Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Αγία Παρασκευή, [2]) is a village and a community of the Meteora municipality.

Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the community of Aspropotamos, of which it was a communal district.

Not being near any naturally flat land, the village takes advantage of the sloping, uneven terrain with numerous terraces and retaining walls.

The red roofs add considerable color to the well-fitted stonework and light stucco walls.

Being Christian, in 1955 they adopted the name of Saint Paraskevi, a female healer and martyr of the Roman Empire, probably after a nearby church.

Inheriting a fortune from her parents, she used it to establish herself as a minister and advance the cause of Christianity, which brought her to the attention of the pagan emperors.

It is always difficult to determine how much of saint stories are true, and how much fiction, even to church investigators appointed to examine them.

Under Marcus Aurelius, however, having been tortured by that emperor, and having smashed pagan idols with a magical word, she was beheaded.

Visitors may swim in the extensive plunge pool if they hike the distance from the village to the waterfall over a choice of trails.

Specifically a population of Vlachs from Agia Paraskevi as Greeks can be found in eastern Massachusetts and Annapolis, Maryland, with many notable figures.

The Slavs have managed to remain within the confines of Slavic-speaking countries, such as Serbia, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia.

In the 12th century they formed a puppet state of the Byzantines called Great Vlachia or just Vlakia.

By the 15th century Great Vlachia was out of Greece altogether and applied only to the densest concentration of Vlachs, Wallachia.

In this case the change in fortune resulted from a divisive ideological split that developed after WWI.