Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Ioannidis a cikin 1880s a Armenskon na Florina, sannan Daular Ottoman (yanzu Alona, Girka). Ya fara ayyukansa na makamai ta hanyar shiga kungiyar Kottas a matsayin mataimakinsa kuma ya shiga cikin
Ilinden <unk> Preobrazhenie Tashin hankali. Daga baya ya shiga rukunin Pavlos Melas, yana taimaka masa da sauran shugabannin kamar Efthymios Kaoudis da Georgios Tsontos waɗanda ba su san yankin da kyau ba, suna aiki a yankin Pelister. Ya kafa kungiyarsa ta makamai a 1906 tare da hadin gwiwar Pavlos Rakovitis, yana aiki a yankin Florina.