ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟ - ΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ

Ντοκιμαντέρ της ΕΤ3 για την κατάρρευση της Βυζαντινής Αυτοκρατορίας. Αφηγητής είναι ο Ηγούμενος της Ιεράς Μονής Stretensky και Αρχιμανδρίτης Τύχων, Σεβκούνωφ. Καλεσμένος στην εκπομπή Ανιχνεύσεις του Παντελή Σαββίδη διαφωτίζει το ζήτημα της καταστροφής της Βασιλεύουσας και παράλληλα συνενώνει τους δύο Ορθόδοξους κόσμους, Ελλάδας και Ρωσίας. 


Παρατίθεται μια σύντομη περιγραφή του βιβλίου, που έχει εκδώσει το 2009 με τίτλο - Η κατάρρευση της Βυζαντινής Αυτοκρατορίας, Το τελευταίο μάθημα. ''Τα πιο προικισμένα μυαλά του Βυζαντίου με λύπη παρατηρούσαν την βαθμιαία καταστροφή της αυτοκρατορίας, αλλά κανείς πια δεν άκουγε την φωνή τους. Μεγάλος κρατικός παράγοντας, ο Θεόδωρος Μετοχίτης δεν έβλεπε κανένα τρόπο να σωθεί το Βυζάντιο και θρηνούσε το περασμένο μεγαλείο των Ρωμαίων και την χαμένη ευημερία τους. 

Vasil II The Bulgar Slayer

Vasil II

The Bulgar Slayer

Basil II the Bulgar slayer was Born in 958 and died in 15 December 1025. He was the Predecessor of John I Tzimiskes and he was successed by Constantine VIII.
His father was Romanos II and his mother Theophano. He was a member of the famous Macedonian dynasty. Emperor Basill II is one of the most important men of the Hellenic Nation. He is the one that saved Macedonia and the rest of Greece from the Bulgarian threat that after the creation of the Bulgaric state in the lands of Ano Mysia became very dangerous for all European lands of the Empire. Basill became an Emperor in the age of 18 and he managed to win the battle against the rebels great landowners of Asia Minor, Bardas Skleros and Bardas Phokas which he was stricktly punished.

After that, he turned his attention to the Bulgarians that have occupied Macedonia except Salonica and have moved to southern Greece.
He was heavily defited at first in the battle of Larisa in 987 and that incident gave the Bulgarians the change to begin an orgy of killings, burning, pillage and all kinds off atrocities against the native Hellenic population of Macedonia and Southern Greece.
Vasill managed to stop them with his general Nikiphoros Ouranos, Nikiforos Ksifias, Eustathos Dafnomilis and in the end in the battle of KLEIDION he destroyed them uterly!

In that battle he destroyed the army of Samuel of Bulgaria and he arrested 14.000 as prisoners. Bulgarians were stricktly punished for the crimes of rebellion, killings, burning and destrucion. Basill blinded 99 to every 100 men.In very 100 men he left 1 with one eye to guide the others back to Bulgaria. When Samuel sow that, he died. After his victory Basill visited southern Greece and he went to the church of Holy Mary of Parthenon in Athens to thank the Lord for his success in the Bulgarian war.

His Imperial Magesty also launched a campaign against Muslim Arabs that besieged Antioch and Aleppo. In 995 with 40,000 men and 80,000 mules he attacked and won many battles he relieved Aleppo, took over Orontes valley all north Syria and moved south.Moving to lands that were lost for the Empire since the Arab expantion, he sacked all cities between Emessa and Tripoli. This lands would remain in Greek hand for 75 years.

Vasil managed to stabilize the Byzantine rull in Crimea in the north of the Black Sea by making alliance with the Russians from which he had millitary help which later transformed in to the IMPERIAL VARANGIAN GUARD. He also gave his younger sister Anna as a wife to the Russian Ruller. He win over the Khazar turks with jewish relligion, beat the Persians that invaded Armenia, united Armenia with the Empire after the Armenian King has died, took back important lands in South Italy known till today by his name (Basillikata). Death caught him before he set free the island of Sisely, giving an end to that plan of the Glorious King.

He was buried in the Church of St. John the Theologian the Evangelist at the Hebdomon Palace outside the Theodosian walls of Constantinople. Unfortunatelly the barbarians of the 4th (1204) crusade vandalised, and ravaged his grave. Michael Paleologos set free Constantinople in 1261 and the religious Greek soldiers were socked in the site of the grave being ravaged.
But thats another story...

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ΤΟΥ ΚΑΣΤΡΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΩΡΙΑΣ

Του κάστρου της Ωριάς Όσα κάστρα κι αν είδα κι όσα λόγιασα
σαν της Ωριάς το κάστρο δεν ελόγιασα
Σαράντα πύργους έχει όλο μάλαγμα
κι άλλους σαρανταπέντε για τον πόλεμοΤούρκος το πολεμάει χρόνους δώδεκα
και δεν μπορεί να το πατήσει
Ένας κακός Τουρκάκης ένας Κόνιαρος
πάγει στο βασιλέα και τον προσκυνά:-Αφέντη βασιλέα, τ' ειν' το τάγμα σου;
-Χίλια φλωριά σε δίνω κι άλογο καλό
και δυο σπαθιά 'σημένια για τον πόλεμο
-Ουδέ τ' άσπρα σου θέλω ουδέ τα σπαθιά
μόνε την κόρη θέλω που 'ναι στα γυαλιά
-Ωσάν το κάστρο πάρεις, χάρισμα κι αυτήΚαλογεράκι εγίνη, ράσα φόρεσε
πάγει στην πόρταν, κλαίει, πέφτει, προσκυνάει
κλαίει και γονατίζει και παρακαλάει:-Aνοιξε, την πόρτα την πόρτα της Ωριάς
πόρτα της μαυρομάτας της βασίλισσας.
-Συ εισ' ένας Τουρκάκης, ένας Κόνιαρος
φέυγα και σε σκοτώνουν, φέυγα, σε κρεμνούν-Μα το σταυρόν, κυρά μου, μα την Παναγιάν
ουδέ Τουρκάκης είμαι ουδέ Κόνιαρος
είμαι καλογεράκης απ' ασκηταριό
της πείνας αποθαίνω και λυπήσου με-Για δώτε τον ψωμάκι κι άμε στο καλό
-Κυρά, στην εκκλησίαν να προσευχηθώ
Aνοιξε την πόρτα, την πόρτα της Ωριάς
πόρτα της μαυρομάτας της βασίλισσας-Για ρίξετε τους γάντζους να τον πάρετε
-Τα ράσα μ' είναι σάπια και ξεσχίζονται
-Για ρίξετε το σάκο να τον πάρετε
-Α, μη κυρά, το σάκο, κι αντραλίζομαιΗ πόρτα μισανοίγει, γέμισ' η αυλή.
Άλλοι στ' άσπρα χυθήκαν κι άλλοι στα φλωριά
κι αυτός μέσα στην κόρην, που 'ναι στα γυαλιά
κι η κόρη σαν τον είδε, έπεσε στο γιαλό

A video about the glorious Greek Byzantine Empire.

Εικονες απο την Ελληνικη Ιστορια

It is the legend of the Emperor Konstantine IA' Palaiologos of the Greek-Byzantine empire that finished the long line of the Byzantine emperors.
Konstantine defended Constantinople in 1453 with 3.500 to 7.000 men against the barbaric Muslim Turkish hordes of 250.000 men.
After many days of war the leader of the horde SultanMehmett II' send offers to our King in order to propose him to surrender him Constantinople in order to save his life and fortune.
He offer him all Peloponnese peninsula as his kingdom, not to harm anybody of the Greek population of Constantinople, and they could all leave with their fortune and weapons.
Konstantine answered like that:
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The Turk ordered his final attack, like demons the Muslim hordes attacked the walls of the ancient capital of the Greek empire but the Christian warriors were fighting with great courage.
Moments were tragical...one moment hours later Konstantinesaied <> He didntt finish his phrase and the General and leader of the defence after the KingJustinianii was badly hurt.
He transported at his ship and he was followed by his troops.
The King, even with even less men continued to fight, till the last part, the part of the treason took place...
In the Jewish neighbourhood of Constantinople was a little door named Kerkoportaa".
That door was open! Some thousands Turks got into the city. Konstantine with his exhausted remaining soldiers was surrounded.
But I will let the historian GeorgeFrantzisis to tell us the story, as a person that participated in this battle:
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