Listed 100 (total found 176) sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "IONIAN ISLANDS Island complex GREECE" .
CORFU (Town) IONIAN ISLANDS
Built in 1577, the Panagia Spiliotissa is the cathedral church of Corfu town.
A three-aisled basilica, it contains some extremely interesting frescoes. Prominent
among them are the double-sided icon of the Virgin of Dimosiana and the works
of the celebrated painters of the Cretan Renaissance.
ITHAKI (Port) IONIAN ISLANDS
ZAKYNTHOS (Town) IONIAN ISLANDS
The church of St Dionysios, patron saint of the island, and the carved silver larnax of the saint by D.Bafas.
AGALAS (Village) ZAKYNTHOS
The bellfry of the church at the village of Agalas.
AGIA IRINI (Village) KEFALLONIA
AGIOS NIKOLAOS (Village) KEFALLONIA
AGIOS PETROS (Village) LEFKADA
ANDRIOLATA (Settlement) KEFALLONIA
ANEMOMILOS (Suburb) CORFU
Tradition has it that saints Jason and Sosipater were disciples of the apostle
Paul and propagated Christianity on the island. The church must have been built
in the 11th century. It contains frescoes by the famous 16th century Cretan icon
painter Emmanuel Janes.
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church is of the simple cross-in-square type on two columns with a dome. The
cloisonne wall masonry (stone blocks enclosed by bricks) is decorated with bricks
and tiles set in various patterns. Stones taken from ancient structures were also
used as building material in the walls.
The church was built in ca. A.D. 1000 in the area of Anemomylos,
by skilled builders coming from Attica or Boeotia. It was constructed on an older
catholicon (main church) of a monastery and was originally dedicated to St. Andrew,
and later, to Saints Jason and Sosipater. Of the original decoration of the walls
only a few fragments of frescoes have survived, dated to the 11th - 13th centuries
A.D. In the 17th century, the church was enriched with icons painted by the famous
Cretan artist, Emmanuel Tzanes.
In the years 1960, 1969, 1972, 1976, and 1978 the monument was restored,
the wall paintings and portable icons were cleaned, and the surrounding area was
remodelled.
The church still functions today, although it does not belong to
a parish.
ANINATA (Settlement) KEFALLONIA
ARGINIA (Village) KEFALLONIA
ARGOSTOLI (Town) KEFALLONIA
ASPROGERAKAS (Village) KEFALLONIA
ATSOUPADES (Village) KEFALLONIA
CHAVDATA (Village) KEFALLONIA
CHAVRIATA (Village) KEFALLONIA
CHIONATA (Village) KEFALLONIA
CORFU (Town) IONIAN ISLANDS
A place of Christian worship in the Dorian style, built by the English in 1840.
It is a particularly interesting feature in the precinct of the Old Fortress.
It is dedicated to Saint George.
The particular points of interest with this church are its ornately decorated
ceiling and its wealth of icons, not to mention impressive ecclesiastical ware
and silver brought from the mainland opposite by Epirot refugees seeking protection
here from the Turks.
DOMATA (Settlement) KEFALLONIA
FERENTINATA (Village) KEFALLONIA
It has magnificent Byzantine woodcut temple.
KAPANDRITI (Settlement) KEFALLONIA
KARAVADOS (Village) KEFALLONIA
KARYA (Small town) LEFKADA
Another wonderful church is that of Ayia Paraskevi in the upper part of the town.
This is a well-preserved church built at the beginning of the 19th century. Its
pride is the wooden-sculpted iconostasis, a finely worked piece in a simple baroque
style made by P. Prosalentis in 1850. The icon of Ayia Paraskevi was painted by
Y. Patsaras and is a beautiful composition. There are two oil-paintings by Spyridon
Gazi in the church, 'The Sacrifice of Abraham' and 'Job.' There are two springs
in the village with pure water from the same source which supplied the whole region
with its water in the past.
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One of the most important churches of Karya is that of Ayios Spyridon in the centre
of the town. It was built in the late 19th century and has a beautiful tall belfry
with a clock. The iconostasis is in a simple, classical style and was made by
Ioannis Vrettos (1925).
KASTOS (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
The church of Ayios Ioannis is decorated with excellent large oil-paintings, executed
by Spyridon Gazis. The small church of Ayios Aimilianos is located four kilometres
outside of the village of Kastos, on the site where the village once was, before
the residents moved to its present site. It is an pretty, old church, much connected
with the history of the island.
KERAMIES (Village) KEFALLONIA
KERI (Village) ZAKYNTHOS
The church of Our Lady of Keri, contains excellent woodcarvings and portable icons.
KILIOMENO (Village) ZAKYNTHOS
The church of St Nikolaos at the village of Kiliomenos with the unique stone-carved belfry of 1893.
KONTOGENADA (Village) KEFALLONIA
KYPSELI (Village) ZAKYNTHOS
The church of the Virgin in Kipseli village with remarkable architecture and its belfry
LASSI (Village) KEFALLONIA
LAZARATA (Small town) LEFKADA
Many traditional belfries, each with its own special characteristics, decorate
the churches of Sfakiotes. Two of the most beautiful are those of the churches
of Ayios (Saint) Dionysios and Ayios Spyridon at Lazarata, which were built over
150 years ago. They still stand tall and proud, supporting the bells which call
the Christian population to every service, in moments of joy and sorrow. The church
of Ayios Spyridon was first built in the mid-eighteenth century. It has a white
and gold baroque-style iconostasis with slender columns in the Corinthian order.
The icon of the Archangel Michael in the shutter of the door is most likely a
work of the eminent icon painter V. Sideris (1894).
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LEFKADA (Town) IONIAN ISLANDS
Metropolis church
With its elaborate wooden icon screen and fine frescoes, Saint Spyridon is one of the island's most interesting churches. It was built in the 17th century.
A church built around 1700. It is decorated with a wood-carved baroque icon screen and superb frescoes, the work of some representative icon-painters of the Ionian islands.
An 18th century church with religious paintings of considerable interest.
Built in the 18th century. Worth visiting for its stone campanile, its icon screen and frescoes by Spiros Gazis.
A church built in the 18th century, property of the Valaoritis family. In the church there are tombs of distinguished citizens of Lefkas. Behind the church in the garden is the grave of the poet Aristoteles Valaoritis.
The main points of interest in this very old church (built in 1688) are the frescoes by the Lefkas icon painter Spiros Gazis, the marble icon screen and the episcopal throne.
LITHAKIA (Village) ZAKYNTHOS
The church of St Ioannis at the village of Lithakia is a typical sample of Zakynthian ecclesiastic architecture. The church of Faneromeni at the village of Lithakia, built in 14th century, with valuable icons and excellent wood-carved screen.
MACHERADO (Village) ZAKYNTHOS
The church of St Mavra at the village of Macherado with excellent works of ecclesiastic art in the internal.
MARKOPOULO (Village) KEFALLONIA
MAVRATA (Village) KEFALLONIA
MENTZAVINATA (Village) KEFALLONIA
MONOPOLATA (Village) KEFALLONIA
Vassilic order
PASTRA (Village) KEFALLONIA
PESSADA (Village) KEFALLONIA
RATZAKLI (Settlement) KEFALLONIA
SKALA (Village) KEFALLONIA
SOULARI (Village) KEFALLONIA
Listed Byzantine Monument.
SPATHI (Settlement) KEFALLONIA
THIRAMONAS (Settlement) KEFALLONIA
TZANATA (Settlement) KEFALLONIA
VALERIANOS (Village) KEFALLONIA
VLACHATA (Village) KEFALLONIA
The wooden-carved iconostasis of St. Marina church was brought from Constantinople in 1812.
VOURNIKAS (Village) LEFKADA
At Vournika there is also a church of Ayios Ioannis Prodromos. This was a private
church and belonged to the Karavia family. It is considered to be the oldest Byzantine
church on the island, older even than that of the Monastery of the Odigitria.
It is a single-aisled basilica built in ashlar masonry and with a wooden roof.
The figure of an unknown saint beseeching was found in the apse of the north wall
and the painting dates to the late 11th-early 12th century. The remaining mural
complex of Ayios Ioannis of Karavias is much more recent, dating from the 17th
century. The eastern wall is divided into registers. The lower register of the
'Platytera of the Skies' can be seen. The representation of the Ascension of Christ
on the front of the side is large and versatile and all the wall-paintings bear
the influence of the Cretan school. The whole of the Syvros region is full of
a unique and varied beauty.
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XENOPOULO (Village) KEFALLONIA
ZAKYNTHOS (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
The ruined monastery of Our Lady 'Skopiotissa', built at the top of mountain Skopos. According to archaeologists , it was build around 1400 A.D. on the ruins of the ancient temple of goddess Artemis.
ZAKYNTHOS (Town) IONIAN ISLANDS
The church of St Nikolaos 'on the Mole' in Solomos square.
The church of Faneromeni. It was completely destroyed from the 1953's earthquakes and the fire that followed but it was rebuilt and today it looks just as it used to. Detail from wall painting of the old church, now housed in the Byzantine Musuem of Zakynthos (by N. Doxaras, 18th century)
The church of our Lady of the Angels, built in 1687, was partially damaged in 1953's earthquakes but it was rebuilt soon aftewards in his original style.
In this small church of Agios Georgios, Anthimos Argyropoulos swore in the aspirant
members of the Filiki, the revolutionary organisation against the Turks. Apart
from the locals the revolutionary leader Theodoros Kolokotronis took his oath
here. On the wall the visitor can see the list of names of the members who swore
allegiance to the Struggle.
AGIOS GEORGIOS (City quarter) KEFALLONIA
Quaint little church in a beautiful setting, is built from pieces of the ancient temple of Apollon, which ruins are nearby.
ATHERAS (Port) KEFALLONIA
A gorgeous church in the port.
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