Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-15
Alexander Ascends Throne.

336 B. G. Philip is assassinated and
Alexander the Great ascends the throne.
327 B. c. Alexander the Great fits out in
5aloniki his expedition to India and starts
off to conquer the earth.
c2i p. c. Alexander the Great dies in
Persia and his body is taken for burial
20 the city of Alexandria that he founded
and called by his own name. He never
saw Saloniki after starting on his mill
tary expedition.
20 B. G. The Romans appear, and after
three wars liz AS 3. G. Greece and Mac
edonia and nearly all of the empire of
Alexander are united in a Roman prov
!nCe.
-, A. q Constantine the Great recog-
1izes Christianity AID becomes the ruler
Of Macedonia
395 A. D. The Roman empire dissolved.
800 A. d. Charlemagne appears as a
world conquerer and rules these prov
$50 A. D. A schism in the holy church
over theological controversies. which
finally results in a division of the fol-
lowers of Christ into the Roman Cath
and the Coptic churches in !OJi.
1904. Saloniki, Constantnople and the
surrounding country occupied by the cru
saders.
1853. Byzantine empire founded by
Michael Palaolcgus with it's capital at
COnstantinOple.
1853. Fall of the Byzantine empire; Con
stantinople occupied by the Turks under
Mahommet H.
Overwhelmed by Turks.
1856 The Turks overwhelm Macedonia
and occupy Saloniki.
1 i63. Begins a struggle which lasted two
hundred and thirty-seven years between
he Venetians and the Turks over the
control of Greece and the Balkan PENN
sula.
1929 Greece declared Independent. but
Macedonia continues to be province OF
Turkey.
1878. Bulgaria, eastern Rumela, Monte
negro. Bosnia and Herzegovina. former
provinces Of Turkey in the Balkans, made
semi-independent by an arrangement OF
but Macedonia still remains Turkish
province.
1868 Overthrow of the Turkish autoc-
racy and the establishment of a consti-
tutional government with an elective par
Lament.
All through this long chain of events. OF
changes in the map of the world. Sa-
.onki has sat serene at the head of the
Aegean sea. but has been frequently
transformed in administration, in worship
in architecture, in commerce and in habits
and costumes of the people. from one
race to another, but has retained more OF
The Roman and the Byzantine impress
sions than those of any other of its in
vaders. The Byzantine remains Of Sa
| 'oniki surpass those of any other city ir
he east The most notable of its mosque:
| have been transformed from churche:
| built for the worship of the Christian God
| Several of these mosques are especially
nota ble5sSt. Sophia, ST. Georges, St
Demetrius and the Eski Djuma, or OLD
| Friday mosque. so-called because 1t was
originally temple to Venus whose day
Of worship was Friday. 1t was Their
| transformed into Christian church
| After the Turkish occupation in the mid
lie of the fifteenth century 1t became a
| MOSQUE, but it has gradually gone to de-
cav and has not been used for several
| centuries.
Basilica Being Restored.
Those who are interested in the early
history of religion as well s ecclesiastical
architecture will be gratifed to know
| that this basilica is now being restored by
money furnished by the international
commission, which for several years has
had control of Macedonia finances.
Although Saoniki has preserved prob
| ably the most complete and remarkable
example of early Christian and pure By
zantine ecclesiastical architecture, very
| few students come here. / suppose the
attractions and advantages of the place
are not known. Salonih was made a
| stronghold of the early Christian church
| by the presence and the patronage of St
| Paul, and there is every reason to be-
| lieye that it's wealth and influence was
greater here perhaps than In any other