The fighter and guide in the macedonian struggle Stavros Ballios and the bishop Theoklitos II of Kitros
Abstract
Written and oral evidence, present us with the following information concerning Stavros Bal(l)ias or Ballios, fighter and guide during the Macedonian Struggle (1903-1908).
a) His actual name was Stavros Stefou, second son of Adamos and Anastasia
(born Papanannou or Papaioannou). The cognomen Bal(l)ias or Ballios was given to him through his eldest brother, who had a tuft of white hair (balios means white-haired).
b) His mother was the sister of Bishop Theoklitos Papanannos or Papaioannos of Kitros, originating from Naoussa.
c) He was born in 1872 and died in 1902 in Naoussa as a result of torture he sustained in the Turkish prison of Yeroia.
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Μωραΐτης Γ. Γ. (1984). The fighter and guide in the macedonian struggle Stavros Ballios and the bishop Theoklitos II of Kitros. Makedonika, 24(1), 209–216. https://doi.org/10.12681/makedonika.269
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