domes and two narthexes, an inner narthex and an exonarthex.
In the sanctuary are beautiful frescoes and a magnificent carved wood iconostasis.
The Monastery of Evangelistria has three chapels: Agios Dimitrios, Zoodochos Pigi and the Timios Prodromos (Saint John the Baptist).
The library of the monastery contains various important books and documents and the museum houses the relic of a saint martyred during Ottoman rule, sacred vessels, ecclesiastical objects and post-Byzantine icons.
This monastery has a great importance in Skiathian and Greek history for it was the place were revolutionary fighters against the Turks came to hide, |
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1738 and collapsed in the 19th century.
The cruciform main church has been preserved which have wall paintings dating from 1745 and beautiful icons on the carved wood 18th century templon.
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Monastery of Panaghia Kounistra |
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This post-Byzantine monastery is dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin and is located just above Troulos.
It was built in 1655 and the legend says that, during this period, a monk found the icon of the Virgin (Panaghia Kounistra) hanging from a tree and put it in the monastery which expended with the fame of the miraculous icon.
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Cathedral of the Treis Ierarches (Three
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This cathedral is interesting because of its architecture which defers of the classical post-Byzantine and Byzantine churches and monasteries usually found in Greece and because it is housing the miraculous icon of the Panaghia Kounistra or Eikonistra, patron of Skiathos, beautiful carved wooden icon screen and a large metal circle bearing icons of the apostles and prophets, under which, in Kastro, medieval weddings were performed.
Other little churches are spreading along Skiathos and waiting to be visited.
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