Listed 19 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "MITHIMNA Province LESVOS" .
ANEMOTIA (Village) LESVOS
The church of St George (Agios Georgios) at Anemotia in the province
of Methymna is situated in the lower part of the settlement. It is a small building
with a tiled couple roof and, according to its inscription plate, it was built
in 1702. The iconography of its wall paintings deviates from the established iconographical
conventions. The circle of S. George's martyrdom as well as the scenes of Apocalypse
are of particular interest.
KERAMIO (Village) LESVOS
The church
of St John (Agios Ioannis) is located in the centre of Lesbos,
at the village Kerami, between Kalloni
and Papiana. It is of relatively small dimensions (11,70 x 4,50 m), built according
to the type of a side-aisled basilica, with an addition of a wood-roofed collonate
along the north side.
According to the inscription plate, the church was built in 1733.
It is built of stones, while an upper zone of ceramic ornamentation is created
by five horizontal zones of bricks, which alternate in their arrangement creating
an impressive decoration.
The interior of the sanctuary is decorated with wall paintings contemporary
to the erection of the monument. They present a typical iconography, according
to which in the upper zone we find scenes from the life of Christ, in the middle
zone depictions of saints while the lower one is taken up by a decorative motive.
For the time being restoration works of the wall paintings are carried
out by the 14th Ephorate
of Byzantine Antiquities.
This text is cited June 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains image.
PETRA (Small town) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 41223
The church
is built in the centre of Petra (55 km from Mytilene, in the north part of the
island) on a rock of approximately 40m height. 114 steps carved in the rock lead
to its top. It constitutes one of the most important places of pilgrimage on Lesbos.
Travelers from the 15th to the 18th century report the existence of
a small castle on the top of the rock. It is probable that in an earlier phase
there was a small church surrounded by walls, which in the beginning of the 17th
century was replaced with a bigger one which took its present form after the repair
works in 1840. This church is made of stone and follows the architectural type
of a three-aisled basilica.
Its interior is decorated with a remarkable wood carved templon as
well as a wood carved bishop's throne.
It is at Petra built high up on a rock, with 114 steps curved in it that lead to the church. The location gives one the impression that it was selected for protection against pirate raids common in the post-Byzantine period. The church has a valuable icon-screen and wonderful hagiographies. It is a significant pilgrimage of the island.
This text is cited Jan 2003 from the Prefecture of Lesvos URL below, which contains image.
There are frescoes of the 17th century.
SYKAMINIA (Port) MITHIMNA
(Virgin Mary the Mermaid) : It is at the northwest of Mytilene (48 km), at the picturesque port of Skala Sykameneas, built on a small rock in the sea. It is called Virgin Mary the Mermaid from an icon that shows Virgin Mary with a mermaid’s tail (painted by an unknown folk artist).
This text is cited May 2003 from the Prefecture of Lesvos URL below, which contains images.
ANTISSA (Small town) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 56249
The monastery of Perivoli is situated in a by-passing of the country
road Kalloni-Antissa, just
before the village of Antissa on the banks of the Voulgaris river. It is a women
convent dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin and it was devastated in recent
years. In the past (at least from the 16th up to the end of the 18th century),
it constituted part of the men's monastery of Taxiarches Kreokopou, which is located
at approximately an hour's distance from Perivoli, on the top of Mt Chalakas.
The katholikon (main church) of the monastery is built according to
the type of a two-aisled wooden roof basilica; it is of small dimensions with
remarkable frescoes that date in the 16th century.
It is at the northwest part of the island at a distance of 3 km from the small town of Antissa. In the Byzantine times it was a convent, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was rebuilt in 1630. Worth noticing are the icons of the fretwork icon-screen and the hagiographies (16th century).
This text is cited May 2003 from the Prefecture of Lesvos URL below, which contains images.
Northeastern of the small town of Eressos (3 km ). It is dedicated to the Taxiarches (Archangels) and its founding dates back to the medieval times. It is a Byzantine Monastery with a plethora of interesting icons, ecclesiastical objects and hagiographies.
This text is cited May 2003 from the Prefecture of Lesvos URL below, which contains images.
IERA MONI LIMONOS (Monastery) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 22289
The Monastery
of Leimon is a men's convent, situated in the centre of Lesbos, at a 14 km
distance from Kalloni, in a fertile basin. It was founded in Byzantine years and
was inhabited until the occupation of the island by the Turks. The monastery was
re-founded in 1526 by Saint Ignatios Agallianos, a significant personality who
contributed in the rebirth of both education and the Church. At that time the
well-known "Leimonias" school - which remained open until 1923 - functioned
within the monastery's enclosure.
The katholikon (main church) was built in 1526, at the time of the
monastery's reformation and was repeatedly restored. It is a three-aisled basilica
with the roof of the middle aisle higher than the other two and a double narthex.
It is decorated with interesting wall paintings that date in the second half of
the 16th and the first half of the 17th century. Worth mentioning is the wooden-carved
gilded templon in the church's interior.
Today in the monastery there is an important library with manuscripts
and a vestry.
It is in the center of the island at a distance of 3 km northwest of the small town of Kalloni. Its Cathedral is dedicated to the Taxiarches (Archangels). The Archbishop of Mythimna Ignatios Agalianos, who is the saint honoured in the monastery, built it in 1523. During the years of Ottoman occupation it was the only intellectual center of the island. The Cathedral is an imposing three-aisle basilica, with a fretwork and gold-plated icon-screen and frescos painted in the Byzantine manner ca. 1800. The Monastery has a library, a Museum of Ecclesiastical Art and a Museum of Geology (1990).
This text is cited Jan 2003 from the Prefecture of Lesvos URL below, which contains image.
MONI AGIOU IOANOU THEOLOGOU (Monastery) LESVOS
The monastery of Ypsilos, an active men's monastery, is dedicated
to St John Theologos and is located in the west part of Lesbos, on the top of
Mt Ordymnos, at a height of 634 m and at a distance of 81 km from Mytilene. Tradition
places the foundation of the monastery in Byzantine years, before A.D. 800, and
mentions it as "Monastery of Korakas", a name which was modified to "Monastery
of Zisira" in the years of the Turkish occupation.
From its Byzantine phase very little information has been saved and
is believed that the monastery was abandoned and devastated in late Byzantine
years. The monastery flourishes again in post-Byzantine years but it is destroyed
by fire. The existing katholikon (main church) was built in 1832 and constitutes
part of a monastic complex, which develops around the katholikon.
In the monastery there is a particularly interesting vestry as well
as a library with important manuscripts.
This text is cited Sept 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains image.
It is built on the top of the rocky mountain Ordymnos, between Antissa and Sigri and dedicated to Ayios Ioannis Theologos (Saint John the Theologian). The choice of its location is evidence of its medieval origin (in 800AD). The Cathedral has wonderful wall paintings (hagiographies) and precious ecclesiastical objects.
This text is cited May 2003 from the Prefecture of Lesvos URL below, which contains images.
MONI PANAGIAS MYSRISNIOTISSIS LIMONOS (Monastery) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 22729
It is at a distance of 4 km from Kalloni. It is Byzantine convent, annexed to the Monastery of Leimonas and founded by Ayios Ignatios in 1523, in honour of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Inside the Cathedral the visitor can admire valuable Byzantine icons, an old fretwork icon-screen and significant wall paintings (hagiographies).
This text is cited May 2003 from the Prefecture of Lesvos URL below, which contains images.
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