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Paraskevi may refer to:
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Grevena (Greek: Γρεβενά, Grevená, [ɣreveˈna], is a town and municipality in Western Macedonia, Northern Greece, capital of the Grevena regional unit. The town's current population is 13,374 citizens. It lies about 400 kilometres from Athens and about 180 km from Thessaloniki. The municipality's population is 25,905. Grevena has had access to the Egnatia Odos since the early 2000s, which now connects Igoumenitsa with Thessaloniki and Alexandroupoli at the border with Turkey. Mountains surround the municipality, which is situated by the river Greveniotikos, which itself flows into the Aliakmon. Other significant towns in the municipality are Amygdaliés and Méga Seiríni. Grevena Municipal Museum is located in the town.
Agios Georgios may refer to the following places:
Kallithea may refer to:
Agia Paraskevi is a suburb of Athens, Greece. It may also refer to:
Kentro may refer to several places in Greece:
Petroto is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Messatida, Achaea, Greece. The community consists of the villages Petroto, Mavromandila and Agia Paraskevi. Mavromandila is by far the largest village of the community, and is also referred to as Petroto. Mavromandila is located 6 km southeast of Patras city centre, just outside the Patras beltway. The small mountain villages Petroto and Agia Paraskevi are located resp. 5 and 9 km southeast from Mavromandila, to the east and southeast of Omplos mountain. The renowned Achaia Clauss winery is situated in Mavromandila.
Paliouria is a village in northern Greece. It is located at the root of the west end of the Kamvounia (Καμβούνια) mountain chain, near the Haliacmon river. Its altitude is 500 m. It is part of the municipality Deskati, in the Grevena regional unit. It is located 50 km from Grevena and 15 km from Deskati. The native population calls Kamvounia by the names of Vounasia (Βουνάσια) or Bounassia (Μπουνάσσια). Paliouria has a resident population of about 500 people.
Rodia may refer to:
Saint Paraskevi can refer to one of several saints.
Taxiarches or its variant taxiarchos, anglicized taxiarch, may refer to:
The Church of Saint Paraskevi is a partially preserved medieval Eastern Orthodox church in Nesebar, a town on the Black Sea coast of Burgas Province in eastern Bulgaria. It was most likely built in the 13th or 14th century and forms part of the Ancient Nesebar UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Church of Saint Paraskevi features a single nave and a pentagonal apse as well as rich exterior decoration. Its dome and the belfry surmounting the narthex have not been preserved today, and it is unknown which of the three saints named Paraskevi it was dedicated to.
Kydonies may refer to several places in Greece:
Paraskevi is a village in the municipal unit of Aigio, Achaea, Greece. It is located in a hilly area, 3 km west of Kounina and 11 km southwest of Aigio. Paraskevi had a population of 251 in 2011. It was severely damaged by the 2007 Greek forest fires.
Paraskevi "Voula" Papachristou is a Greek triple jumper and long jumper. She won two gold medals at the European Athletics U23 Championships and represented Greece at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She was removed from the Greek team for the 2012 London Olympics by the Greek Olympic Committee after making an racist comment online in 2011. She participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics' final in Rio de Janeiro, taking 8th place.
Saint Paraskeva of the Balkans was an ascetic female saint of the 10th century.
Saint Paraskevi of Iconium is venerated as a Christian virgin martyr. According to Christian tradition, she was born to a rich family of Iconium. Her parents were Christian, and Paraskevi was named as such because she was baptized on a Friday and because Friday was the day of Christ's Passion.
Paraskevas (Greek: Παρασκευάς is a Greek male given name with the female equivalent being Paraskevi. Notable people with the name include:
Voula is a Greek feminine given name, often a diminutive of the given name Paraskevi.