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Saint Spyridon Church is a Greek Orthodox church located in Corfu, Greece. It was built in the 1580s. It was built in the 1580s. It houses the relics of Saint Spyridon and it is located in the old town of Corfu.
The Church of Crete (Greek: Εκκλησία της Κρήτης) is an Eastern Orthodox church, comprising the island of Crete in Greece. The Church of Crete is semi-autonomous (self-governing) under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The current archbishop of Crete is Eugenios II.
The church contains three aisles, of which the central aisle is dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin, the south aisle to the Three Hierarchs and the north aisle to Saint Nicholas. In the church are icons by well-known Cretan icon painters of the 19th century, such as Antonios Revelakis, Antonios Vivilakis, E. Triolitakis and Ioannis Stais.
In the 18th century, the cathedral was rebuilt in the Baroque style. In 1841, the church became the cathedral of the Holy Metropolis. [1] The two main holy objects located inside the church are the icon of Panagia Spilaiotissa and the relics of Saint Theodora, which were transferred from Constantinople to Corfu in 1460. [2]
Chrysoskalitissa Monastery (Greek: Μονή Χρυσοσκαλιτίσσης) is a 17th-century Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery located on the southwest coast of ...
The Cathedral of Saint Titus (Greek: Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίου Τίτου) also known as Hagios Titos, is an Orthodox church in the city of Heraklion, Crete, dedicated to Saint Titus. The current church was built in 1869 as the Yeni Cami ("New Mosque") after the previous building was destroyed by the earthquake of 1856. In 1925 ...