a relatively numerous Protestant community, as a result of the organised settlement of Evangelical Greek refugees from Asia Minor and Pontus (region). Today the Greek Evangelical Church of Katerini has almost 1,100 followers. Other Protestant denominations, that have a church within the city, are the Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost, the Greek Apostolic Church of Pentecost and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Protestant community is fully integrated in the life of the city, but in the past there were tensions between the Evangelical community and the Greek Orthodox majority. These tensions led to the arson of the Evangelical Church of Katerini from a Greek Orthodox mob in March 1930. Public education The Katerini city public schools is a part of the public education system consisting of member schools include, the Preschool, Primary, Secondary (Katerini City Gymnasium, Katerini City High School, and others), Post Upper Secondary, and Higher Education. Sports Football Katerini is represented by two football teams in the national leagues; Pierikos, a club currently playing in the Football League 2, and the women's football club of Pierides Muses, playing in the Women's Second National Division. Other Sports Pierikos-Archelaos B.C. currently competes in the A2 League, the second tier of Greek basketball. GAS Archelaos plays in the A2 League the second tier of the Greek handball league system. Notable people Eleni Chatziliadou (born 1993), athlete, karate world champion 2018 Giorgos Fourniadis (born 1937), actor, director Dimitris Giannoulis (born 1995), Greek footballer Stelios Malezas (born 1985), Greek footballer Katerina Nikolaidou (born 1992), rower athlete, 4th place 2016 Olympic Games, 2nd place in the lightweight single sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Championships Konstantinos Papachronis (1977-2008), actor Kyriakos Papadopoulos (born 1992), Greek footballer Yannis K. Semertzidis, physicist Maria Tsionoglou (born 1991), 10m air pistol athlete of the Archelaos Katerinis Sport Club, Member of the Hellenic Shooting Federation (HSF) and Hellenic National Shooting Team Alexandros Tziolis, (born 1985), Greek footballer International relations Katerini is twinned with: Brăila, Romania Čačak, Serbia Maintal, Germany Moosburg, Austria Surgut, Russia See also List of settlements in the Pieria regional unit Folklore Museum (Katerini) References External links Municipality of Katerini Greek prefectural capitals Populated places in Pieria (regional unit)