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LAGADA (Small town) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 74924
Lagada is 16 Km far from Chios
town, in the northeast side of the island. It has an amazing natural beauty
as the scenery combines the sea with the mountains. The village is amphitheatrically
built, ending to the homonymous gulf.
At the village square is the church of Agios Ioannis. But the traditional
local festive is celebrated on 17th of September and it is sacred to the memory
of Agia Sofia, a seaside church.
Moreover this village includes and some other settlements: the one
named Agrelopos, the abandoned area of Kydianta,
Delfini
and Kila. The visitor can enjoy traditional food, fresh fishes and other delicacies
in one of the seaside taverns and in the afternoon you can have a cap of coffee
with your friends at the cafeterias along the coast. The view from there is magnificent!
MONI AGION PATERON (Monastery) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 79390
This cloister was built in the cave where the three monks who are
credited with the establishment of the Nea Moni Monastery, took their monastic
vows. In 1688, the cave was give to the monk Jeremiah, who was from Crete,
who constructed the Temple and built quarters. In 1868, following Jeremiah’s death,
the Holy monk Pahomios, from the village of Elata
in Chios, asked for the buildings
and converted them into the largest monastic center on the island. Religious painting
began to flourish in 1900. Today, four monks live in the Cloister. Entrance is
forbidden to women after sunset.
MONI AGIOU MARKOU (Monastery) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 79253
The cloister of Agios Markos was built in 1886 on the Penthodos mountain
and is approximately 15 kilometers from the town of Chios. It was built by the
ascetic Parthenios who was from the village of Dafnona
in Chios and led his ascetic life in a nearby cave. The Monastery offered valuable
services to the Greek army during the liberation of the island in 1912 from the
yoke of the Turks. Religious painting developed in the Monastery around 1900.
Today, two monks live in the Monastery and a wealthy library has been preserved.
MONI AGIOU STEFANOU (Monastery) CHIOS
Established in 1880, the Monastery of Agios Stefanos is located in
Vrontados, Chios.
The small chapel of Agios Stefanos originally stood in the area where we find
today’s bell tower. The Monastery came under the care of the Holy Parthenios who
also initiated and completed reconstruction of the Church we see today. The church
celebrates the feast day of St. Stefanos on December 27th of each year.
MONI MYRSINIDIOU (Monastery) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 92780
NEA MONI (Monastery) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 79391, 79370
The 11th century Nea Moni (New Monastery) on the eastern Aegean island of Chios represents a characteristic example of the Middle Byzantine architecture and aesthetics, a period known as the golden age of Byzantine art or the Rennaisance of the Macedonian dynasty reign.
The main church of the complex, the katholikon is built on a cross-in-square plan with a large dome supported by squinches defining an octagonal space. The dome, approximately 7 m in diameter, has no lateral bays but is placed between a triconch sanctuary and a narthex preceded by an exonarthex with lateral absides. The construction of Nea Moni illustrates the so-called insular architectural type, found in Chios and Cyprus. The interior is decorated with superb mosaics on a gold background, among the finest examples of the Byzantine era, a folk transcription of the great models of Constantinople.
The construction of the monastery is fully documented as it was linked to a major event in Byzantine history. Constantine the Gladiator, a nobleman living in exile, was told by two monks of Chios, Nicetas and John, that he would become Emperor. When Constantine Monomachos married the twice-widowed 64-year-old Empress Zoe in 1042, thus becoming Basileus, he remembered the prediction. In 1045 he founded the monastery, choosing as its site a valley on Chios on the slopes of Mount Aetos and bestowing it with possessions and privileges. At its peak, around 1300, Nea Moni was one of the wealthiest monasteries in the Aegean. History sealed its fate once more in the 1822 Chios massacre by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of Independence. Nea Moni, sacked and looted, never regained its former glory.
SIDIROUDA (Village) CHIOS
Sidirounta is a village built up on a hillock at the west side of Chios island
with a panoramic view to the Aegean sea. From here someone can enjoy the sunset,
drinking his coffee in one of the local traditional cafe places. Sidirounta includes
other two areas, the one of Metochi and the other of Prasteio. Further down the
village, on a beautiful valley with plane -trees and fresh spring water is the
old temple of John the Baptist, while in the area of Prasteio up to the off -shore
dirt road that ends to Managros, is saved in a good condition the Byzantine church
of Saint George. Around the outline of Sidirounta there are many of the most beautiful
and pure coasts of the island. The waters there are clean and have a light green
color.
SYKIADA (Village) CHIOS
Tel: +30 22710 74404
Sykiada is a village built up on a barren hill in a distance of 14 Km from Chios
town. The most residents of the village are seamen. Next to Sykiada is the
seaside settlement of Pantoukios. It is a small, picturesque port, a fishing shelter
with a fish -house and a local cafeteria (cafenio). The natural scenery offers
the visitor an unbelievable peace and calm. Moreover, the settlement of Sykiada
owns another area, named "Agios Ioannis Tholos" and the beach of Agios Isidoros
that is a well organized place for camping.
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