Sklithro-Zelenic-Sebalci

The village of Sklithro is located in the province of Florina, Greece.

Before 1913 it was known as Zelenic in the region of Lerin in the Ottoman Empire. After 1913 it became part of Greece and on August 20, 1927 the name was changed to Sklithro.

This website is dedicated to the people who came from and still live in Sklithro-Zelenic-Sebalci located in Aegean Macedonia. As you browse through the website, you will be taken on a journey from Neolithic times to the present. The narrative of this village is a compilation of documented material intertwined with the oral history passed on by our grandparents. We hope to also include stories and pictures of your ancestors who had to leave the village because of forced and or voluntary migration.

Those who would like to share their stories and connections to the village can send their family stories and pictures so we can include them on the website. We are specifically interested in the stories of your Muslim ancestors who were forced to leave their village as a result of the 1923 Greco-Turkish population exchange. The result of this exchange was extremely impactful on Zelenic since one third of the population was Muslim. The void was filled by the influx of Christian Orthodox refugees from Asia Minor who were of a mixed national ethnicity.