Vasileiada
Vasileiada (, before 1928: Ζαγοριτσάνη - Zagoritsani Macedonian and ) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. Originally named Zagorichani, the village had a Slavic speaking population during Ottoman rule. After the rise of nationalism the locals were divided in pro-Bulgarian and pro-Greek community. During the struggle for Macedonia, many Bulgarian inhabitants were killed in 1905. After Zagoritsani became part of Greece in 1913, the village mosque was demolished. The Greek census (1920) recorded 1105 inhabitants in the village. Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 in Zagoritsani there were 32 refugee families from Pontus, survivors of the Greek Genocide. The Greek census (1928) recorded 735 village inhabitants. There were 33 refugee families (112 people) in 1928.

Notable people
Dimitar Blagoev (1856–1924), Bulgarian political leader and philosopher
Anastas Yankov (1857–1906), Bulgarian Army officer
Maslina Grancharova (1874–1958) teacher and revolutionary

References

Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit)
Kastoria