Christos Stogiannidis (), also known by the nom de guerre captain Lilis or Iason Γεώργιος Τουσίμης, Περιοδικό Μακεδονική Ζωή, Ιούλιος 1995, τέυχος 350 was a Greek chieftain of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia.
Biography Stogiannidis was born in 1884 in Ostrovo (now Arnissa) of Pella.Άγιος Αθανάσιος (Τσέγανη): "ιστορία, θρύλοι, παραδόσεις έξι αιώνων", Ιωάννης Παπαλαζάρου, 2008, p. 50 He created the National Committee of Ostrovo and joined the Macedonian Defense. He fought against Bulgarian komitadjis initially near the Giannitsa Lake and later near Edessa and Lake Vegoritida. Then, he set up his own armed group, acting in the Voras Mountains, Lake Vegoritida, Edessa and Skydra. In June 1906, in an operation along with fellow Ostrovonites Stavros Chatzicharisis and Pantelis Theodorou they managed to exterminate the Bulgarian komitadji Tane Kliantsev who was terrorizing the Greek population of the region.
The action of Stogiannidis continued until 1908, when the Young Turk revolution stopped the Macedonian Struggle. His actions are considered successful as he managed to drive back the Bulgarian komitadjis northern, notably to Tikveš and Almopia and as he protected the Greek element of the region.
References
Sources John S. Koliopoulos (editor), "Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι", Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 121 Επετηρίς Αγωνιστών Μακεδονικού Αγώνος 1903-1909, αύξων αριθμός 2046