CHURCHES OF PSARA

 

 

 The Christian monuments of Psara do not lure the same attention compared to the glorious history of the small island, which has survived despite the hardships. Most of them remain unknown although they are the most direct pre-Revolutionary evidence, since written evidence of this place was lost during the holocaust.

The 62 of the churches that are saved today, and which are plain, with no painting decoration and no remarkable relics, are listed below in 4 main categories:

THE LIST OF PSARA'S CHURCHES

Α. CATEGORY

  1. Metamorfosis tou Sotiros (Rebuilt at 1885).
  2. Ag. Nikolaos (1773 - 1793).

  Β. CATEGORY

  1. Taxiarchis - Ag. Spiridonas (1714).
  2. Ag. Matrona (Ag. Kioura) (1735).
  3. Ag. Loukas (in town) (1747).
  4. Ag. Panteleimonas (Achladokampos) (1756).
  5. Ag. Ioannis Crisostomos (in town).
  6. Stauros (N.W. of town).
  7. Ag. Sofia (in town).
  8. Ag. Paraskevi.
  9. Ag. Efstathios.
  10. Ag. Onoufrios.
  11. Ag. Athanasios.
  12. Ag. Charalampos.
  13. Panagia
  14. Ag. Anargiri (Limnos).
  15. Ag. Theodori (Limnos).
  16. Evagelistria (Limnos).
  17. Taxiatchis (Limnos).
  18. Ag. Georgios (Fanari).
  19. Ag. Georgios (Anatolika).
  20. Ag. Dimitrios (Archontiki).
  21. Ag. Sofia (Archontiki).
  22. Analipsi (Diochi).
  23. Ag. Apostoli (Diochi).
  24. Panagia (Diochi).
  25. Profitis Helias (top of mountain).
  26. Ag. Ioannis Prodromos (Achladokampos).
  27. Ag. Nikolaos (Daskalio).

 C. CATEGORY

  1. Ag. Ioannis Prodromos (Mavri Rachi).
  2. Ag. Anna (Mavri Rachi).
  3. Ag. Ekaterini (in town).
  4. Ag. Kiriaki (1746).
  5. Ag. Savvas.
  6. Panagia.
  7. Ag. Andreas.
  8. Ag. Panteleimonas (Achladokampos).
  9. Profitis Helias (Achladokampos).
  10. Ag. Markella (Archontiki).
  11. Ag. Georgios (Archontiki).
  12. Ag. Ioannis Theologos (Archontiki).
  13. Ag. Basikios (Ftelio).
  14. Ag. Ioannis Prodromos (Antipsara).
  15. Ag. Ioannis Theologos (Antipsara).

 D. CATEGORY 

  1. Monastery
  2. Panagia Vatousaina (Rebuilt at 1808).
  3. Ag. Triada (Xerokampos)(1807).
  4. Zoodoxos Pigi (Xerokampos).
  5. Ag. Efthimios (in town).
  6. Ag. Eleftherios (Achladokampos).
  7. Ag. ioannis (Voukolia) (1741).
  8. Ag. Konstantinos (Xerokampos) (1796).
  9. Panagia Spiliousena.
  10. Panagia Skinopousena.
  11. Panagia (Xerokampos).
  12. Ag. Isidoros (at Xerou mountain).
  13. Ipapanti (North of Achladokampos) (1793).
  14. Ag. Grigorios Theologos
  15. Ag. Simeon Neos Theologos
  16. Monastery (1783) at Achladokampos (untill 1824).

 

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