[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 1923 the expulsion of the Greeks of Asia Minor forced 400 families from Katirli Bithynia to leave their beautiful home country and settle as refugees mostly in two regions of Greece, according to the parish they belonged. The parishioners of St. Paraskevi reached Stavros and founded the settlement ”Stavros Beach“, while the parishioners of St. John in Thessaloniki , the current Municipality of Kalamaria, founded the “New Katirli .” Shortly afterwards some families from Madytos Bursa were added to the 300 families from Katirli in Stavros settlement. The settlement of refugees along with the native inhabitants of Stavros and...