Church of Saint Sampson the Innkeeper in Pyrgos of Santorini

This is an old church, but the internal and external embellishment of the church dates to 2003. It is one of two churches in Santorini dedicated to Saint Sampson, and one of seven dedicated to the Saint in all of Greece. The church is located near the Elementary School on the eastern side of the village, along a narrow path. It also celebrates on August 27th, when locals bake Phanouropita in honor of Saint Phanourios.

Saint Sampson the Innkeeper Resource Page

St. Sampson the Innkeeper (Feast Day - June 27)

Verses

Just as Sampson of old with a jawbone was led to drink,

So Sampson now gushes forth myrrh from his tomb.

On the twenty-seventh Sampson died and gushed forth myrrh.

 

Synaxarion of Saint Sampson the Innkeeper

 

Saint Sampson the Innkeeper  

 

Saint Sampson the Innkeeper as a Model for our Lives

 

June: Day 27: Saint Sampson the Hospitable

 

Saint Sampson and the Healing of the Man who Suffered from Anthrax

 

St. Sampson the Innkeeper, Founder of the Largest Free Clinic in the Roman Empire

 

Church of Saint Sampson the Innkeeper in Pyrgos of Santorini

 

Saint Sampson Cathedral in Saint Petersburg

 

Synaxis of All the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries

 

Saint Sampson and the Healing of the Man who Suffered from Anthrax

In tenth-century Constantinople there was a man named Bardas. He belonged to the personal retinue of Emperor Romanos II. Moreover, he had obtained the office of xenodochos (innkeeper or chief administrator) of the Hospital of Saint Sampson. This indicates that the Hospital of Saint Sampson in the tenth-century, like the Orphanage of Constantinople, was not administered by the Patriarch of Constantinople or a monastic community, but by the imperial government.

Saint Sampson Cathedral in Saint Petersburg

Saint Sampson's Cathedral (Sampsonievsky Cathedral; Сампсониевский собор) is one of the oldest churches in St. Petersburg. It stands on the northern outskirts of the city and gives its name to Sampsonievsky Avenue. Sampsonievsky Cathedral features the largest icons of all Orthodox churches in St. Petersburg. From the outside the church may look modest, but inside prepare to be impressed. It also has the heaviest bell (6,400kg) in town. Rumor has it that it was in St. Sampson's Cathedral that Catherine II of Russia secretly married Grigory Potemkin in 1774.