This is due to the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, during which over 1.2 million Orthodox Christian refugees from Turkey were settled in Greece, 638,000 of whom were settled in the Greek province of Macedonia.
这是由于希腊和土耳其之间的人口交换，在此期间，超过120万东正教徒难民从土耳其移居希腊，638,000人定居在希腊马其顿省。