Island Churches & Icons

the procession of all the bishops and priests parade towards the icon of agia ellessa to conduct the service at her place of being ordained a saint ..

the bishop of kythera officiating at this years myrtithia service ... voutha sas !!

the mayor and all the island hierarchy in all their splendor at this years panayia myrtithdtisa 15th august service ..

a lovely little church service in the village of melitianika , near potamos late august ....this little village church has magnificent hand painted frescoes on the walls ..

the icon of the virgin Mary on parade at St. George.. west end Brisbane as part of the 24th September panayias celebrations .

the icon of ' tis panayia' on display and paraded around St. George church at west end Brisbane ..

panayias church service at St. George.. Brisbane. 2013..xpona polla !!

receiving holy communion at a church service at poliohora ..

the bishop walks up the hill from palochora after the church service , the service is held in one of the old churches in palochora, the church is on the left of the bishop , the little grey one [e kerea tou foro ] , and...

inside the surrounds of our holy Myrtithia, the essence of kythera !!

one of the loviest church services of the summer , the celebration of agia ellessa on the first of july , the little service at the location where agia ellessa was killed , when in kythera try to go to another church ser...

two great kytherian icons.... agia ellessa and george pullos... !!

lovely agia ellessa church service this year , the bishops and priests found it hard to combat the northely winds in early august

the bishop of kythera , after the service on the 15th august at myrtithia heading upstairs to the priests retreat after another lovely and moving service for a well deserved ''cafethaki ''

at agia ellessa this year, the priest at agios theodoros who came to australia last year with the bishop and mayor, take part in this years service on the 1st august ... '' ke tou xpono '' ...!!

lots of ''xopane '' from surrounding villages attend church[ayios jannis] at trifyllianika for the john the baptist celebration day .. on the 29th august what a wonderful day , after the service coffee is served and lots...

lovely little church service at trifyllianika on the 29th august , for the celebration day of john the baptist , although the little boy holding the candle finds it a bit all to hard ......

is there a more lovely sight in kythera than a full moon in august ? the moon at its brilliant moment over illaroitissa church in potamo .. cant wait to see the full moon in august this summer ...to light up the beauty o...

this lovely old church is in a remote part of the island on the way to diakofti with the mountains of agia moni and agios georgious in the background . does anyone know the name of this church ?

....the feast day of Ayios Theothoros, 2013 At the Monastery of Ayios Theothoros, Kythera The Ayios Theothoros Feast Day, is commemorated on May 12th Historical sketch The monastery of Saint Theodoros was built by crafts...