Listed 52 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "ACHAIA Prefecture GREECE" .
AGIOVLASSITIKA (Village) PATRA
ANO ACHAIA (Village) PATRA
PATRA (Town) ACHAIA
Basilica built in 1835 on the site of the Early Christian basilica
of Aghios Andreas. The architect was A. Kaftanzoglou. To the northwest there are
remains of an ancient construction: "well or font" of Aghios Andreas. To the northeast
is the larger church of the apostle Andreas.
This text is cited Apr 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains image.
The two churches dedicated to Patras' patron Saint, St Andrew, constitute
a national and Pan-Orthodox place of pilgrimage. The small Church was erected
during the 1836-1843 period at the spot where Apostle Andrew died a martyr. It
is a basilica work of architect Lyssandros Kaftantzoglou. The whole body icons
on the roof depicting scenes from the Bible, Fathers and Patriarchs are works
of the great religious painter Dimitris Hatziaslanis, alias known as Byzantios.
At the front and on the right side of the Church, near the sanctuary, is located
the marble sepulchre of the Apostle. In the mid-4th century, on the initiative
of Emperor Constantine, the Holy Relics was transferred to St Apostles' Church
in Constantinople. When the Franks occupied the city, the Relics were transferred
to Italy. On September 26th 1964, the Saint's Head returned to Patras by Pope
Paul and after the actions that the citizens of Patras and the Orthodox Church
took.
The new magnificent Byzantine church was founded in 1908 by King George
I and inaugurated in 1974 by Patras' Metropolitan Bishop Nikodimos. It is the
largest and most artistic church in the Balkans and one of the largest across
Europe. The supervision of the construction works was initially undertaken by
architect Anastasios Metaxas, and after his death (1937) by architect Georgios
Nomikos. The Church's central dome is 46m high and supports a five meter high
gold-plated cross and twelve smaller ones, symbolising Jesus and his twelve disciples
respectively. The church's capacity is 5.500 persons.
a national and Pan-Orthodox place of pilgrimage. The small Church was erected
during the 1836-1843 period at the spot where Apostle Andrew died a martyr. It
is a basilica work of architect Lyssandros Kaftantzoglou. The whole body icons
on the roof depicting scenes from the Bible, Fathers and Patriarchs are works
of the great religious painter Dimitris Hatziaslanis, alias known as Byzantios.
At the front and on the right side of the Church, near the sanctuary, is located
the marble sepulchre of the Apostle. In the mid-4th century, on the initiative
of Emperor Constantine, the Holy Relics was transferred to St Apostles' Church
in Constantinople. When the Franks occupied the city, the Relics were transferred
to Italy. On September 26th 1964, the Saint's Head returned to Patras by Pope
Paul and after the actions that the citizens of Patras and the Orthodox Church
took.
This text is cited Apr 2003 from the Municipality of Patra URL below, which contains images.
Tel: +30 2610 275022
Fax: +30 2610 226482
PETROCHORI (Village) PATRA
Byzantine church of the 12th cent.
PLATANI (Village) RIO
Tel: +30 2610 223363
The
church of Aghios Nikolaos lies in the northern foothills of the Panachaikos,
on the right bank of the mountain torrent Xylokera. In a Venetian record of church
property of the end of the 17th century, it is referred to as an old monastery.
The church has undergone a considerable number of repairs.
The monument comprises the main church and a slightly wider narthex.
The wall construction, which is similar and unites the two, shows that church
and narthex are contemporary. The main church consists of a rectangular core measuring
5,50 X 3 m. on the interior, with two spacious apses measuring 3 m. on the chord
projecting from the north and south sides. All three apses are semi-circular on
the interior and three-sided on the exterior. This is usual in the Greek school
to which this monument belongs. Each of the three apses of the main church has
a double window.
Except for the lower sections and the eastern wall of the northern
part of the narthex, the monument is constructed with reticulate tiling, and tile
patterns enliven the appearance of the outer side. Aghios Nikolaos is a characteristic
example of church construction of the Greek school, and it dates to the beginning
of the 12th century. Today it is a parish church of the Community of Platani.
SILIVENIOTIKA (Village) EGIALIA
CHRYSSANTHIO (Settlement) EGIALIA
CHALKIANIKA (Settlement) EGIALIA
KATO VLASSIA (Village) KALAVRYTA
Tel: +30 26920 41248
MONI AGIAS ELEOUSSIS (Monastery) PATRA
Tel: +30 2610 998343
MONI AGIAS LAVRAS (Monastery) KALAVRYTA
Tel: +30 26920 22363
Fax: +30 26920 22006
Preserved from the first monastery is the Byzantine church with double pitched cross formed roof. In 1689 the monastery was moved lower down: a katholikon of Aghion Oros (Mt. Athos) type, where the
standard of the Revolution was raised in 1821. Ibrahim destroyed the monastery which was rebuilt on the same spot. In the sacristy is kept the Standard (labaron), icons, archives and sacred vessels.
MONI AGIAS MARINAS MARITSIS (Monastery) PATRA
Tel: +30 26930 91374
MONI AGION PANTON (Monastery) PATRA
Tel: +30 26940 31223
MONI AGION THEODORON (Monastery) KALAVRYTA
Tel: +30 26920 33244
MONI AGIOU IOANOU THEOLOGOU (Monastery) EGIALIA
Tel: +30 26910 94129
MONI EVAGELISTRIAS (Monastery) KALAVRYTA
Tel: +30 26920 71215
MONI KOIMISSEOS THEOTOKOU NOTENON (Monastery) PATRA
Tel: +30 26940 91381
MONI MEGALOU SPILEOU (Monastery) KALAVRYTA
Tel: +30 26920 22401, 23130
Fax: +30 26920 23035
Mega Spileo is considered to be the oldest monastery in Greece. It
was founded by saints Theodoros and Simeon after a vision by the shepherdess Euphrosyne
in 362 AD led to the discovery of the icon in the cave behind the site of the
later church.
It has been destroyed several times due to war incidents and fire.
The last major fire took place in 1934, after a keg of gunpowder left behind from
the War of Independence exploded. In 1943 the Nazis killed many of the residents
and looted seventy lorry loads of furniture and relics, much of it later recovered.
The view is the most beautiful gift of the monastery since it is located at a
height of 1000 m., while a huge building like castle, rises up to 8 floors inside
the physical hole of an enormous rock. The church of the monastery, built during
the 17th century, has beautiful frescoes, although old and blur, a floor with
mosaic and a bronze door with stinted draw. Inside the Mega Spileo is saved the
picture of Holy Mother, made of gum and wax, which is one of the three the Evangelist
Lukas had made. A path that starts from the monastery leads at the top of the
rock where there are left pieces of a castle and some cannons.
The monastery once had 450 monks and was among the richest in the
Greek world, owning properties throughout the Peloponnese,
in Macedonia, Constantinople
and Asia Minor. Its treasury, arranged as a small museum, is outstanding. There
is also a smaller chapel with a remarkable collection of body parts from various
saints.
This text is cited December 2004 from the West Greece Region General Secretariat URL below, which contains image.
MONI OBLOU (Monastery) PATRA
Tel: +30 2610 328413
MONI PAMEGISTON TAXIARCHON (Monastery) EGIALIA
Tel: +30 26910 56515
MONI PEPELENITSAS (Monastery) EGIALIA
Tel: +30 26910 95000
Tel: +30 2610 274468
Tel: +30 2610 275912
PERITHORIO (Village) EGIALIA
Tel: +30 26960 39110
PLATANIOTISSA (Village) KALAVRYTA
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