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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 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.
It was modified in the 7th and again in the 14th–15th centuries. Known as the Panagia Theotokos in Byzantine times, it is dedicated to Mary. Its current name is first attested in 1320, presumably after a miraculous acheiropoietos ("not made by hands") icon of Panagia Hodegetria that was housed there.
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 Panagia Panaxiotissa Church (Greek: Ναός Παναγίας Παναξιώτισσας) is located approximately 2 kilometers outside the village of Aetolia-Acarnania Trikorfo and is one of the most important attractions of the area. [1] It is the catholicon of a Byzantine monastery. [2]
The Cathedral of Panagia Portaitissa of Iberia (Georgian: ივერიის ღვთისმშობლის ხატის სახელობის ...
The monastery of Panagia Tourliani was founded in 1542 where there used to be a church of the Entrances of Panagia. In 1757 - 1767 the monastery was renovated by the hieromonk Ignatios Basoula and thus acquired its current form. The monastery is dedicated to the Dormition of Theotokos. [6] On August 15, there is a big festival in the monastery.
The Church of Panagia Chalkeon (Greek: Παναγία τῶν Χαλκέων) is an 11th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.The church's well-preserved Byzantine architecture and testimony to the importance of Thessaloniki in early and medieval Christianity led it to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988 along with other Paleochristian and ...