Komninades Explained

Komninades (el|Κομνηνάδες, before 1927: Σιάκι – Siaki;^[1] sq|Shag) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.

Siaki was populated by Albanian speaking Muslim inhabitants and they used to intermarry with the nearby Muslim villages of Menkulas, Vidohovë and Miras (now in Albania). The 1920 Greek census recorded 690 people in the village, and 683 inhabitants (95 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, the Muslim population of Siaki went to Turkey in 1924 and Anatolian Orthodox Christians settled in the village.^[2] Greek refugee families in Siaki were from Pontus (69) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 254 inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 67 (266 people).^[3] After the population exchange, the site where the village mosque stood was replaced by the present church, the Assumption of the Virgin, built in 1931.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Siaki – Komninades. Pandektis. 30 March 2022.
2. Book: de Rapper, Gilles. Religion on the border: Sanctuaries and Festivals in Post-Communist Albania. Valtchinova. Galia. Religion and Boundaries: Studies from the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Turkey. 2010. Isis Press. 9789754284126. 4.
3. Pelagidis. Efstathios. 1992. Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930). The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930. Ph.D.. el. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 28 March 2022. 76.
4. Stavridopoulos. Ioannis. 2015. Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα. Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present. Ph.D.. el. University of Ioannina. 28 March 2022. 271.