En arxh hn h idea. 8eos sth diadoxh enos hmi8eoy sthn tote 8essalonikh poy yphrxe mono o hraklhs, o opoios eixe idry8ei epi toyrkokratias.
Etsi e3hgeitai giati onomasthke ARHS o Syllogos poy gennh8hke thn shmadiakh hmeromhnia ths 25hs Martioy 1914 sth 8essalonikh, ligo meta thn apeley8erwsh, tote poy yphrxe h anagkh gia kati neo kai agno poy na exei gennh8ei eley8ero kai asymbibasto gia na ekfrazei ton lao ths polhs.
Polemoxares to onoma, mparoytokapnismenh h atmosfaira toy periballontos sta prwta bhmata toy nhpioy.
Na giati to pneyma twn Areianwn einai synyfasmeno me thn maxhtikothta kai th diarkh epidiw3h ths nikhs kai toy prwtoy.
Otan h 8essalonikh eley8erw8hke, to diogkoymeno kyma twn zwntanwn newn poy h8elan thn a8lhsh, o anemos ths eley8erias kai h e3aplwsh toy podosfairoy, dhmioyrgoysan ropes me mazikothta kai megalh entash.
Kai to 1914 mia epilekth omada dioikhtikwn paragontwn, phran th megalh apofash.
Na idrysoyn ena neo syllogo poy 8a ikanopoioyse tis neanikes anhsyxies toys kai 8a ekplhrwne tis megales filodo3ies toys. Ena syllogo poy 8a ginotan o prwtos anamesa stoys prwtoys. Tolmhrh h skepsh, a3io8aymasth h aytopepoi8hsh kai aisiodo3ia, systatika poy ta klhrodothsan stoys diadoxoys toys, wste o ARHS apo thn prwth mera poy eide to fws mexri kai shmera na einai enas megalos prwtagwnisths ston panellhnio xwro kai merikes fores, tis pio shmantikes ths istorias toy, o adiafilonikhta prwtos.
H Agia Triada, poy eftane mexri th 8alassa kai eixe sthn plath ths to Papafh, htan mia megalh, h pio megalh isws, astikh geitonia ths 8essalonikh. Kai oloi thn 3eroyn san epikrateia, steki kai spiti toy AREWS. Kai omws o endo3os syllogos den eide to fws ths zwhs toy ekei.
Gia toys 8essalonikeis ths epoxhs kardia ths polhs htan h Kamara. Ekei opoy basileye to pneyma ths makariothtas, ekei oi anhsyxoi prwtoporoi 8elhsan na sthsoyn thn edra toys.
Gia toys 8essalonikeis h Kamara htan o omfalos ths ghs. Alla yphrxe kai enas allos logos. Ekei htan to kentro twn «antipalwn» kai xreiazotan mia proklhsh pros aytoys. Oi neoi einai panta neoi.
Twra eprepe, meta ton topo kai to onoma, na dialextoyn ta xrwmata. Kai oi neoi den 3exasan oti meta th basileyoysa h 8essalonikh htan pantote h deyterh politeia toy Byzantioy. Kai ta xrwmata poy htan sta emblhmata ths dialexthkan gia ton ARH. To kitrino kai to mayro.
An omws sthn Kamara bre8hke ena dwmatiaki, gia thn prwth stegash, emene to megalo problhma, ena problhma poy basanise xronia ton ARH. To problhma toy ghpedoy.
Stoy Xirs yphrxe ena ghpedo thn Alians. Oi Areianoi kataferan na apokthsoyn dikaiwmata xrhshs. H lysh htan proxeirh kai mesa sta xalasmata ths kamenhs 8essalonikhs kai toys symmaxikoys stratwnes oi Areianoi anazhtoysan diarkws neoys xwroys, kalyteroys, poy 8a mporoysan na ginoyn kai dikoi toys. Etsi metakomisan sto synoikismo Do3as kai argotera ston anoixto xwro Transbaal, ekei poy einai shmera h synoikia toy Agioy Fanoyrioy.
H mikrh omada arxise na diogkwnetai. Kai osoi sthn arxh thn phran apshfista, mphkan grhgora se skepseis.
Ston prwto agwna poy egine me ton Hraklh o ARHS nikhse me ena gkol toy Saloysto poy htan parallhla kai paikths, opws oloi sxedon oi idrytes.
Kai o ARHS megalwne. Megalwne kai o ari8mos twn opadwn toy, megalwnan kai oi epidiw3eis toy.
Epishmh drasthriothta fysika den mporoyse na yparxei sta xronia ekeina poy oloi foroysan to xaki, ta xronia twn ateleiwtwn polemwn. Den yphrxan prwta8lhmata, den yphrxan genika agwnes. Yphrxe omws h zwh toy syllogoy poy traboyse to dromo ths kai poy perimene thn epistrofh ths zwhs stoys kanonikoys ry8moys gia na drasei.
To 1919 kai to 1921 ginontai dyo shmantika bhmata.
Meta3y twn odwn Papafh kai Lewforo Stratoy yphrxe o syllogos Astraph. Pio zwhros ths paikths htan o Kwstas Bikelidhs.
Mia mera pairnei thn omada sthn plath toy kai thn koybala ston ARH. Oxi poly makria sthn odo Kilkisioy, edreye mia allh omada. O Keraynos me grammatea ton Stayro Zwko, poy enswmatwnetai ston ARH.
M' ayto ton tropo oi Areianoi ginontai kyriarxoi se mia perioxh poy arxizei apo to Swma Stratoy kai teleiwnei sthn 25h Martioy, apo th shmerinh Papanastasioy mexri th 8alassa. Aytos einai o logos poy oloi syndeoyn toso poly ton ARH me thn Agia Triada, poy htan to epikentro ayths ths perioxhs.
Aytonohto einai oti oi pio maxhtikoi Areianoi eixan triplh idiothta. Htan podosfairistes, melh kai dioikoyntes kai ta problhmata ta oikonomika ta elynan bazontas to xeri sthn tseph toys.
Alla h aiglh arxise na fernei opadoys kai aytoi na prosferoyn th boh8eia toys.
Istorika 8a meinoyn ta prwta stekia poy xrhsimopoih8hkan gia apodythria kai grafeia. Dyo synexomena plin8oktista dwmatia sth Do3a htan ta prwta. Argotera stoy Xirs, pisw apo th Bila Inta. Katopin pisw apo to italiko monopwlio ginetai o diamoirasmos mias aneths katoikias me Aggloys stratiwtes kai th sosialistikh neolaia. Telos, to spiti toy Kydwnakh sthn odo Misraxh (Flemingk).
M' ayth thn ypodomh kai m' ayto to pneyma ths maxhs, ths perhfanias kai toy pisteyw sthn anwterothta o ARHS arxise th deyterh fash ths zwhs toy, amesws meta th mikrasiatikh katastrofh, me mia nea maza opadwn, toys Smyrnioys poy kata ena periergo tropo, ton diale3an gia eidwlo toys.
Etsi, loipon, bre8hke o ARHS panetoimos stis paramones toy prwtoy epishmoy prwta8lhmatos 8essalonikhs. Kai fysika to katekthse.
Opws katekthse kai to prwto panellhnio prwta8lhma poy egine pente xronia argotera.
Kai anebainontas ta skalia twn epityxiwn, baftisthke ap' oloys toys Ellhnes «kitrinh 8yella» to 1932. Xronia poy petyxe ena 8riambo anepanalhpto gia ellhnikh omada.
Oysiastika h trietia 1930 - 1933 htan h anadoxos. Me thn aktinobolia oxi aplws toy megaloy, alla kai toy anamfisbhthta prwtoy, o ARHS, diogkwnetai kai agkaliazei oles tis ekdhlwseis toy a8lhtismoy. Fernei sth 8essalonikh ta panellhnia prwta8lhmata polo kai mpasket, enw sto stibo dhmioyrgei prwta8lhtes san ton Noyka, ton Leontaridh, ton Mat8aioy, ton Nasioytzik, ton Papabasileioy kai alloys.
Gi' ayto h istoria toy den einai allh mia epallhlh topo8ethsh xronologiwn. Einai h ekmysthreysh mias zwhs poy lampei, enos 8aymatos poy to kator8wsan ws a8lhtes, ws paragontes, ws opadoi kai filoi, an8rwpoi poy eixan ena koino pisteyw. Ton kitrinomayro 8eo toy polemoy.
Kai ayth h pisth einai poy ton krathse or8io kai otan hr8an meres xalepes, kai otan merikes fores ta dioikhtika hnia den krath8hkan apo xeria toso stibara oso eprepe.
Kai enas tomeas ston opoio o syllogos adikh8hke alla kai ston opoio eginan la8h, einai toy ghpedoy toy. Polles xronies astegos, otan exase to ghpedo ths Lewforoy Stratoy, sto opoio eixe egkatasta8ei apo to 1926 mexri to 1939, kator8wse na epibiwsei par' olo poy agwnizotan - kai otan 8ewrhtika htan ghpedoyxos - se 3ena ghpeda.
O ARHS ekleise 90 xronia zwhs (kai synexizei), gia thn opoia oi opadoi toy prepei na einai perhfanoi. Kai den 8a prepei na 3exnoyn pote oti einai oi synexistes ths drashs mias xoyftas an8rwpwn poy oramatisthkan ena megalo ARH kai ton eftia3an. Oti den prepei pote na fanoyn ypodeesteroi twn prwtwn.
H diadoxh einai enas nomos ths fyshs. H kalh diadoxh einai o nomos ths epibiwshs.
Kai o ARHS den 8a prepei na zei aplws mono. Prepei na zei kai na basileyei.
As mhn to 3exnoyn pote kai as einai perhfanoi poy einai Areianoi...
