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KINI (Settlement) CHIOS
The village Kini is located between Patrika,
Flatsia,
Vouno,
Pagida
and Kalamoti,
so Kini is a common land for all the above villages. In the ancient times it was
a great Byzantine center with many churches, but nowadays some of them is in ruin.
Kini is among the villages that were stroked by the catastrophic earthquake of
1881 and before this. The residents of the village are mainly farmers and are
occupied with the cultivation of the mastic, which is the main product of Mastichochoria.
This text is cited Febr 2004 from the Chios Prefecture Tourism Committee URL below.
MONI TAXIARCHON (Monastery) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 61469
This was established in 1305 in honor of the Dormition of the Virgin
but was renamed Monastery of Taxiarhon in 1306 after the discovery of the icon
of Archangel Michael (one of the Taxiarchi) in the following miraculous way: When
the monk Parthenios of Morea on the Greek mainland, painted the icon, he dedicated
it to this monastery and tossed it into the sea. The waves brought it to the shore
of Thymiana in Chios. The villagers who found it decided to build a church in
which to place it, but the Archangel appeared in their dreams and instructed them
to bring the icon to this monastery instead. The present monastic structures were
built after the original ones were destroyed in the terrible earthquakes of 1881.
Today there are eight nuns; the monastery celebrates its feast day on November
8.
NENITA (Small town) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 61451
Eighteen kilometers far from Chios
town, is located a big settlement, named Nenita. The village is stretched
out on a wide slope from where supervise the olive groves and the shore. During
the Medieval times Nenita was the biggest from all the Mastichochoria, with 2500
population, while today has been reduced to 1000 people. Nenita is the cultural
center of the Mastichochoria. The residents are mainly occupied with the cultivation
of the land and particularly with the mastic -trees. Up from the village is the
newest Monastery of Taxiarches. There are two more churches in the area, Saint
George and Agioi Anargiroi. Near the village's beach are located the settlements
of Gridia and Vokaria. The second is the closest point to the shores of Asia
Minor.
VOUNOS (Village) CHIOS
Vouno is another village of Mastichochoria. Here also thrives the famous mastic
-trees. The village took his name from the prestigious top where is located. There
was a big castle -tower in the village but had been destroyed after the earthquakes
that hit the area. There are many churches in the village, Prophet Elias, Saint
George, Agioi Apostoloi and Agios Nicolas.
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