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Lessons from the Byzantium

Lessons from the Byzantium

The B&M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music organizes on January 8, 15, 22 and 29, a series of lectures titled "Lessons from the Byzantium” which belong to the lectures organized which are aiming at developing an interdisciplinary dialog and the public’s participation.  The speaker is the researcher, university professor, and writer George Kontogeorgis. The lectures will take place every Tuesday for two hours (6pm. - 8pm.) until...

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Exhibition of icon painter Gregoris Balogiannis

Exhibition of icon painter Gregoris Balogiannis

  The Christian and Byzantine Museum presents 50 representative works of painter Gregoris Balogiannis’ career, the man and artist who devoted his life to Byzantine and post-Byzantine painting.  The presentation is complemented by a documentary video about the life of the artist, directed by Christos Konstantopoulos. Gregoris Balogiannis was born in Grevena, was raised in an orphanage and graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Athens in 1963 with...

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The temple and the cave of the birth in Bethlehem

The temple and the cave of the birth in Bethlehem

  Bethlehem, a small town of Palestine, was the place of birth of many great men mentioned in the Old Testament.  Perhaps the most important of all is David, the King of Israel. However, the name Bethlehem has been associated with Jesus Christ, because there was the cave that gave shelter to the Virgin Mary and the newborn infant.  The cave was known from the earliest years of Christianity. In...

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Exploring the world of the Byzantium

Exploring the world of the Byzantium

  The European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments offers to all those interested, through its website dealing with the education and the promotion of Byzantine culture, the possibility of distance learning about the culture that is linked with the development and the spread of Christianity.  The thematic essays of the exploringbyzantium website are divided into various categories, such as Cities in Byzantium, Social Life in Byzantium, Science and Technology,...

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Infrastructure projects at Mount Athos

Infrastructure projects at Mount Athos

The Region of Central Macedonia and Thrace has ensured the necessary funds for the significant infrastructure needs of the monasteries of Mount Athos, but also for the necessary flood protection works. So far, an important part of these works has been carried out in Xenophontos, Philotheou, Karakalou monasteriesand others. However, the protection and the enhancement of Mount Athos, the monument that is part of the World Cultural Heritage, is imperative...

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The Skete of Saint Anne Posted: November 26, 2018  | Categories: News  | Author: Christianity Art

The Skete of Saint Anne Posted: November 26, 2018 | Categories: News | Author: Christianity Art

The most important sketes in Greece are located at the Mt. Athos Peninsula. The monastery of the Great Lavra belongs a skete, the Skete of Saint Anne, the oldest and largest Skete on Mount Athos. The term "skete" means a small monastery, either a cenobium or of relative isolation, just like all the other Athonite monasteries, an organized community composed of many monastic huts. In the middle of each skete...

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The Church of Saint Catherine in Plaka

The Church of Saint Catherine in Plaka

The church of Saint. Catherine found in Plaka, on the remains of an older early Christian church, which was based on the ruins of an ancient sanctuary of Goddess Artemis, like so many churches in Athens and across the country, seems humble and approachable and carries the history of centuries. The church which we see today located at the junction of Herefontos, Lysikratous, Galanou and Goura streets, in one of the...

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Kaisariani Monastery

Kaisariani Monastery

In the capital, a Byzantine and post-Byzantine Monastery, the Monastery of Kaisariani, is a true jewel and a monument of our cultural heritage. The first buildings of the Monastery of Kaisariani, which lies at the foot of Mt. Hymettus, east of the city of Athens, were built in the 6th and the 10th century and according to excavations were basilicas. The monastery which exists to our days was built in the...

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