# Christos Stogiannidis

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Greek chieftain of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia

**Christos Stogiannidis** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Χρήστος Στογιαννίδης), also known by the [nom de guerre](/source/Nom_de_guerre) **captain Lilis** or **Iason**[1] was a [Greek](/source/Greeks) chieftain of the [Greek Struggle for Macedonia](/source/Greek_Struggle_for_Macedonia).

## Biography

Stogiannidis was born in 1884 in Ostrovo (now [Arnissa](/source/Arnissa)) of [Pella](/source/Pella_(regional_unit)).[2] He created the *National Committee of Ostrovo* and joined the *Macedonian Defense*. He fought against [Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarians) [komitadjis](/source/Komitadji) initially near the [Giannitsa Lake](/source/Giannitsa_Lake) and later near [Edessa](/source/Edessa) and [Lake Vegoritida](/source/Lake_Vegoritida). Then, he set up his own armed group, acting in the [Voras Mountains](/source/Voras_Mountains), Lake Vegoritida, Edessa and [Skydra](/source/Skydra). In June 1906, in an operation along with fellow Ostrovonites Stavros Chatzicharisis and Pantelis Theodorou they managed to exterminate the Bulgarian komitadji Tane Kliantsev who was terrorizing the [Greek](/source/Greeks) population of the region.

The action of Stogiannidis continued until 1908, when the [Young Turk revolution](/source/Young_Turk_revolution) stopped the [Macedonian Struggle](/source/Macedonian_Struggle). His actions are considered successful as he managed to drive back the Bulgarian komitadjis northern, notably to [Tikveš](/source/Tikve%C5%A1) and [Almopia](/source/Almopia) and as he protected the Greek element of the region.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Γεώργιος Τουσίμης, Περιοδικό Μακεδονική Ζωή, Ιούλιος 1995, τέυχος 350](http://oraiokastro-city.blogspot.gr/2012/11/makedonomaxos-siantsis.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Άγιος Αθανάσιος (Τσέγανη): "ιστορία, θρύλοι, παραδόσεις έξι αιώνων", Ιωάννης Παπαλαζάρου, 2008, p. 50

## Sources

- [John S. Koliopoulos](/source/John_S._Koliopoulos) (editor), "Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι", Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 121

- Επετηρίς Αγωνιστών Μακεδονικού Αγώνος 1903-1909, αύξων αριθμός 2046

v t e Hellenic Macedonian Committee Macedonian Committee Ion Dragoumis Stefanos Dragoumis Dimitrios Kalapothakis Germanos Karavangelis Pavlos Melas Georgios Pentzikis Makedonomachoi (with nom de guerre) Theodoros Adam Sarantis-Tellos Agapinos (Agras) Michail Anagnostakos (Matapas) Charalambos Boufidis (Fourtounas) Theodoros Boulasikis Ioannis Boubaras Antigonos Choleris Petros Christou Konstantinos Christou (Kottas) Nikolaos Dailakis Panagiotis Danglis (Parmenion) Stergios Daoutis (Perifanos) Nikolaos Davelis Ioannis Demertzis Ioannis Demestichas (Nikiforos) Christos Dogiamas (Itsos) Dimitrios Dogiamas (Bikas) Lazos Dogiamas (Barovitsalis) Konstantinos Dogras Georgios Doitsinis Nikolaos Doumpiotis (Amyntas) Periklis Drakos Ioannis Evaggelopoulos Doukas Gaitatzis (Zervas) Konstantinos Garefis Dimitrios Golnas Nikolaos Gousios Stergios Goutas Pavlos Gyparis Petros Hatzitasis Simos Ioannidis (Armenskiotis) Georgios Kakoulidis (Dragas) Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos (Nidas) Pantelis Kandilas Efthymios Kaoudis (Old Kaoudis) Filippos Kapetanopoulos Georgios Karaiskakis Ioannis Karavitis Georgios Katechakis (Rouvas) Dimitrios Kechagias (Dalipis) Nikolaos Kollias Georgios Kondylis Alexandros Kontoulis (Skourtis) Stavros Kotsopoulos (Banitsiotis) Evangelos Koukoudeas Theodoros Koukoulakis Georgios Koutles Pavlos Kyrou Dimitrios Lalas Georgios Lepidatos (Arkoudas) Traianos Liantzakis (Traikos) Nikolaos Manos Konstantinos Manos (Michailidis) Petros Manos (Vergos) Ioannis Martzios Apostolis Matopoulos Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian (Akritas) Pavlos Melas (Mikis Zezas) Alexandros Merentitis (Doukas) Georgios Modis Evangelos Natsis (Srebreniotis) Pavlos Nikolaidis (Rakovitis) Alexandros Othonaios (Palamidis) Markos Palamidis Pantelis Papaioannou (Nikotsaras) Konstantinos Papastavrou (Mavromatis) Iraklis Patikas Filolaos Pichion (Filotas) Nikolaos Pyrzas (Lakis) Stavros Rigas (Kavodoros) Nikolaos Rokas (Kolios) Michail Sapkas Dimitrios Sarros Georgios Savvas Georgios Seridis (Spanos) Ioannis Simanikas Michael Sionidis Konstantinos Sorros (Kallas) Georgios Soulios Spyros Spyromilios (Bouas) Dimitrios Stagas (Mizas) Athanasios Stavroudis Christos Stogiannidis (Lilis or Iason) Markos Theodoridis Georgios Thomopoulos (Gogos) Georgios Tombras (Roupakias) Ioannis Tsangaridis Lazaros Tsamis Dimitrios Tsapanos Nikolaos Tsipouras Dimitrios Tsitsimis Christos Tsolakopoulos (Rembelos) Georgios Tsontos (Vardas) Lazaros Varzis (Zarkadas) Zisis Verros Ioannis Villioglou (Ramnalis) Stergios Vlachveis Argyrios Vouzas Zisis Vrakas Georgios Yiotas (Gonos) Antonios Zois Consular officials & undercover agents Ion Dragoumis Athanasios Exadaktylos (Antoniou) Lambros Koromilas Spyridon Levidis Alexandros Mazarakis-Ainian (Ioannidis) Anastasios Pichion Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (Kalamidis) Museums Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Kastoria) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Chromio) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Skopje) Folklore Museum of Giannitsa Pavlos Melas Museum Captain Kottas Museum

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