weepingeverytime the village has been in danger.
Hence the name, “Dewy Virgin”.
The church is located in the middle of Naxos alongside the road to Apollonas on Naxos’ north side. It was built somewhere in the end of the 6th cent. A.D. It is full of rare paintings and offers a beautiful view of the Tragea Valley. The earliest layer of paintings on the wall (frescoes) dates back to as far as the 6th Century and the painting on the dome dates back to about the 9th Century. The dome shows “Christ Pantokrator”.
In front of the altar on the right side you will see Agios Georgios on a horse with a little boy sitting behind him carrying water. The early iconostasis was made of marble.
However, when that was pulled down, a wooden one was found behind it. The wooden one was made of a heavy kind of wood which may have been chestnut tree wood. It is decorated with an ancient style relief tendril. Its stem traces out wide waves and has big grapes and strange twin vine leaves.
The church has a lovely courtyard which also houses the cemetery of the village. Every year on Good Friday during the mid-day, this church bustles with locals from the village of Moni celebrating an old tradition of offering a strong alcohol, “raki”, and bread with raisins and nuts to all the guests.
The photo is from Mrs Karin Valentin |
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