Listed 32 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "PREVEZA Prefecture EPIRUS" .
FILIPPIADA (Small town) PREVEZA
The holy temple of Agios Athanassios, in Filippiada was built and
decorated by frescoes in the middle of the 18th century (about 1740-1756), according
to and inscription over the south entrance of the church. The frescoes of this
church are of a special interest. The gate-tower of the cemetery was built in
1847 and the gate-tower of the belfry in 1866. Another temple of great interest
in Filippiada is the temple of Agios Vissarion, which was built in 1861-62. The
most impressive part of this church is made of stone, ornate belfry, which was
built in 1912-13 by a craftsman from Pramanta.
(text: LAZAROS SINESIOS)
This text (extract) is cited July 2003 from the Prefecture
of Preveza tourist pamphlet.
PANTOKRATORAS (Village) PREVEZA
The iconostasis of this church is decorated with four icons painted by Photis Kontoglou (1954).
With a noteable bell-tower.
THESPROTIKO (Small town) PREVEZA
Birth of the Virgin Mary
FILIPPIADA (Small town) PREVEZA
FLABOURA (Village) PREVEZA
The holy monastery of Prophet Helias is built on a small plateau between
the summits of the mountains of Heliovounia, hidden by the surrounding plain,
between the villages N. Kerasounta
and Stefani.
From an inscription on the east wall of the church we are informed
that it was renovated in 1620 - which means that it was built earlier.
The present church was built in 1852-53, according to several inscriptions,
while the stone-curved iconostasis was brought to completion in 1876 and the icons
in 1875. Most of the frescoes of the interior decoration of the church were made
in 1878. The monastery was destroyed during the Greek-Turkish war in 1897, while
in July in 1944 the Germans set on fire the cells.
In 1987 a new monastery of Prophet Helias and St. John was founded
near the village Flamboura.
On the 26th of November 1991, the consecration of the New Monastery
took place, in 1992 the consecration of the church of Osios Paisios occurred and
in 1996 the consecration of the church of Agios Prodromos took place.
(text: LAZAROS SINESIOS)
This text (extract) is cited July 2003 from the Prefecture
of Preveza tourist pamphlet.
KASTROSYKIA (Village) ZALONGO
The small monastery of Agia Pelagia is situated on the left side of
the national road of Preveza
to Igoumenitsa, just below
the village Kastrosykia. Seraphim Vyzantios mentions that this monastery was built
during the Byzantine period, according to the Byzantine architecture, and was
then renovated twice: in 2006-1613 and 1795.
In 1795 the present temple was built, in 1856 its stone iconostasis
was constructed, in 1894 the gateway, and the building site of the cells for the
monks was built in 1971.
(text: LAZAROS SINESIOS)
This text (extract) is cited July 2003 from the Prefecture
of Preveza tourist pamphlet.
KOTSANOPOULO (Village) PREVEZA
On the SW of the settlement of Ano Kotsanopoulo and near the village
of Vryssoula, there is the holy monastery of Avassou, in the place of an older
Byzantine monastery. An inscription - badly written - says that it was built in
1746. The monastery was renovated in 1852. It consists of the church (dedicated
to Virgin Mary), which was built in 1853 and is the type of basilica with dome,
the cells of the monks (now ruined), the guest-house (ruined as well) and a water-mill
recently restored. The whole complex building site of the monastery is located
in a picturesque landscape and is of unique beauty.
(text: LAZAROS SINESIOS)
This text (extract) is cited July 2003 from the Prefecture
of Preveza tourist pamphlet.
KYPSELI (Village) PREVEZA
The
monastery lies near the bank of the river Kokytos, by the modern village of
Kypseli. The catholicon, which is preserved in a good condition, is a three-aisled
basilica with a transverse barrel-vault. On the three sides of the naos (except
for the east), several structures have been added: a narthex to the west, tripartite
chambers to the north and south. The walls are built of stone blocks enclosed
by bricks, and are decorated with brick and tile patterns, especially in the apse.
As for the other structures of the monastery, the refectory (Trapeza) is preserved
in a fairly good condition.
The catholicon (main church) was built by the Despote of Epirus, Michael
II Doukas, in 1242, as attested by an inscription carved on a brick, on the tympanon
of the south window of the transverse vault. A little later, the side chapels
(parecclesia) were added, and even later, at the end of the 13th century, the
narthex was erected.
The refectory (Trapeza) of the monastery, which has now been converted
into a church dedicated to St. George, is roughly contemporary with the catholicon.
The wall paintings of the catholicon date to the 17th-18th century. The destroyed
tiles of the roof were replaced in 1969 and again, in 1973-74. In 1973 consolidation
of the masonry was carried out and the paved floor of the catholicon was reconstructed.
MYRSINI (Village) ZALONGO
Seraphim Vyzantios, a Greek writer, mentions that the monastery of
St. Trinity in Lekatsas, was built at the place of a Byzantine building of 8th
or 9th century and was renovated in 1600 and then restored again in 1870. This
monastery is built in allocation of rich vegetation, Kortos, NW of the village
Myrsine. Its belfry was built in 1813, when a new renovation of the monastery
took place, according to an inscription on it. The nave is dedicated to the Birth
of Virgin Mary.
(text: LAZAROS SINESIOS)
This text (extract) is cited July 2003 from the Prefecture
of Preveza tourist pamphlet.
NEA SAMPSOUS (Village) ZALONGO
RIZOVOUNI (Village) PREVEZA
The monastery of Kastri, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin
Mary, is located on a rocky hill, close to the ruins of the ancient city of Vatia,
south of the village Rizovouni.
It was built probably in 1095 and its frescoes were made in 1670,
as Seraphim Vyzantios inform us.
According to an inscription over the west side door, the narthex of
this church was built in 1695.
The monastery buildings (ruined after a bombardment by the Germans
in 1944) include the church, the buildings of the cells of the monks and the reservoir.
(text: LAZAROS SINESIOS)
This text (extract) is cited July 2003 from the Prefecture
of Preveza tourist pamphlet.
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