The railway age · Village life · Emigration
The priest of Myloi dies, and America hears of it
March 1927 – April 1927 Probable
A letter "from Argos, 3 April 1927", written for the people of Argos in America, reports the sudden death of the priest Christos Nikolaou Giannakopoulos "from the village of Myloi of Lerna". All the people of Myloi, Kiveri and Skafidaki followed his funeral. It is the earliest priest of Myloi we know by name.
Note: Only one source so far. The priest may have been the father of the community president Nikolaos Chr. Giannakopoulos, but no document says so.
- Where
- Myloi (the village)
- Threads
- Village life, Emigration
- Certainty
- Probable likely, but not fully proven
Sources
- Ατλαντίς (New York), 29-04-1927, σ. 2 Open (opens in a new tab)
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