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Showing posts with label Orthodoxy in the Dodecanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orthodoxy in the Dodecanese. Show all posts
October 24, 2021

Myrrh Flows from the Icon of Saint George Karslides in Karpathos

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On October 20, 2021 a video was posted on social media showing an icon of Saint George Karslides gushing myrrh on the Greek island of Karpat...
October 20, 2021

The Veneration of Saint Matrona of Chios in the Islands of the Aegean

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Icon of St. Matrona with scenes from her life dating to 1933 and located in the church bearing her name in Ano Vathi, Samos. Saint Matrona o...
September 8, 2021

The Cave of Panagia Sarantaskaliotissa (or the Cave of Pythagoras) in Samos

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Description On the southeast side of Mount Kerkis, in the wild ravine of Kiourka, at an altitude of 350m above sea level, is the cave of the...
June 25, 2021

The Chapel of the Holy Trinity on the Highest Summit of the Island of Chios

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In Northern Chios, Mount Pelinnaios, which has the highest peak on the island at 1,297 meters, dominates the view while around it are many s...
May 24, 2021

The Chapel of the Holy Skull in Samos

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Relics from left to right: 1) Gifts of the Magi, 2) St. Febronia, 3) St. Michael of Synnada The village of Ano Vathi is situated in the nort...
March 11, 2021

Chapel of Saint Sophronios of Jerusalem in Leros

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  In Alinda on the Greek island of Leros is a neoclassical mansion known as the "Patriatchate", which today is the seaside residen...
February 10, 2021

The Turkish Boatman and the Holy Icon of Saint Haralambos

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The Cathedral of Saint Haralambos is located in Varvasi of Chios. It was built in 1927 by persecuted refugees from Asia Minor who came to Ch...
February 5, 2021

Cave Chapel of Saint Agatha in Haraki, Rhodes (14th-15th cent.)

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    Cave Chapel of Saint Agatha in Haraki, Rhodes (14th-15th cent.)        
January 4, 2021

The Lovokomeio of Chios (The Leper Colony Where Saint Anthimos Served and Saint Nikephoros Was Treated)

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    The Lovokomeio of Chios is the oldest Leper Colony in Greece with a continuous presence of about six centuries, dedicated to the treatm...
December 27, 2020

The Chapel of Saint Stephen in Kos and the Healing of a Fourteen Year Old Boy

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    On the Greek island of Kos, in the village of Amoniou, lies a chapel dedicated to Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen. It is built n...
December 24, 2020

90-Year-Old Woman from Kalymnos Chants Christmas Hymns

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  Katerina Makarouna, the "Nightingale of Palionisos" as she is known, is a 91-year-old (in the video she is 90) widow from Kal...
September 12, 2020

Graves and Relics of Metropolitans Uncovered in an Excavation of a Church in Rhodes

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Earlier this month, during restoration work of the floor of the Metropolitan Church of the Entry of the Theotokos on the island of Rhodes, ...
May 20, 2020

Synaxarion of our Venerable Fathers Niketas, John and Joseph, Founders of Nea Moni in Chios

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On this day (May 20th) we commemorate our three Venerable and God-bearing Fathers Niketas, John and Joseph, the founders of the Sacred and ...
April 24, 2020

90-Year-Old Woman from Kalymnos Chants "Anastaseos Imera" ("It is the Day of Resurrection")

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Katerina Makarouna, the "Nightingale of Palionisos" as she is known, is a 90-year-old widow from Kalymnos, who has 6 children, 23...
April 16, 2020

The Black Easter of Symi in 1919

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The remote Dodecanese island of Symi experienced a Black Easter in 1919, though it is often called a Red or Bloody Easter for the blood tha...
December 30, 2019

Saint Amphilochios Makris and the Kathisma of Saint Joseph the Betrothed on the Island of Patmos

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In the south of Patmos, at the Bay of Stavros, is the area known as Kouvari. Kalliopi Nikitaki, later known as the Nun Martha and was the s...
November 18, 2019

The House of Saint Nektarios on the Island of Chios

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House of St. Nektarios in Lithi Lithi is located at the side of the mountain Erikani, about 120m above sea level, 23km west of Chios tow...
September 24, 2019

Synaxis of the Panagia of Myrsinidi Monastery in Chios

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The Sacred Monastery of the Panagia of Myrsinidi (or Mersini, or Myrtidiotissa) is built on the edge of a cliff which overlooks the Aegean ...
September 4, 2019

The Veneration of Saint Hermione on the Island of Chios

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The icon of St. Hermione at Thymiana, Chios Saint Hermione was one of the four daughters of the Apostle Philip who had the gift of proph...
August 16, 2019

The Only Church in Greece Dedicated to Saint Diomedes

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The only church in Greece dedicated to Saint Diomedes the Physician is on the island of Chios, belonging to the Shoe Club of Chios. It is ...