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The Old Metropolis of Veroia was erected between 1070 and 1080 by
Nikitas, the then bishop of the city. It is one of the largest churches built
in the Balkans during the Middle Byzantine period; a triple-aisled, timber-roofed
basilica, it follows the design of Ayios Demetrios' church in Thessalonike.
Some wall--paintings that decorate its interior and rank among the
most important examples of Byzantine painting belong to the period 1215/16-1224/25,
when the city of Beroia was under the rule of Theodoros Angelos, despot of Epirus
and later emperor of Thessalonike.
A few late 13th century and early 14th century wall--paintings, dating
perhaps to a little before 1320, also survive and give an indication of the most
refined traits of the Palaeologan renaissance.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains image.
One-aisled church dating to the early 14th century. It was decorated by the famous painter from Thessaloniki Georgios Kalliergis.
The single-aisled church of Christ was once the katholikon of a 14th
century stavropegiac monastery (so called as the patriarchal cross is thrust into
the ground of each such monastery to signify the latter is subject immediately
to the Patriarchate of Constantinople).
Documents issued by the patriarch Niphon and the emperor Andronikos
II in 1314 transferred ownership of the church to the monk Ignatios Kalothetos,
a personal friend of Grigorios Palamas, at the time leading an ascetic life in
the monastery of Timios Prodromos in the vicinity of Beroia.
Ignatios invited the Thessalonikan Georgios Kalliergis -- the "outstanding
painter in all Thessaly"
(as the artist grandiosely signs himself in the donor's inscription within the
church) -- to decorate the monastery.
Kalliergis' work, which still excites admiration today, is one of
the rarest achievements of the Palaeologan renaissance in the realm of painting.
His wall-paintings are characterised by the use of many colours and show the artist's
profound theological knowledge which was influenced by the work of his contemporary
Thessalonikan scholars.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains image.
This church dates to the early 14th century.
There are murals dating back to the 14th century.
It consists of a single-spaced kernel surrounded by a gallery. We
do not know when it was founded. The dome collapsed during the 16th century, the
form of the building changed and a painted decoration was added on 1582 a.D..
Repairs were also performed on 1644 a.D. and it is estimated that the wall paintings
on the interior of the outside part of the southern and western walls date back
to that time.
This text (extract) is cited November 2003 from the Imathia
Prefecture Tourism Department tourist pamphlet.
Famous for its tile decoration, the church of Ayios Kirykos and Ioulitta
was built in the mid-14th century by bishop Makarios as a convent for men at Beroia.
The stavropegiac and patriarchal character of the monastery was called
into question in 1395 by the local metropolitan. We do not know the outcome of
the subsequent conflict between the Patriarchate and the metropolis, but it is
clear that by some date in the 16th century the monastery had lost its stavropegiac
and patriarchal identity.
The church has undergone various repairs in the course of its long
history, but retains a section of the original mid-14th century wall decoration
and some late 15th century murals, together with others of 1589. The latter are
the work of a local painter of no particular merit, who also decorated other churches
in Beroia and its vicinity up to the year 1607.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains image.
There are murals dating back to the 14th century.
This is a basilica with murals dating back to the 15th century.
This is a two-aisled church with murals dating back to the 15th and 16th/17th century.
Three-aisled basilica
A two-aisled church with narthex.
Three-aisled basilica dating back to the second half of the 16th century.
This is a three-aisled basilica dating back to the 16th century.
This is an one-aisled church with murals dating back to 1571.
This is a three-aisled basilica with murals dating back to 1616.
This is a small one-ailsled church with murals dating back to the 17th century.
Two-aisled church.
One-aisled church of the 18th century.
This one-aisled church dates back to the 14th century.
The synagogue was constructed with imperial firman prior to 1850.
The mikve was regularly visited by the women, and, on certain occasions,
the men of the congregation.
The synagogue’s twelve sefarim were saved from the Nazi destruction
by the bishop of Veria and Naoussa.
According to Azaria Hanania Sabbetai, one of the community's last hazanim, the
synagogue of Veria had twelve sefarim before and immediately after World War II.
Nine were donated to newly-dedicated synagogues in Israel.
This text (extract) is cited November 2003 from the Greek
National Tourism Organization tourist pamphlet (1998).
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