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Society in Russia. The Pontian Brotherhood of South Australia, based in Adelaide, also uses a yellow flag with a black Pontic eagle. Their banner has the same design. The Argonauti-Komninoi Pontic Greek Association, based in Athens, uses a yellow flag with black lineart depicting an eagle and
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Trebizond, now destroyed, and took note of the art on the walls. Paintings in the church depicted an emperor and empress; the empress' robes had double-headed eagles, while the emperor's robes had single-headed eagles.
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