Agia Paraskevi (,
Nicolae Saramandu
Nicolae Saramandu (also Niculae; born 1 July 1941) is a Romanian linguist and philologist of Aromanian ethnicity. He has been professor in several universities and vice president and later president of the ''Atlas Linguarum Europae'' ("Atlas of ...
, ed. Manuela Nevaci, ''Atlasul lingvistic al dialectului aromân'' he Linguistic Atlas of the Aromanian Dialect/ Romanian Academy Publishing Press (2014), p. XLVI) is a village and a community of the
Meteora
The Meteora (; el, Μετέωρα, ) is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos.Sofianos, D.Z.: "Metéora". ...
municipality.
Since the 2011 local government reform it was part of the community of
Aspropotamos, of which it was a communal district.
The 2011 census recorded 69 residents in the village.
The community of Agia Paraskevi covers an area of 29.641 km
2.
Aromanians of Agia Paraskevi
The local
Aromanians
The Aromanians ( rup, Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an Ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian language, Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Alba ...
of Agia Paraskevi call themselves in singular ''armâń gurțań''.
A particularity of the Aromanian dialect in Agia Paraskevi, who speak a Pindus dialect, is that they have preserved the Latin word for flower, ''floare'', as opposed to the majority of Aromanians that call it ''lilice'' or ''chitcă''.
They are all
Orthodox Christians
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Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churc ...
who worship at the
Meteora
The Meteora (; el, Μετέωρα, ) is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos.Sofianos, D.Z.: "Metéora". ...
monasteries located nearby to the village.
See also
*
List of settlements in the Trikala regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Trikala regional unit, Greece.
* Achladea
* Achladochori
* Agia Kyriaki
* Agia Paraskevi
* Agiofyllo
* Agios Nikolaos
* Agios Prokopios
* Agios Vissarion
* Agnantia
* Agrelia
* Aidona
* Amaranto
* ...
References
Populated places in Trikala (regional unit)
Aromanian settlements in Greece
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