Theodoros Modis
Theodoros Modis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Μόδης) was born in Monastiri (today's Bitola, in North Macedonia) from a Greek family with Vlach roots (BG:Теодорос Модис.) He was a lumber merchant and a scholar.[1][2]
He was among those who helped the founders of the Revolutionary Internal Organization in its formation, in order to defend Greek interests in Macedonia (Ottoman Empire at the time.).[3] He was assassinated in his shop by Bulgarian komitadji on September 4, 1904. His assassination, like the killing of Pavlos Melas a month later, is among the violent events that marked the beginning of the Macedonian Struggle (Μακεδονικός Αγώνας in Greek).[4]
He is the grandfather of Theodore Modis, the great grandfather of Yorgo Modis, and the uncle of Georgios Modis.
Notes
- ^ Theodore Modis, Fortune Favors the Bold: A Woman’s Odyssey through a Turbulent Century, Stuttgart: ibidem Press, 2018, pp. 11-16,41-49.
- ^ Γεώργιος Χ. Μόδης, Αναμνήσεις, Thessaloniki: University of Macedonia Press, 2004 (published posthumously), pp. 65-66, 79-80.
- ^ Vakalopoulos, Konstantinos (1981). "Η εθνική δράση του Γεωργίου και Ιωάννου Ξανθού (Γευγελή) και του Αλεξ. Ζουμετίκου (Μοναστήρι) κατά το Μακεδονικό Αγώνα". Makedonika. 21: 400. doi:10.12681/makedonika.442.
- ^ Σταμάτης Ράπτης, Ιστορία του Mακεδονικού Αγώνος, Athens: Αναγνωστόπουλος & Πετράκος, 1925, pp. 6, 20-24.