April 12, 2024
1938 GREEK CARD USA CHIOS SMYRNE ASIA MINOR MARTYR CHRYSOSTOME BISHOP OF SMYRNA
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Old greek b/w card depicting Martyr Chrysostome, bishop of Smyrna. Text on verso (also referring to a ball organized in Manhattan Opera House on November 5, 1938). Dimensions: 16 x 11 cm . Good condition (tears, creases, few scratches, small wear on corners/edges, foxing, few stains). Shipment fees' values (via air mail) to Greece and other countries: $2 & $3 respectively. I combine postage costs . If you prefer registered mail, please add $4 to total amount. For additional information concerning the displayed item, do not hesitate to email me. Note: Chrysostomos Kalafatis (1867-1922), known as Saint Chrysostomos of Smyrna, Chrysostomos of Smyrna and Metropolitan Chrysostom, was the Greek Orthodox bishop of Smyrna ( Izmir ) between 1910 and 1914, and again from 1919 to his death in 1922. He was born in Triglia ( today Zeytinbağı , Turkey ) in 1867, and was killed by a lynching mob during the taking of Smyrna by Turkish troops at the end of the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 . He was declared a martyr and a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece on 4 November 1992. Bishop Chrysostom of Smyrna was the spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox community of Smyrna at the time of the Asia Minor Disaster (August 1922 ). He was the son of Nikolaos Kalafatis and Kalliope Lemonidou. The couple had a
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