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From the Katherine Katsori

The village Kissos of East Pelion is the third big village afterwards the Zagora and Tsagarada. In the years of Ottoman domination with 1563 residents in 1860 and with two schools for boys and girls. School in the Kissos functioned from 1753 with the economic help from Greek people that remained in Egypt , in which it taught Riga Fereos.

In the beautiful square of village can no one visit the best church of Saint Marina, that build her 17th century, with impressive the gold table in the Church. Also the visitor of village can walk in path and enjoy the nature in all her greatness.

With money from Greek people that resided in abroad in 1745 became the radical renovation of church of Ag . Marina , which is embellished with special painting work of popular artist Yannis Pagonis, from their 1802. Characteristic is that it is not limited only in the known saint painting subjects, but is also extended in topographies and biographies.

The village Kissos had not been built initially in his current place. By ruins of ancient fortress, by ancient graves and currencies that were found, we say, that in the coastal region of Kissos it existed in the Romaic season settlement, which was abandoned by unknown cause.

Short s` this was created around in 1550 small coastal settlement, which was abandoned and this, this time however reason of the pirates.

From 1881 - 1912, the village Kissos was seat of Municipality, in which depended and the settlements of Ag. Dimitrios and Ag. Ioannis. From 1912, it constitutes community. Today the residents of village deal with the tourism, the production of apples, production of chestnuts and pear-trees, treatment of timber, general trade, production of traditional sweets, wine and raki.