Omorfokklisia, Kastoria

Omorfokklisia
Omorfokklisia
Community
	Omorfokklisia
	Coordinates: 40°25′47″N 21°7′12″E / 40.42972°N 21.12000°E
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Kastoria
Municipality	Kastoria
Municipal unit	Agia Triada
Population (2021)
• Community	19
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Omorfokklisia (Greek: Ομορφοκκλησιά, before 1926: Γκάλιστα – Gkalista)^[2] is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

The 1920 Greek census recorded 596 people in the village, and 400 inhabitants (40 families) were Muslim in 1923.^[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Gkalista were from Pontus (45) in 1926.^[3] The 1928 Greek census recorded 406 village inhabitants.^[3] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 32 (118 people) .^[3] After the population exchange, the village mosque and the water fountain next to it were destroyed.^[4]

In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.^[5] The village Omorfokklisia had a total of 569 inhabitants, and was populated by 280 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness.^[5]

References

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Gkalista – Omorfokklisia". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 76. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. pp. 271–272. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Alvanos, Raymondos (2005). Κοινωνικές συγκρούσεις και πολιτικές συμπεριφορές στην περιοχή της Καστοριάς (1922–1949) [Social conflicts and political behaviors in the area of Kastoria (1922–1949)] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 518. Retrieved 16 June 2024. "Ομορφοκκλησιά, Πληθυσμός: 569, Σλαυόφωνοι: 280, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: όχι"

[census21-1] "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.

[pandektisGkOm-2] Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Gkalista – Omorfokklisia". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[Pelagidis76-3] Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 76. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[Stavridopoulos271272-4] Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. pp. 271–272. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

[Alvanos518-5] Alvanos, Raymondos (2005). Κοινωνικές συγκρούσεις και πολιτικές συμπεριφορές στην περιοχή της Καστοριάς (1922–1949) [Social conflicts and political behaviors in the area of Kastoria (1922–1949)] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 518. Retrieved 16 June 2024. "Ομορφοκκλησιά, Πληθυσμός: 569, Σλαυόφωνοι: 280, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: όχι"

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