Listed 33 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "LEFKADA Prefecture IONIAN ISLANDS" .
AGIOS PETROS (Village) LEFKADA
KARYA (Small town) LEFKADA
Another wonderful church is that of Ayia Paraskevi in the upper part of the town.
This is a well-preserved church built at the beginning of the 19th century. Its
pride is the wooden-sculpted iconostasis, a finely worked piece in a simple baroque
style made by P. Prosalentis in 1850. The icon of Ayia Paraskevi was painted by
Y. Patsaras and is a beautiful composition. There are two oil-paintings by Spyridon
Gazi in the church, 'The Sacrifice of Abraham' and 'Job.' There are two springs
in the village with pure water from the same source which supplied the whole region
with its water in the past.
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One of the most important churches of Karya is that of Ayios Spyridon in the centre
of the town. It was built in the late 19th century and has a beautiful tall belfry
with a clock. The iconostasis is in a simple, classical style and was made by
Ioannis Vrettos (1925).
KASTOS (Island) IONIAN ISLANDS
The church of Ayios Ioannis is decorated with excellent large oil-paintings, executed
by Spyridon Gazis. The small church of Ayios Aimilianos is located four kilometres
outside of the village of Kastos, on the site where the village once was, before
the residents moved to its present site. It is an pretty, old church, much connected
with the history of the island.
LAZARATA (Small town) LEFKADA
Many traditional belfries, each with its own special characteristics, decorate
the churches of Sfakiotes. Two of the most beautiful are those of the churches
of Ayios (Saint) Dionysios and Ayios Spyridon at Lazarata, which were built over
150 years ago. They still stand tall and proud, supporting the bells which call
the Christian population to every service, in moments of joy and sorrow. The church
of Ayios Spyridon was first built in the mid-eighteenth century. It has a white
and gold baroque-style iconostasis with slender columns in the Corinthian order.
The icon of the Archangel Michael in the shutter of the door is most likely a
work of the eminent icon painter V. Sideris (1894).
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LEFKADA (Town) IONIAN ISLANDS
Metropolis church
With its elaborate wooden icon screen and fine frescoes, Saint Spyridon is one of the island's most interesting churches. It was built in the 17th century.
A church built around 1700. It is decorated with a wood-carved baroque icon screen and superb frescoes, the work of some representative icon-painters of the Ionian islands.
An 18th century church with religious paintings of considerable interest.
Built in the 18th century. Worth visiting for its stone campanile, its icon screen and frescoes by Spiros Gazis.
A church built in the 18th century, property of the Valaoritis family. In the church there are tombs of distinguished citizens of Lefkas. Behind the church in the garden is the grave of the poet Aristoteles Valaoritis.
The main points of interest in this very old church (built in 1688) are the frescoes by the Lefkas icon painter Spiros Gazis, the marble icon screen and the episcopal throne.
VOURNIKAS (Village) LEFKADA
At Vournika there is also a church of Ayios Ioannis Prodromos. This was a private
church and belonged to the Karavia family. It is considered to be the oldest Byzantine
church on the island, older even than that of the Monastery of the Odigitria.
It is a single-aisled basilica built in ashlar masonry and with a wooden roof.
The figure of an unknown saint beseeching was found in the apse of the north wall
and the painting dates to the late 11th-early 12th century. The remaining mural
complex of Ayios Ioannis of Karavias is much more recent, dating from the 17th
century. The eastern wall is divided into registers. The lower register of the
'Platytera of the Skies' can be seen. The representation of the Ascension of Christ
on the front of the side is large and versatile and all the wall-paintings bear
the influence of the Cretan school. The whole of the Syvros region is full of
a unique and varied beauty.
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KAVALOS (Settlement) LEFKADA
Another important nearby Christian monument is the small, rural church of the
Pantocrater, 1 kilometre north-west of the village of Kavalos. In its door there
are lintels from ancient Greek temples. A huge oak tree in front of the forecourt
is used for the belfry. Next to the church there is the half-ruined 'Kospetos'
windmill and a little further down the two old wells 'of Stenofryas.' From this
point one can clearly see another windmill at the peak of the hill opposite at
Kavalos, which was recently restored.
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NYDRI (Village) LEFKADA
The little church of Ayios Ioannis Prodromos is located a little outside the village,
at the peak of the hill, where the view is exceptional. This is a small, single-aisled
church with a wooden, tiled roof which must have replaced a much taller one. The
whole of the church is full of wall-paintings which were most likely executed
at the beginning of the 17th century. Most of these today require particular care
as they have faded over time and through neglect, and constitute one of the few
groups of post-Byzantine wall-paintings on Lefkada. 'The Last Supper' on the north
side, 'St John the Baptist,' with the infant St John being led to Zacharias, the
'Saints Kosmas, Damianos, Panteleimon and Minas,' in various costumes and with
rich colours, create an unusual religious atmosphere which can be felt by the
visitor even today. The area of the Haradiatika also stands out for its beautiful
ravine. Exquisite, unspoiled by human intervention, it is ideal for walks through
the natural environment.
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KARYA (Small town) LEFKADA
Tel: +30 26450 41484
At the edge of the plain, in an idyllic valley, is the Monastery of
Ayios Ioannis Prodromos (Saint John the Baptist), popularly known as "Ai
Yiannis in the Plain". It was founded in 1605 and has a rich history which
goes back over 300 years, with an important role in the economic and cultural
life of the island. It is said that the brigand Simos Bounas, or Grivas, was buried
in the monastery's church in 1622.
The Venetians gave much property to the monastery in 1702. The Church
of the Odigitria (Our Lady) became a dependency of the monastery in that period
and a little later fifteen other of the island's churches were given to the monastery.
The monastery of Ayios Ioannis was the island's richest and most populous in the
early 19th century. Today's church is newer, single-aisled with a wooden roof
and a separate area for women. It has exceptional wall-paintings dating from 1736
to 1753.
The south wall has paintings preserved in three registers. The lower
register contains paintings of full-length saints, the middle register has saints
whilst the upper register contains large scenes with many figures and has been
fairly worn away over time. In the west wall are paintings of Ayios Konstantinos,
Ayia Eleni and the Archangel Michael. Two of the episcopal paintings by Tomazos
Tzen of the Cretan school dating to 1753 were stolen in 1965. Next to the monastery
church, set within thick vegetation, is the dilapidated chapel of Ayios Nikolaos.
PLATYSTOMA (Village) LEFKADA
Tel: +30 26450 41449
LEFKADA (Town) IONIAN ISLANDS
The Faneromeni Monastery is situated on a hill outside the town. It is an important religious centre on Lefkas. The church's exquisitely crafted marble icon screen is the work of the sculptor Porsalenti. The view from the monastery is superb.
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