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KARIOTISSA (Small town) GIANNITSA
The church at the old village of Kariotissa was dedicated to the Assumption of
the Virgin. The elderly remember with nostalgia the bi-level church, built by
carved stone, the Byzantine dome and the Byzantine icons, the woodcut icon screen,
as well as the woodcut, pulpit surrounded by golden pigeons. An internal wooden
stairway led to a place set apart only for women. When the residents left the
village to settle in New Kariotissa, the church was ruined. In its place a chapel
has been built sacred to Zoodohos Pigi (the source of life).
When the refugees settled in New Kariotissa in 1924, they performed their religious
ceremonies in a jerry built shed. However, their great desire for a temple soon
became true by the foundation of the new one dedicated to the Assumption of the
Virgin. In 1998 the extension of the church was completed, while renovation takes
place till nowadays.
In the eastern section of the village there is the chapel of Saint Paraskevi.
According to the village residents, it was built after the urge of an old woman,
who insisted on the messages she got from the Saint, and since then Saint Paraskevi
is considered to be the guardian angel of the village. For the chapel’s building
plinths, and later, stones were used, in a way of building, which led to its exquisite
beauty.
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