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It was consecrated in honor of Panagia Spilaiotissa, Saint Vlasios Sevastias and Saint Theodora. The cathedral celebrates on February 11 and August 15. The church was built in 1577 on the ruins of an ancient church, and was dedicated to Saint Vlasios. In the 18th century, the cathedral was rebuilt in the Baroque style.
Panagia (Greek: Παναγία, fem. of panágios, pan-+ hágios, the All-Holy, or the Most Holy; pronounced Ancient Greek pronunciation:) (also transliterated Panaghia or Panayia), in Medieval and Modern Greek, is one of the titles of Mary, mother of God, used especially in Orthodox Christianity and Eastern Catholicism.
The sacred shrine of Panagia Trypiti. Panagia Trypiti (Greek: Παναγία Τρυπητή) is a historic sacred shrine of Theotokos in the town of Aigio, Greece. It is one of the most important Orthodox shrines of pilgrimage in Greece. The shrine is dedicated to the Mother of God of the Life-giving Spring.
The Panagia Skripou Monastery (Greek: Μοναστήρι Παναγία η Σκριπού) is located in Orchomenus, Boeotia, Greece.From the monastery today, only its katholikon (church) functions, which is the most important monument from the series of temples of the "transitional cruciform" type, in the Greek area.
The icon of Our Lady of the Sign (Greek: Παναγία Ορωμένη; Church Slavonic: Икона Божией Матери, "Знамение", romanized: Ikona Bozhey Materi, "Znamenie"; Polish: Ikona Bogurodzicy "Znamienie") or Platytera (Greek: Παναγία Πλατυτέρα, romanized: Panagia Platytera) is the term for a particular ...
Panagia Gremniotissa (Greek: Παναγία η Γκρεμνιώτισσα) or Panagia Gremiotissa (Greek: Παναγία η Γκρεμιώτισσα) is a Greek Orthodox church in Ios, Greece. Legend [ edit ]
Panagia is in prayer position. The specific iconographic type of the Virgin Mary was established from the middle of the 1st century. In all probability, this particular miniature is a copy of the icon of the Virgin of Nafpaktiotissa which was either brought to Thebes from Nafpaktos, or was a copy of the original.
The Panagia Episkopi is a beige-washed cross-in-square domed church with peripheral structures. The floor plan takes the shape of a Greek cross with a length of 14 m and breadth of 11.1 m, and the crossing supports a dome upon a tholobate.