page_title: Armenians in Greece
hierarchical_section_title: Armenians in Greece
caption_attribution_description: English: Armenian Church of Thessaloniki Built in 1903, architect Vitaliano Poselli (1838-1918)
context_page_description: The Armenians in Greece are Greek citizens of Armenian descent. The Armenian presence in Greece began centuries ago when Armenians, for various reasons, one of which includes the Armenian Genocide of 1915, left Armenia and settled in the wider area of Thessaly, Macedonia and Thrace. Traces of Armenians can also be found on the Greek islands of Crete and Kerkyra. The Armenians in Greece however, acquired the character of a community after the 1920s, when 70,000 to 80,000 survivors of the Armenian Genocide fled to Greece from Cilicia, Smyrna, Ionia, Constantinople and other regions of Asia Minor, scattering all over Greece.
  Today, immigration to North America has diminished the Armenian population of Greece. The number now counts for roughly 20,000-35,000 Armenians.
context_section_description: The Armenians in Greece (Greek: Αρμένιοι, Arménioi) are Greek citizens of Armenian descent. The Armenian presence in Greece began centuries ago when Armenians, for various reasons, one of which includes the Armenian Genocide of 1915, left Armenia and settled in the wider area of Thessaly, Macedonia (Thessaloniki) and Thrace. Traces of Armenians can also be found on the Greek islands of Crete and Kerkyra (Corfu). The Armenians in Greece however, acquired the character of a community after the 1920s, when 70,000 to 80,000 survivors of the Armenian Genocide fled to Greece from Cilicia, Smyrna, Ionia, Constantinople and other regions of Asia Minor, scattering all over Greece.
  Today, immigration to North America has diminished the Armenian population of Greece. The number now counts for roughly 20,000-35,000 Armenians.
caption: Armenian church at the center of Thessaloniki
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