A surviving church (right) at Korkotás and to the left the village.
Korkotás is a village situated in the Chaldia region of Pontus, approximately 8km SE of Torul (Gr: Ardassa). Prior to the exchange, the village had a population of 60 families. The village is sometimes also called Gorgoras, or Gorgodos by locals. It is located in the Güneşli district near Altinpinar.
According to George Kandilaptis, the first resident of the village was timariot Ioánnis Kourkoúas during Comnenian rule. Kourkoúas also built the first church there, Saint John Chrysostomos. The village later accepted many residents from the village Zermoútha (today Altinpinar, formerly Zermut) who were fleeing from Islamization during 1828-1830. The village was situated in a very barren location and for that reason its residents were able to immigrate to Russia. The village had a primary school and a church, the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Kímisis tis Theotókou). There were also many chapels, the finest of which was Michael the Archistratigós and also Saint John whose feast day was on August 29 each year when a large festival would take place. Close to this second chapel existed a spring from which metallic waters flowed from.
British conservator David Winfield visited the Torul region in 1957 and photographed a church and a chapel (70m apart) at a village he called Gorgoras. The church appears to be the same one pictured in the photo above. In his photos, the church and chapel both appeared in relatively good condition with their roofs in tact.1
1. Bryer et al. The Post-Byzantine Monument of the Pontos. Part 4, 181-186.
Main Source:
The Encyclopaedia of Pontian Hellenism
See also:
A Survey of Churches in Inner Chaldia, Pontos