Omorfokklisia, Kastoria
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Omorfokklisia | |
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  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)[1] | |
• 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]