Kalogriana, Karditsa

Kalogriana (Καλογριανά) Karditsa

Kalogriana is a lowland village of Karditsa [1] at an altitude of 95 meters [2].

Geography

Kalogriana is located in the north of the prefecture and its borders with the prefecture of Trikala. It is 25.5 km W from Palamas, 18 km NW. from Karditsa and 16 km SE. from Trikala. The village is built between the EO of Trikala - Karditsa (D.) with the highway of Central Greece (A.) and is bordered on the east by the Holy Trinity.

Sights

The church of Zoodochou Pigi in the center of the village is its most important attraction [3] and since 2002 it has been characterized as a historical monument. It is a single-aisled stone church with a wooden roof, a typical example of ecclesiastical architecture of its time. It is dated to 1723 based on the lithograph of its southern entrance. The interior is divided into two rows of wooden octagonal columns, formally, in three aisles, decorated with frescoes (18th century) in 5 zones and has a remarkable wood-carved iconostasis with images of the 18th century. The bell tower to the west of the temple bears an inscription dating back to 1859 and has been designated a monument in need of special state protection.
Administrative subordination

As a settlement it is officially mentioned in 1883 in the Government Gazette 126A-02/04/1883 with this name being attached to the then municipality of Silani that belonged to the prefecture of Trikala. In 1944, with the Government Gazette 82A-13/04/1944, it was detached from the prefecture of Trikkala and came under the prefecture of Karditsa [6]. According to the plan, Kallikratis is the local community of Kalogrianon that belongs to the municipal community of Sellanos of the municipality of Palamas and according to the 2011 census has a population of 589 inhabitants [7].

Personalities

Metropolitan of Dryinoupoleos Pogonianas and Konitsis Sevastian. He was the Hierarch whose name was directly linked to the Northern Epirus Issue. Sotirios Economidis was born on June 20, 1922 in Kalogriana, Karditsa. He studied at the Theological School of the University of Athens. He served as a preacher in the Diocese of Ioannina from 1957 to 1967. In June 1967 he was elected Metropolitan of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsis. In his enthronement speech he said: "... At this moment, for the first time, I am ascending this throne, my thoughts are turned ... to our unredeemed brothers of the Northern Epirus, groaning them under the yoke of bitter slavery. , to assure them that not only will our prayers accompany them daily, but we will do everything possible, as they are redeemed from the bonds of slavery ... ". He founded in 1982 and then organized and financially supported the only student organization for the northern continent - the Coordinating Student Union of the Northern Epirus Struggle (SFEVA). In 1987 he founded the Panhellenic Association of the Northern Epirus Struggle (PASYVA) based in Konitsa, a association in which scientists and executives of the diplomatic field participate. PASYVA organized two (2) scientific conferences in Konitsa (1987 & 1990). About fifteen (15) are the Metropolitan's publications on the Northern Epirus issue, many of which have been translated into English, German, French and Albanian. He was the publisher of the newspaper "Northern Epirus Step". He visited the US Congress and the European Parliament, denouncing the human rights violations of the people of Northern Epirus. It instituted the celebration of the anniversary of the Autonomy of Northern Epirus in 1914. After the fall of the power lines (1990) in Albania, it drafted open letters - appeals that have been distributed in thousands of copies for the return of the Northern Epirotes to their place. He died on December 12, 1994 and his grave is located in the Holy Monastery of Molyvdoskepastou. His statue is located in Konitsa and his bust in Athens.
Saint Arsenios Elassonas from Kalogrianon. (April 13 / May 8) Saint Arsenios was born in 1550 in Kalogriana, Karditsa and was a member of the large family of the priest Theodoros and Chrysafi. His mother, who was the niece of St. Bessarion, after the death of her priest-husband became a nun named Christodoulis. In Trikala, Arsenios was educated, then he became a monk and was ordained a deacon in the Holy Monastery of Dousikou. In 1579 he was ordained a priest, while a little later he studied at the School of the Patriarchate and became pastor of the I. N. of Pammakaristos. In 1584, the Ecumenical Patriarch Jeremiah II of Tranos, from Larissa (who had ascended the throne for the second time), ordained the Armenian Bishop of Elassona and Domenikos. Two years later he went to an Orthodox meeting in Moscow, but on his return he stayed for two years in the Ukrainian city of Lvov, at the request of the Greek Orthodox Church there, to intensify their struggle against Unia. In 1588 he accompanied Patr. Jeremiah, who had been restored for the third time to the patriarchal throne of Constantinople, in Moscow, where, at the urging of Tsar Theodore Ivanovich, he settled. But he never forgot his enslaved slaves. Very often he sent icons and other gifts to the I. Monasteries and Patriarchates that suffered from Ottoman rule. In 1597 he became archbishop of Archangels (Archangelsk) and in 1613 archbishop of Tver (Tver) and Cassin. From 1615 onwards, he subjugated the Archdiocese of Suzdal and Tarousi. He passed away on April 13, 1621. He left behind a remarkable work of writing. On June 19, 2006, Metropolitan Cyril II provided for the hoarding of a piece of the holy relics of the Saint in the Holy Temple of the Life-Giving Spring of Kalogrianon. Elassona honors his memory on May 8, the feast of St. Arsen the Great. The Church has set an additional day of honor on April 13 (1621).

References

"Demographic & Statistical Data". palamas.gr. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
Encyclopedia New Structure. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 296, vol.15.
"Religious Monuments". palamas.gr. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019. Retrieved on February 20, 2019.
"DIARKIS CATALOG OF CIRCULAR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MEMORIES". listedmonuments.culture.gr. Retrieved February 20, 2019. [dead link]
"DIARKIS CATALOG OF CIRCULAR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MEMORIES". listedmonuments.culture.gr. Retrieved February 20, 2019. [dead link]
"EETAA-Hellenic Society of Local Development and Local Government SA". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
"Official Gazette of the results of the ONLY census 2011", p. 10614 (p. 140 of the pdf)

Municipal unit Sellana
Community Agia Triada
Agia Triada (Αγία Τριάς, η)
Community Kalogriana
Kalogriana (Καλογριανά, τα)
Community Marathia
Korda (Κόρδα, η)
Marathia (Μαραθέα, η)
Community Pedino
Pedino (Πεδινόν, το)
Community Proastio
Proastio (Προάστιον, το)

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