the world as a result of the genocide and their unique history, language (the dialect is a valuable link between ancient and modern Greek), and culture are endangered and face extinction.
	www.greeknewsonline.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4913 (1277 words)

	Pontian @ Talk Malaysia
		As mentioned earlier, Pontian is actually a small pleasant fishing town where upon reaching the town, a traveler can see clearly the houses of the fishermen where they stay in houses raised on stilts above the water.
		Aside from the delicious seafood, Pontian is a place filled with numerous pineapple orchards where Pontian had gained a famous name for pineapples due to the well cultivated pineapple here.
		For some of the travelers, Pontian can be said to be a place for them to take a break before departing Gunung Pulai for leisure activities such as picnics at waterfall, mountain climbing or jungle trekking.
	www.talkmalaysia.com /pontian-johor.html (360 words)

	Pontian Lyra
		The LYRA of the Greeks of Pontos (Black Sea region of Asia Minor) is also known as the "Kementche".
		The pontian lyra is said to be a descendant of the first lyra mentioned in Greek mythology.
		It has 4 strings and unlike the Pontian lyra you dont press down on the strings, hoxever, you press next to the string and touch it eith the top of your nail
	www.pontian.info /MUSIC/lyra.htm (520 words)

	Saints Hippolytus (170- 236) and Pontian (Pope) (236), Martyrs Feast 13 August, August 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pontian resigned his papacy and both he and Hippolytus died on the island in 235 or 236, from ill treatment rather than the insalubrious locality alone and are therefore venerated as martyrs.
		Some years later, when that particular persecution had stopped, Pope St Fabian, Pontian's next-but-one successor {236-50; 20 Jan.), had Pontian's and Hippolytus' remains moved to Rome, which would indicate that before his death Hippolytus was somehow reconciled to the rival party.
		Pontian was buried in the cemetery of Callistus.
	www.reu.org /public/saints/hypcas.htm (1488 words)

	Folk Dance Association: Pontian Music and Dance - Folk Dance, Contra Dance, Square Dance, Traditional Dance or Ethnic ...
		Once the easternmost of Greeks, dwelling on the southeast coast of the Black Sea ("sea" -- pontos) in the general vicinity of Trebizond, Pontians were resettled into the mainland during the population exchanges of the mid-1920’s, mostly in Macedonia.
		Pontian musicians find a way to express themselves with modern instruments, but the lira and touloum are still much beloved.
		Pontian dances seem originally to have been in closed circles, a form unusual in Greece.
	www.folkdancing.org /pontic_music.html (1959 words)

	August 13 Saints of the Day
		Pontian was a Roman who served as pope from 230 to 235.
		Pontian was banished to exile by the Roman emperor in 235, and resigned so that a successor could be elected in Rome.
		Shortly before or after this event, he was reconciled to the Church, and died with Pope Pontian in exile.
	religion-cults.com /saints/august13.htm (649 words)

	Pontian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pontian, Johor - a district in Johor, Malaysia.
		Pontian Greeks - a group of ethnic Greek who inhabited northern Turkey.
		Pontian Islands - a group of islands on the coast of Italy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pontian (95 words)

	Pontian Greeks and their struggle for survival - Steve Papadopoulos
		Around 1922 authorities of the Turkish and Greek governments reached an oral agreement to exchange populations as one of the steps in settling their political differences.
		At the beginning, the government provided one horse per family for all the Pontian families in the village.
		These thirty Pontian families all decided to build houses outside of the village.
	www.trapezounta.com /article79.htm (3679 words)

	Efxinos Pontos
		The Pontian Association of Montreal was founded in 1964.
		Pontian Association had to start from the beginning.
		That is not to say that the Pontians of Montreal have not argued with one another, they have.
	www.efxinospontos.org /history (1748 words)

	Pontian Guestbook - [ Provided by: eFreeGuestbooks.com - Free Guest Book Service ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Nikos, the Pontian Genocide as you've mentioned is only one part of the entire campaign of ridding Asia Minor of it's christian inhabitants.
		The Pontian communities around the world have taken the initiative to bring the truth to light of their own accord.
		The "Pontian Genocide" is no more than one chapter of the Hellenic Genocide and refers to the genocide perpetrated against the Hellenic inhabitants in the region of Asia Minor know as Pontus.
	www.efreeguestbooks.com /mg/multi.pl?17438:10:0 (940 words)

	PontIntro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		One of the Unit’s medium-term aims is to establish two identical archives: at the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and at the Pontian House in Earlwood, Sydney (this for easier access by the Hellenic community).
		Also, preparations are under way for expansion of the teaching programme on the Pontian Genocide by establishing an adult education course on the Hellenic Holocaust of 1916-23.
		Study of the Pontian Genocide is included in the Genocide Studies course offered by the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
	www.aihgs.com /pontintr.htm (435 words)

	Background Paper on the Pontian Genocide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Pontians are a distinct Greek people with their own dialect, dances, songs and theatre.
		Of the 700,000 Greeks living in Pontus in 1914, 300,000 were killed as a result of Turkish government policy and the remainder became refugees.
		The Pontian people were denied the right to exist, the right of respect for their national and cultural identity, and the right to remain on land they had lived on for countless generations.
	www.hri.org /docs/inter/96-05-17.doc.html (1187 words)

	Efxinos Pontos
		©2006 Pontian Association of Montreal, "Efxinos Pontos" - Σύλλογος Ποντίων Μοντρεάλ, "Έυξεινος Πόντος".
		Pontian Association of Montreal, "Efxinos Pontos" - Σύλλογος Ποντίων Μοντρεάλ, "Έυξεινος Πόντος" - 5879 Park Avenue, Montreal, H2V 4H4, 514 271-0709
		Registration for Pontian school, Dance groups with a party.
	www.efxinospontos.com /index.html (251 words)

	The Pontian muslims at the target of Turkey
		It is a description of the Pontian dialect, the closest to the Ancient Greek spoken today language, the Pontian cuisine and jokes from the Pontian villages.
		According to the Federation of Pontians in Greece "in the 300 Greek-speaking villages in Pontus a negative climate reigns, pushing the Pontians to a new escape to Greece".
		It is the duty of the Pontian refugees' associations in Greece to bring the issue before the international organizations.
	www.e-grammes.gr /2002/02/pontos_en.htm (655 words)

	Cyprus :: Number of Greek Pontian Settlers in the South
		For those of you unaware, Pontians in the South are blamed by locals for rising crime and drugs related burglaries.
		Paphos’ large Greek Pontian population has often been blamed for the rise in crime, but Konniotis said their problem was mainly a social issue of integration.
		Konniotis added Pontians also found it hard to co-operate with the local authorities and were very mistrustful of the police and hospitals.
	www.cyprus-forum.com /cyprus949.html (1443 words)

	All Empires History Forum: Pontian Greek Dialect
		When the vast majority of descendants of other refugees from Asia Minor to Greece[after Lauseanne(1923)] are now fully assimilated, Pontians (although speak modern Greek,and don;t differ much from the other Greeks), are very proud of their tradition-Even young people can speak their dialect (unlike the numerous other greek dialects).
		Pontic was spoken in isolated pockets in the western part of the Pontus, from Inepolis [Inebolu] to Oinoe [nye], and in a continuous region from Oinoe to Ophis.
		Pontic is also spoken on the northern shores of the Black Sea, in southern Russia, Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Ukraine, particularly around Rostov-na- Donu (Semenov 1935); the Pontic speakers are known to have emigrated from Asia Minor in xviii and xixÊAD (Dawkins 1937:17Ð18).
	www.allempires.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12368&PN=2 (1448 words)

	Pontian Society of Chicago
		In November of 1977, the Pontians of Chicago organized the Pontian Society of Chicago Xeniteas.
		Today, their children and grandchildren are carrying on their dreams and ambitions in continuing the promotion of the Pontian culture.
		The Pontian Society of Chicago, Xeniteas, would like to thank all the Greeks and Americans of Chicago for their support throughout the years.
	www.xeniteas.net (219 words)

	Pontian Genocide Commemorated at AHI Noon Forum
		His presentation, titled "Turkey's Need to Acknowledge Responsibility for the Genocide of the Pontian Hellenes in 1914-1923," gave a brief historical overview of the events surrounding the Pontian Genocide and noted reasons why recognition of this atrocity is critical to stability in the southeastern Mediterranean region.
		The Pontian Genocide is officially commemorated every year on May 19 in remembrance of the 353,000 Hellenes of the Pontos region (in the modern-day Black Sea coast area of Turkey) that fell prey to the Turkish establishment alongside hundreds of thousands of Armenians and Assyrians.
		He has organized two scientific forums regarding the Pontian Genocide (New York in 1998, and Boston in 1999), and has participated in all five World Pontian Congresses (Thessaloniki 1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2002) as a speaker and member of the organizing committee.
	www.ahiworld.com /051503.html (459 words)

	St. Pontian, pope and martyr and St. Hippolytus, priest and martyr*
		Pontian, pope and martyr and St. Hippolytus, priest and martyr*
		With Pontian begins the brief chronicle of the Roman bishops of the third century, of which the author of the Liberian Catalogue of the popes made use in the fourth century and which gives more exact data for the lives of the popes.
		Hippolytus, who had been banished with Pontian, became reconciled to the Roman Church, and with this the schism he had caused came to an end.
	www.wf-f.org /StsPontianHippolytus.html (1288 words)

	Pontian Town
		The coastal Highway 5 follows the western shores of the Peninsula and from its southern tip, Pontian, the highway turns north.
		There was another small settlement a few kilometers north of this bridge, Pontian Besar, named after the river at that spot.
		Pontian is a "metropolis" and a "cowboy" town, meaning that it had a bustling town center but all lined up along this one and only major road dividing the town into two.
	greenfield.fortunecity.com /rainforest/298/town/pontian.htm (196 words)

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