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St. George

Kerke had the luck to safe the last atelier of Byzantine hagiography in Greece. Samples of its artistic work are decorating the temple of the Agios Georgios central fane. The icons of the temple where painted in the years 1926- 1927 from a monk named Kerelos (1871-1945), who was born in Kerke and had learn the hagiographic art on the Agio Oros. When he returned to his country he started running the atelier and his most important student was the folk painter Pashalis Katsikas.

This extract is cited Sept 2003 from the Development Company of Alexandroupolis URL below.

• http://www.aneta.gr/cfdocs/uk/evros_2diadromi_uk.h...