Vasileiada

Vasileiada (Greek: Βασιλειάδα, before 1928: Ζαγοριτσάνη – Zagoritsani;[2] Macedonian and Bulgarian: Загоричани) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.

Originally named Zagorichani, the village had a Slavic speaking population during Ottoman rule.

[citation needed] After Zagoritsani became part of Greece in 1913, the village mosque was demolished.

[4] In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.

[5] The village Vasileiada had a total of 1,136 inhabitants, and was populated by 910 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.