Island Churches & Icons
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agios jannis
lovely little church on the main road near the turn off for agios theodoros , just past potamo
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one of the island's main churches .. agai moni , high on a mountain with wonderful views of the island .. agia moni celebrates on the 6th august
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a very moving part of the 15th august service at myrtitia ...with the bishop of the island and his priests officiating in the magnificent service
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one of the oldest churches in palochora .. e keria tou foro !! ( the lady of the tax} unusual name for a church but that's another story , a lovely church service is held there late august , if you are in kythera late au...
Open entryblowing in the wind ...
beautiful church at kalamos on the main road with the pine tress swaying in the breeze , I can still hear that peaceful sound of the breeze blowing through those pine tress ...
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a unique and lovely church in kato chora , near mylopotamo agia marina, which is embedded into the side of a rock mountain
Open entryin need of urgent repair !!
can it be repaired ? the beautiful church at mitata ruined during the large earthquake that hit mitata some years ago , note the bell tower to the left of the church that was removed in case it crashed to the ground .. w...
Open entryIn the shadow of a chair
The whitewashed wall of Aghia Elessa is the perfect canvas for this shadow
Open entryInside the wall
The tree forms a striking contrast with the whitewashed walls of the monastery of Aghia Elessa
Open entrydown on the corner !
lovely old church just outside mitata on the way to viarathika.. wonder how many churches are there in kythera ....?
Open entryfishing village
limonias , was the fishing village for the mylopotamo area , the men of the village would spend a few days at limonias staying at those little huts fishing for food for the families and selling the fish to people at the...
Open entryhow lovely are you ?...
another little church I found near the village of viarathika, this could have been like a lot of small churches on the island that could have been privately owned by families of kythera many years ago ...this church must...
Open entrythe island of churches
lovely little church just outside of the village of viarathika.. does anyone know the name of this church ?
Open entryagia paraskevi panayia
agia paraskevi , one of Brisbane's orthodox churches also celebrates the feast day of panyia myrtidiotissa as part of the church service this morning with lots of kytherians coming to worship our scared icon...
Open entryyou'll never walk alone !
the president of the kytherian association of Queensland peter coroneo [ far right ] with committee members Jim poteri [ left of icon ] and harry poulos walk tis panayias icon around the grounds of saint George church we...
Open entryon parade !
the parading of tis panayias icon for the feast day of panayia myrtidiotissa at saint George church , west end; Brisbane , which is held on kythera on the 24th September .....
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