Listed 24 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "EVRYTANIA Prefecture GREECE" .
KARPENISSI (Town) EVRYTANIA
The Cathedral of Agia Triada was renovated in 1645 the great teacher Eugenios Giannoulis of Aitolos
AGIA PARASKEVI (Settlement) EVRYTANIA
ANATOLIKI FRAGISTA (Village) EVRYTANIA
It was built in middle of the 16th century. Today's monastery chancellry is all that remains of the large monastic complex that was in the Sotira area. It was renovated in 1725 and features rare Byzntine style murals (1735). The temple is a wood carving dating from 1737.
This extract is cited August 2003 from the Municipality of Karpenission URL below, which contains images.
DOMIANI (Village) EVRYTANIA
This is one of the most significant post-Byzantine monuments, having made a valuable contribution to the Nation and to Orthodoxy. The church is dated as having been first built in the 16th century. The monastery has interesting murals from 1787, in the Byzantine style.
The Holy Water Font: In the NW section of the main church, a small quantity of holy water comes out at a depth of 2 meters from the floor, on the eve of the 15th of August, which spouts for 2 days.
This extract is cited August 2003 from the Municipality of Karpenission URL below, which contains images.
EPINIANA (Village) EVRYTANIA
A Monastic complex built in 1550 on a precipitous rock. It is comprised of the Main Church with 16th century icons and two cells. It is dedicated to the Birth of the Virgin and it remains one of the many notable monuments of the Agrafa landscape.
This extract is cited August 2003 from the Municipality of Karpenission URL below, which contains images.
FOURNA (Village) EVRYTANIA
Important heirlooms of the school of the Zoodohou Pigis monastery are kept here (4 icons, authentic works of Dionysius "tou ek Fournas").
KLAFSI (Village) EVRYTANIA
The Paleochristian church of Agios Leonidis is dated at circa the 5th century, with it's superb mosaic floor that measures 28m. in width and 18m. in lenghth, with wonderful representations, decorative designs and colours. Aside from the mosaic floor, a seat and the Holy Altar survive in this Paleochristian church.
This extract is cited August 2003 from the Municipality of Karpenission URL below, which contains images.
KLISTO (Village) EVRYTANIA
Here, in a silver case roughly seven hundred years old, is guarded a rare Relic: the holy hand of the Great Apostle, the Evangelist Luke
MARATHOS (Village) AGRAFA
It was built in 1772 and features 18th century murals.
VRANGIANA (Village) AGRAFA
Built in 1605 and operated as the Greek museum of Agrafa - Gouva School, university of the era where, among other notable men, Eugenios Giannoulis and Kosmas the Aetolian tought.
KARPENISSI (Town) EVRYTANIA
According to tradition it was a part of Velouhi which broke away thousands of years ago. One can see all of Karpenissi from the top of the hill.
IERA MONI PROUSSOU (Monastery) EVRYTANIA
It is one of the few monasteries saved in Evrytania. It consists of the church and one wing with cells.
The church honoured to Mary (Panagia) Proussiotissa is in the cross - domed type and dates to 1754. In the West side of the church there is a crypt adjusted to be used as a parekklesion. The frescoes created by the painters G. Georgiou and G. Anagnostou date to 1785. Frescoes of the 13th century are also saved in the external west side of the crypt, while in the internal we can distinguish two phases, one of which dates to 1518. A remarkable wood - carved iconostasis, dated to 1810, decorates the crypt.
The monastery church (katholikon) has been restored and the frescoes
have been conserved.
Nowadays it is used as a monastery.
According to tradition, it's founding is placed in the era of the iconoclast emperor Theofilos 829-842 a.d. and is associated with the appearance of the holy icon of the Virgin from Proussa of Vithinia in the near east in the cave of Euritania. The first half of the 9th century has been established as the founding date. The monastery has suffered many catastrophes and has been set on fire by many invaders, the last being the Germans on August 16 1944. Notable are the monastery clock which is perched on a small hill and the chapel of Agion Panton opposite the monastery which was built in 1754. South of Agion Panton the famous "School of Greek Letters", a Superior school of letters, still survives. An interesting museum operates in the Monastery featuring manyh exhibits, such as manuscript codices, typeset books, a sword from 1821 that may have belonged to Karaiskaki as well as many old vestments.
This extract is cited August 2003 from the Municipality of Karpenission URL below, which contains images.
KARPENISSI (Town) EVRYTANIA
Tel: +30 22370 22979, 22621
KORYSCHADES (Village) KARPENISSI
Built in 1650.
MIKRO CHORIO (Village) EVRYTANIA
Tel: +30 22370 41322
MONI TATARNAS (Monastery) EVRYTANIA
Tel: +30 22370 95400
The first monastery, according to tradition, was built in the 11th century and was destroyed 300 years later. The second was built in 1556. Kourt Pasha destroyed the monastery in 1823, because at times it sheltered various great teachers and thousands of rebels. The third monastery was re-built from 1841 to 1844 by Bavarian engineer officers under Otto's orders. The complete destruction of the monastery happened in 1963 after a landslide in the area. In 1970 and 500 metres away from the old monastery, the new one was built. In spite of all the adventures and catastrophes, many rare and valuable holy relics were saved. It has a library with 633 texts. As well, some noteworthy texts from 1544-1578 have survived, having been published in Vienna, Venice and other European cities and the mosaic icon "The King of Glory" which dates from 1350.
This text is cited Apr 2003 from the Municipality of Karpenission URL below.
VRACHA (Village) EVRYTANIA
It was built circa 1700 in the post-Byzantine era. It has perfectly preserved murals and Byzantian icons.
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