Greek revolutionary organizations

This list includes revolutionary organizations aimed at liberating and unifying Greek-inhabited territories into the historical national state of Greece.

Organization Active Notes Image
Ellinoglosso Xenodocheio 1814 Established in Paris. Provided education for Greeks and prepared for a future struggle against Ottoman rule.
Filiki Etaireia 1814–21 Established in Odessa. Organizer of the Greek War of Independence.[1]
Philorthodox Society 1839 Secret organization established in June 1839 by Nikitaras and Georgios Kapodistrias, associated with the Russian Party. Uncovered in December 1839.
Party of Radicals 1848–1862 Political party in the Ioanian Islands for enosis.
Revolutionary Assembly at Aghia Kyriaki 1866 Fought the Cretan revolt (1866–1869) for enosis.
National Defence and Fraternity 1877 Two revolutionary organizations established in 1877 in Epirus. Fought in the Epirus Revolt of 1878 for enosis.
Cretan Committee 1878 Fought the Cretan revolt (1878) for enosis.
Ethniki Etaireia 1894–96 Established in Athens. Advocated for the liberation of all Greek-inhabited territories. Considered to be responsible for the start of the Greco-Turkish War (1897).
Hellenic Macedonian Committee 1890s–1908 Established in Athens. Headquartered in the Greek consulate of Thessaloniki. Coordinator of Greek efforts during the Macedonian Struggle.
Pontus Society 1904–1923 Secret society working for the liberation of the Republic of Pontus.
Panepirotic Assembly 1914 Established in Argyrokastro. Declared independence from Albania and the creation of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.
Central Committee of the Northern Epirote Struggle 1943 Ethnic Greek resistance movement in Northern Epirus (part of Communist Albania).
EOKA 1955–59 Established in British Cyprus. Waged a guerilla war against the British to achieve union with Greece, causing the Cyprus Emergency. Led to the independence of Cyprus.
EOKA B 1971–74 Established in the Republic of Cyprus. Involved in the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

See also

References

  1. ^ Alison, Phillips W. (1897). The war of Greek independence, 1821 to 1833. London : Smith, Elder. pp. 20, 21. (retrieved from University of California Library)
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