Armenians in Greece ( , '' 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
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenians in Greece