Corfu Town: Spiliotissa Parish Church
On Mitropolis Square, near the Old Port, is 16th Century church that contains the remains of Saint Theodora, 9th Century Byzantine Empress. It is named also Mitropolis after the public square in which it is. The Spiliotissa name derives from spilia that means cave and it is the name of this area so called for the presence of a cave at the feet of the New Fortress. It was built in 1577 in Corfu Town, and possesses some impressive ecclesiastical art.
Inside the church there are Byzantine icons like the Madonna Dimosiana, painted on both sides, and others of the Ionic School made by Damaskino, Tzane and Paramithioti.
Metropolitan Church of Corfu (Corfu Town, Greece)
Holy Metropolitan Church of Iperagia Theotokos Spileotissis
The Metropolitan Church of Kerkyra (Corfu), known as Panagia (Virgin Mary) Spileotissa, is situated near to the New Fortress and the port, where the old church of Saint Vlasios stood. The church built in 1577 is a three-aisled Basilica with influences of the Renaissance Period. It is dedicated to three saints, Panagia Spileotissa (since after the destruction of the church the icon of Panagia Spileotissa was brought here), to St. Vlasios and to St. Theodora, the Empress of Byzantium. In the interior there are great hagiographies, a Byzantine templon and a silver shrink whith the Holy Relics of Saint Theodora. The most important icons are: Panagia of Dimosiana (made in the town of Ioannina in the 14th century), The Crucifixion (15th century), Agios Georgios (16th century), Agios Govdelas (17th century) and the Last Supper (18th century). The Holy relic of Saint Theodora was transferred here from the Constantinople together with the holy body of Saint Spyridon (his relic is in the Saint Spyridon Church). The procession of the Holy relic of Saint Theodora takes place on the first Sunday of the Lent of the Orthodox religion, every year. Saint Theodora was empress and wife of the emperor of the Byzantium, Theofilos. She lived during the difficult years of iconoclasm (iconoclasty = rejection icons). Her husband, Theofilos, was one of the iconoclasts and opposed to Saint Theodora’s faith regarding the icons of the Orthodox Church. After her husband's death, Saint Theodora governed the country wisely for 15 years, since their son, Michael, was still a minor. Holy Empress Theodora convened in 843 a synod, the Iconoclasts were anathematized and the worship of icons was recognized by the Church.
Capitala Corfu păstrează 37 de lăcaşuri de cult. Catedrala mitropolitană a oraşului este Panaghia Spiliotissa – „a Maicii Domnului din Peşteră”. Biserica a fost construită în anul 1577 în stil baroc pe ruinele unei biserici mai vechi cu hramul Sfântul Vlasie. A devenit catedrală mitropolitană din anul 1841 şi se află la câteva străzi de cea a Sfântului Ierarh Spiridon. Aici se păstrează moaştele Sfintei Împărătese Teodora, pomenită de Biserică în fiecare an la 11 februarie. În Duminica Ortodoxiei, are loc o procesiune cu moaştele Sfintei Împărătese Teodora, soţia împăratului iconoclast Teofil, care a convocat în 843 un sinod la Constantinopol care a întărit hotărârile Sinodului VII Ecumenic (Niceea, 787) privitoare la venerarea icoanelor.
Sfânta Împărăteasă Teodora era de origine din Paflagonia (Nordul Anatoliei, Turcia europeană de azi), fiind fata unui anume Marinus, comandantul regimentului militar. A fost sotia Împăratului Teofil Iconoclastul (829-842), însă nu a aderat la erezia iconoclastă împreună cu acesta (iconoclastii distrugeau icoanele considerându-le chip cioplit). După moartea sotului ei, Sfânta Teodora a guvernat tara cu întelepciune vreme de 15 ani, deoarece fiul lor, Mihail, era încă minor.
Sfânta Împărăteasă Teodora a convocat in anul 843 un sinod, la care iconoclastii au fost anatematizați, iar cinstirea icoanelor recunoscută în cultul Bisericii. Sfânta Teodora a stabilit celebrararea anuală a acestui eveniment, „Biruinta Ortodoxiei”, în prima Dumnică din Postul Mare. La noii i se spune „Duminica Orodoxiei”. În anul 857 Sfânta Teodora s-a retras de la guvernare, lăsând locul fiului său, si a petrecut 8 ani în mănăstirea Sfânta Eufrosina, unde si-a închinat viata nevointelor ascetice.
Moastele sale au săvârsit nenumărate minuni. Racla ferecată în argint cu moastele Împărătesei Teodora este asezată în partea dreaptă a sfântului locas.
Corfu Town: St. Francisc Church
The monastery of Saint Francisc of Asissi, one of the oldest monasteries of the island, is dedicated to Saint Angelo and it is said that it was built in the 13th century.
Initially, during the years of the Bishops of Epirus, Aggelon Komninon, Monastery was granted to the Greek nuns, while in May of 1367 it was granted to the Battalion of monks of Saint Fragisko, which developed the Monastery as much as possible. In the beginning of 17th century it appears that there were reconstructions and in September of 1621 it was blessed by the Archbishop Benedetto Bragadino. In 1798 it the first public school functioned in the Monastery for the first time. From the end of 1943, because the Catholic Cathedral suffered serious destruction from the bombardments of the Germans, the Monastery of Saint Fragisko became a Cathedral for the Catholic population of the island until the reconstruction of the new Cathedral.
ITHAKA (Ιθάκη, Ithaca), Greece ► Video Guide, 21 min. Overview 4K ► Melissa Travel
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00:34 Marina
00:51 Loutsa beach
01:01 Venetian cannons of Loutsa's Castle
01:11 Mnimata
01:18 Skinos
01:50 Gidaki
02:06 Filiatro
02:26 Cape Skotargia
02:41 Sarakiniko
03:19 Arethousa Krini
04:01 Pera Pigadi
04:14 Panagia Spiliotissa
05:11 Rizes cave
06:10 Perachori
06:42 Palaiochora
07:04 Cave of the Nymphs
07:15 Dexa
07:20 Aetos
07:30 Kedros
07:55 Aspros Gialos
08:21 Komninou Ammos
08:30 Koutoupi
08:38 Katharon monastery
09:43 Anogi
10:13 Menhir of Herakles
10:40 Stavros
11:11 Palace of Odysseus - School of Homer
12:21 Panagia Eleousa
12:40 Platrithias
12:56 Exogi
13:33 Kolieri
13:49 Fountain of Kalamos - Melanydros Fountain
14:01 Afales
14:29 Platia Ammos
14:36 Alikes
14:53 Marmakas
15:20 Frikes
16:09 Kourvoulia beaches
16:49 Kioni
20:43 Vathy
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Timeline:
00:07 Vathy
02:10 Lazareto islet
02:21 Marina
02:45 Venetian cannons of Loutsa's Castle
02:54 Loutsa beach
03:19 Mnimata
03:26 Skinos
04:04 Gidaki
04:36 Filiatro
04:56 Cape Skotargia
05:17 Sarakiniko
05:59 Arethousa Krini
06:54 Pera Pigadi
07:08 Panagia Spiliotissa
08:53 Rizes cave
10:33 Perachori
11:45 Palaiochora
12:53 Cave of the Nymphs
13:10 Dexa
13:15 Aetos
13:25 Kedros
13:53 Aspros Gialos
14:22 Komninou Ammos
14:35 Koutoupi
14:45 Katharon monastery
16:07 Anogi
16:54 Menhir of Herakles
17:24 Stavros
17:57 Palace of Odysseus - School of Homer
19:57 Panagia Eleousa
20:37 Platrithias
20:41 Exogi
23:06 Kolieri
23:26 Fountain of Kalamos - Melanydros Fountain
23:48 Afales
24:17 Platia Ammos
24:30 Alikes
24:49 Marmakas
25:24 Frikes
26:14 Kourvoulia beaches
27:01 Kioni
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Old city Corfu church
Old city Corfu church
Corfu Town: New Fortress seen from Spilia Square.
Spilia: this means 'cave', and is the name given to the area around the old port and to its south, derived from the cave to be found at the entrance to the New Fortress. Here, in early Christian times, two stone icons of the Virgin Mary were found, one of which was placed in the Cathedral and the other left in situ. It now rests in the Church of the Blessed Virgin of Spiliotissa, which was built to house it.
Spilia Square offers а view tо the New Fortress. Directly ahead is the Spilia Gate, one the two remaining gates of four that used to give entry into the Venetian town. In this square can be seen Port Authority and Courthouse buildings.
Corfu Town: St. Sofia and St. Josef church (1)
The holy Temple of Saint Sofia and Saint Josef was rebuilt in 1650. Initially it was a private church while from 1846 it was a brotherly church of the corporation of carpenters and builders. Even though the temple is dated 1650, because it was rebuilt with designs by the architect Ioannis Chroni in 1848, it is considered one of the least ecclesiastical monuments of the 19th century in the city of Kerkyra.