Archimandrite Averchie
Archimandrite Averchie or Averkios (1806/1818 – ?; , also or ; ; ), born Atanasie Iaciu Buda (), was an Aromanians, Aromanian monk and schoolteacher. Born in Avdella, he became hegumen and archimandrite in Mount Athos, where he was known as "Averchie the Vlach" (). Averchie was sent to United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, Romania in 1860, where he established contact with several intellectual and political figures. He was the head teacher of a school in Bucharest for Aromanian children whom he and Ioan D. Caragiani had recruited and taken to Romania in 1865 to be educated and become teachers of the first Romanian schools in the Balkans, Romanian schools for Aromanians. Averchie is considered a relevant figure of the early Romanian-backed Aromanian national movement. Biography Averchie (or Averkios) was born in the Aromanians, Aromanian village of Avdella (), then in the Ottoman Empire and now in Greece. Born either in 1806 or 1818, his date of birth is controvers ...
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Avdella
Avdella (; ) is a village and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Grevena (regional unit), Grevena regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been a municipal unit of Grevena. It is a seasonal Aromanians, Aromanian (Vlach) village. "Vlachohoria, or the four famous Koutsovlach villages of Grevena–Samarina, Perivoli, Avdella, and Smixi–are described as the summer villages of the Koutsovlach, where Aroumani is spoken." "The four Vlach villages of Grevena (Perivoli, Avdella, Smixi, Samarina)" Located in the Pindus mountains at 1250–1350 metres altitude, its summer population is about 3000 and in the winter there are only a few residents. The 2021 census recorded 73 inhabitants. It is notable as the birthplace of the Manakis brothers, and appears in the opening sequence of the film Ulysses' Gaze. The community of Avdella covers an area of 43.243 km2. History The first foundation of Avdella remai ...
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