Location information

Listed 12 sub titles with search on: Places of worship for wider area of: "THIRA Province KYKLADES" .

Places of worship (12)

Cathedrals

Pantanassa Church

SIKINOS (Village) KYKLADES

Churches

Church of Agios Georgios

ANO MERIA (Village) FOLEGANDROS

Aghios Nicolaos Marmarites

EMBORIO (Small town) SANTORINI
Grave monument in the shape of a small, square temple (4.18 x 3.59 m.) built entirely of grey marble. It is preserved intact, up to the roof, which is made of marble slabs and is supported by three monolithic marble posts inside the building. The entrance is located on the south side. A small niche inside the tomb, flanked by small Ionic columns supporting a Doric architrave, sheltered the statue of the goddess. The structure is dated to the 3rd century B.C. According to the inscription carved below the niche, the temple was dedicated to the goddess Basileia and was used as a family tomb. The monument has now been converted into a Christian church, dedicated to St. Nicholas and has been called "Marmarites" (of the marble) after the building material of the tomb.

This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains image.

Hellenic Ministry of Culture WebPage

http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21121n/e211un03.htm...

Byzantine Church of Episkope in Messa Gonia

EPISKOPI GONIAS (Village) THIRA
  Not far from the village of Mesa Gonia, in the foothills of Prophet Elias, is the Byzantine church of the Episcopate of Thera, founded at the end of the 11th century by the Emperor Alexios I Comnenos.
  It is an inscribed-cross, four-columned church with dome. Preserved in the interior are wall paintings of excellent quality and a wooden, carved templon (iconostasis), decorated in the technique of mastic wax.
  This was the seat of the Orthodox and, later, the Latin Episcopate. During the Turkish occupation there were disputes between the Orthodox and Latin inhabitants of the island as to who should hold the property and oversee the running of the church. Today the church gathers large crowds on August Fifteenth, the day of its festival.
  In 1986 work was carried out on the church by the 2nd Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities: the outside was repaired and the roof tiles replaced.

This text is cited Sept 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains image.