Katsikas
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Katsikas is the largest municipal district of the City Pamvotida
where induced in the Ioannina Prefecture
, who belongs to the Epirus region
and its residents now far beyond 2566, it was recognized in the community after the liberation of Ioannina
six years later on August 7, 1919. But the village he became and from older times. The first peoples they came and builded the village around 1400, from villages of the Souli because they exile from the village elders of the Souli villages. The population as various state historian is constantly changing and always improving. In 1856 the Katsikas had 70 thatched cottages for to live families and their livestocks, an inn (chani) for to sleep the travellers and rest their animals and the Churches of the Taxiarches.
When first founded, the village is certainly not known as to name Katsikas, and opinions differ about the classification have been written yet and traditions. Tradition says that the name comes from someone who was guarding goats say "Katsikas". Other tradition says that the holy man is live in the monastery and his name is Katsikas, and then he died and is planted in the church garden. Residents in the Katsikas are called Katskiots if a man, or Katskiotsa if a woman, and Katskoplu if children.
After the war of the 1940 village was occupied and the day and the night by the Italians (09-04-1941) in the beginning but later (1-11-1944) the Germans and then the Communists. These people they put in prison and killed not only criminals and animal stealers, but also and good peoples and familymens. But then, after nine years of oppression, the Katiskas is become a free village. Today it is a small town and centre of the City Pambvotis.
The villagers are farmers, poultry and other urban occupations. Some women work in bars such as Johnny bar and Lialios, which is very famous and popular to the soldiers. Katsikas very old had attained educational level. During the Turkish occupation the teacher pay their own residents and the Cathedral. In committee for paying schools (eforia) were many learned mens of old times, like Markos Ypsilantis, Anastasios Tositsas and Manthos Kallergis. From Katsikas came scientist Dimitris Maroulis, born in 1840. He graduated from the Zosimaia school
and then attended the University of Athens
and then studied in Germany
. When he finished his studies, he returned to live in Serres, where he worked in the Didaskaleio of the Serres (a big school). He never returned to Katsikas because of an incident with local priest who called him satan because he wrote that there is no God, it is only a belief. Today his statue is in the main town square (plateia). He is sitting at a big desk, and is holding a book, and next to him is the goat, a symbol of the city where he was born. He wrote many scientific papers and one of them was 'On the bringing up of Greek teachers on pot' printed in Athens
in 1888. Fair boasts residents of Katsika for the man who jumped in the era of obscurantism.
From then, many residents of Katsikas they learned to read, also the women. Today, in Katsikas are two primary schools (dhemotika), one small children high school (gimnasio) and one senior high school (lykeio), but the government plans to close the Lykeio because many students did not write well the Panellinies examinations. Newspaper To Sfirodrepano wrote that this plan is a crime of the bourgeois state, oppressing poor farmers and workers of Katsikas. Is also in Katsikas, there is a milk processing school.
The City Pamvotida
is located in Katsika due position as a hub for all other municipal departments. In 2011, as part of the governmental resturucturing plan Kapodhestrias, the municipality of Pamvotis was disbanded and will form part of the larger administrative region of Kouradhochoria http://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/kallikratis_kwdikologio_13_1_11.xls.
Pamvotida
Pamvotida is a former municipality in the Ioannina peripheral unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ioannina, of which it is a municipal unit. It is named after the Lake Ioannina, which is also known as Pamvotida. Population 9,925 . The seat of...
where induced in the Ioannina Prefecture
Ioannina Prefecture
Ioannina is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital is the city of Ioannina. It is the largest regional unit in Epirus, and one of the largest regional units of Greece.-Geography:...
, who belongs to the Epirus region
Epirus (periphery)
Epirus , formally the Epirus Region , is a geographical and administrative region in northwestern Greece. It borders the regions of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and the country of Albania to the north. The...
and its residents now far beyond 2566, it was recognized in the community after the liberation of Ioannina
Ioannina
Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...
six years later on August 7, 1919. But the village he became and from older times. The first peoples they came and builded the village around 1400, from villages of the Souli because they exile from the village elders of the Souli villages. The population as various state historian is constantly changing and always improving. In 1856 the Katsikas had 70 thatched cottages for to live families and their livestocks, an inn (chani) for to sleep the travellers and rest their animals and the Churches of the Taxiarches.
When first founded, the village is certainly not known as to name Katsikas, and opinions differ about the classification have been written yet and traditions. Tradition says that the name comes from someone who was guarding goats say "Katsikas". Other tradition says that the holy man is live in the monastery and his name is Katsikas, and then he died and is planted in the church garden. Residents in the Katsikas are called Katskiots if a man, or Katskiotsa if a woman, and Katskoplu if children.
After the war of the 1940 village was occupied and the day and the night by the Italians (09-04-1941) in the beginning but later (1-11-1944) the Germans and then the Communists. These people they put in prison and killed not only criminals and animal stealers, but also and good peoples and familymens. But then, after nine years of oppression, the Katiskas is become a free village. Today it is a small town and centre of the City Pambvotis.
The villagers are farmers, poultry and other urban occupations. Some women work in bars such as Johnny bar and Lialios, which is very famous and popular to the soldiers. Katsikas very old had attained educational level. During the Turkish occupation the teacher pay their own residents and the Cathedral. In committee for paying schools (eforia) were many learned mens of old times, like Markos Ypsilantis, Anastasios Tositsas and Manthos Kallergis. From Katsikas came scientist Dimitris Maroulis, born in 1840. He graduated from the Zosimaia school
Zosimaia School
The Zosimaia School of Ioannina has been one of the most significant Greek middle-level educational institutions during the last period of Ottoman rule in the region...
and then attended the University of Athens
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , usually referred to simply as the University of Athens, is the oldest university in Southeast Europe and has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837. Today, it is the second-largest institution of higher learning in Greece,...
and then studied in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. When he finished his studies, he returned to live in Serres, where he worked in the Didaskaleio of the Serres (a big school). He never returned to Katsikas because of an incident with local priest who called him satan because he wrote that there is no God, it is only a belief. Today his statue is in the main town square (plateia). He is sitting at a big desk, and is holding a book, and next to him is the goat, a symbol of the city where he was born. He wrote many scientific papers and one of them was 'On the bringing up of Greek teachers on pot' printed in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
in 1888. Fair boasts residents of Katsika for the man who jumped in the era of obscurantism.
From then, many residents of Katsikas they learned to read, also the women. Today, in Katsikas are two primary schools (dhemotika), one small children high school (gimnasio) and one senior high school (lykeio), but the government plans to close the Lykeio because many students did not write well the Panellinies examinations. Newspaper To Sfirodrepano wrote that this plan is a crime of the bourgeois state, oppressing poor farmers and workers of Katsikas. Is also in Katsikas, there is a milk processing school.
The City Pamvotida
Pamvotida
Pamvotida is a former municipality in the Ioannina peripheral unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ioannina, of which it is a municipal unit. It is named after the Lake Ioannina, which is also known as Pamvotida. Population 9,925 . The seat of...
is located in Katsika due position as a hub for all other municipal departments. In 2011, as part of the governmental resturucturing plan Kapodhestrias, the municipality of Pamvotis was disbanded and will form part of the larger administrative region of Kouradhochoria http://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/kallikratis_kwdikologio_13_1_11.xls.
Sights
- The Church of the Archangels (1411). This is a beautiful church worthy of attention. This church is the seat of the local bishop, and they sometimes call it for this reason 'Metropolis'. The church celebrates every year on the Day of Archangels Michael and Gabriel, i.e. November 19.
- The Church of the Madonna or the Sleep of the Mother of God that built in 1812 in place of old church that burned the sinners in old times. Next door is and the graveyard of the village. This church celebrates every year on 15 August (the Easter of the Summer).
- The Church of the Holy Friday of the 1838. This is a temple that was built by the shoemakers and the tailors of Ioannina.
- The Church of the Holy Dimitrios of the 1838. This is beautiful church where was priest the famous Papatsakalos when he begin to be priest (begin of his career). In this church he made famous saying to protect Christians from the thieves, the Turks and the gays. The Church celebrates every year on the day of St. Dhimetrios (26 October)
- The Church of the Holy Apostoli was build ca. 1780 and rebuilt in 1833.