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ANTISSA (Small town) LESVOS
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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.
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.
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