Administrative Region : West Macedonia
Regional unit : Kastoria
Omorfokklisia (Ομορφοκκλησιά) Kastoria
Omorfokklisia (formerly called Kallista or Gkalista) is a mountainous settlement of the Municipality of Kastoria in the Region of Western Macedonia (Kallikratis Program). From 1999 to 2010, according to the then administrative division of Greece, it belonged to the Municipality of Agia Triada [1]. It is located southwest of the city of Kastoria at an altitude of 800 meters and at a distance of 21 km from the city of Kastoria and according to the 2011 census had a population of 23 inhabitants [2], while in 2001 47 inhabitants.
The Church of Agios Georgios
It is known for its church and the unique one-piece wooden relief of Agios Georgios that adorns it about 3 meters high of the 13th century. His overbearing masterpiece inscription mentions the year 1286/87 when the Archon Nedzades "Andronikos, Nikiforos and Ioannis" undertook the costs of the reconstruction during the years of the emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos [3] Mavriotissa. [4] It has been declared, together with the nearby monastery of Tsamkas Brigadiers, as a historic monument since 1924. [5]
During the Macedonian struggle, the Galistians distinguished themselves in an offer, such as the chief Melios Giannousis.
Well-known Omorfokklisiotes
Mellios Giannousis, Macedonian warlord
Photos
The church of Agios Georgios Omorfokklisia in Kastoria
The founding inscription of Agios Georgios
References
"EETAA-Hellenic Society of Local Development and Local Government SA". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
"Government Gazette of UNITED Population Results", p. 10552 (p. 78 of pdf)
N. Giannopoulos, The Byzantine Church in Galitsi (near Kastoria) and the wooden relief in it by Agios Georgios, Byzantinisch - Neuegriehishe Jahrbucher, 1923, p. 93
D. M. Nicol. Two Churches of Western Macedonia, c: Byzantinisch Zeitschrift, t.49. pp. 99-100, 1956 [dead link]
History Ministry of Culture-Permanent list of declared archeological sites and monuments, Church of Agios Georgios (former Church of Gallista)
Sources
Pantelis Tsamisis, Kastoria and its Monuments, types by Alevropoulou, In Athens 1949, p.149
D.Nicol Two Churches of west Macedonia, cf. Byzantinisch Zeitschrift, vol.49. pp.99-100,1956.
Nikos Moutsopoulos, the wooden relief of Agios Georgios in the homonymous church of Omorfokklisia and some wood-carved icons of the area, Per. Heritage, vol. 25, p.34
External links
Ministry of Culture: Church of Agios Georgios Omorfokklisia
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Municipal Community Maniakoi
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| Κορομηλέα, η |
| Community Lefki |
| Lefki (Λεύκη, η) |
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| Community Omorfokklisia |
| Omorfokklisia (Ομορφοκκλησιά, η) |
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| Pentavryso (Πεντάβρυσο, το) |
| Υψηλό, το |
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