Vasileios Theodoridis was a Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 journalist and anarchist.

Theodoridis was born in Pyrgos and studied law in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

. He was descended from the famous Theodoridis family and was the son of Aristomenis Theodoridis, manager of Stafidikis bank, and grandson of Thallis Theodoridis

Thallis Theodoridis (elder)

Thallis Theodoridis was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence.He was born in Pyrgos and is the descendant of the rich Theodoridis family which descended from Divri . He was the secretary and aide of the Sissinaians and fought with his own army in Attica, Ilia, and the...

. He was one of the founding members of the Anarchist Association of Pyrgos, a group that tried to associate the Christian religion with social justice. The group controlled the weekly paper Neon Fos, with Theodoridis being its editor. The paper which, was founded in 1898, stopped running in 1899. Theodoridis continued contributing to the local press and Athens-based newspapers, including Kathimerini

Kathimerini

I Kathimerini is a daily morning newspaper published in Athens. It is published in the Greek language, as well as in an abridged English-language edition. The English edition is sold separately in the United States and as a supplement to the International Herald Tribune in Greece and Cyprus. On 2...

.