the village of kratero was heavily affected by the events of the ilinden uprising of 1903 due to the villages remote location in the monastir vilayet of the ottoman empire. the villages of the monastir vilayet were subject to intimidation by bulgarian bands who attempted by violent means to bring the greek patriarchist villages to the bulgarian exarchate. when the greeks of kratero categorically refused to support the bulgarians, they were threatened with the burning of the village. the greek priest, papa dimitrios and two notables, k. traianou and y. konstantinou were murdered, and five more members of the community were beaten. later, a bulgarian armed band again raided kratero murdering the greek priest mitanidis, the village president stavros maligeorgos, and vice president yiorgos boikovitis. in august 1903 ottoman troops attacked the village in their attempts to deal with the ilinden insurrection, burning and destroying 100 out of 120 houses.