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The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist[ 1] ( Greek: Καθεδρικός ναός του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Βαπτιστή) is a parish of the Catholic Church in Fira, on the island of Santorini in Greece. [ 2][ 3] It serves as the cathedral of the Diocese of Santorini . The cathedral is located in the city center, in the Catholic ...
Santorini ( Greek: Σαντορίνη, romanized : Santoríni, pronounced [sa (n)doˈrini] ), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα, romanized: Thíra, pronounced [ˈθira]) or Thera, [ a] is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from its mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago formed ...
The Panagia Episkopi is a beige-washed cross-in-square domed church with peripheral structures. The floor plan takes the shape of a Greek cross with a length of 14 m and breadth of 11.1 m, and the crossing supports a dome upon a tholobate. The roofs of the church are covered with red tiles or simply plastered.
Completed. 1757. The Three Bells of Fira ( Greek: Τρεις καμπάνες των Φηρών ), officially known as The Catholic Church of the Dormition, is a Greek Catholic church on the island of Santorini. The church is known for its blue dome, three bells and views. [ 1] The building is located in the town of Fira, directly above the ...
Oia, Greece. / 36.467°N 25.367°E / 36.467; 25.367. Oia or Ia ( Greek: Οία, romanized : Oía, pronounced [ˈia] [ 2]) is a small village and former community in the South Aegean on the islands of Thira ( Santorini) and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality of ...
Petros Stefanou. Metropolitan Archbishop. Josif Printezis. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santorini ( Latin: Dioecesis Sanctoriensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Santorini in the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece. [ 1][ 2]
The theater is built into the slope below the city. Ancient Thera ( Greek: Αρχαία Θήρα) is the name of an archaeological site [ 1] from classical antiquity [ 2] on the island of Santorini, which sits on the top of a limestone hill called Mesa Vouno. Starting in 1895, Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen systematically investigated the ...
The Catholic Church in Greece is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Indigenous Roman Catholic Greeks numbered about 50,000-70,000 in 2022 [ 1] and were a religious and not an ethnic minority. Most of them are a remnant of Venetian and Genoese rule in southern Greece and many Greek islands ...