Category:Panagia (Folegandros)

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Object location36° 37′ 49.37″ N, 24° 55′ 31.91″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMapinfo
<nowiki>Church of Koimisis Theotokou Folegandrou; Ναός Κοίμησης Θεοτόκου Φολεγάνδρου; Guds moders avsomnandes kyrka; Orthodox church in Folegandros Municipality, Greece; χριστιανικός ναός - προστατευόμενος ως διατηρητέο κτίριο; kyrka i Folegandros i Grekland</nowiki>
Church of Koimisis Theotokou Folegandrou 
Orthodox church in Folegandros Municipality, Greece
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LocationFolegandros (Chora), Commune of Folegandros, Folegandros Municipality, Thira Regional Unit, South Aegean Region, Decentralized Administration of the Aegean, Greece
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  • listed archaeological site in Greece
  • protected building in Greece
Map36° 37′ 48.98″ N, 24° 55′ 31.86″ E
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This church is dedicated to the Assumption (Kimisis, Koimésis) of Virgin Mary and was possible constructed on the ruins of an ancient temple. In fact, marble parts of this temple were used as building material for the church and visitors can see ancient inscriptions and bases of statues in the interior and the courtyard of the church. The exact year of the construction of the church is not known. However, a marble sign says that it was renovated in 1687 and it took its present form in 1821. The architecture of the church is traditional Cycladic and the exterior is whitewashed. This is a one-aisle basilica with many domes and a tall bell-tower. The interior has fine frescoes, a marble throne for the archbishop and a marble icon screen. In the past, the church was the katholikon of a female monastery. The silver icon of Virgin Mary inside the church is believed the be miracle-working. The legend says that in 1790, 18 boats of Algerian pirates were about to get ashore. The desperate residents of Folegandros went to the church to pray for their lives to Virgin Mary, when a strong northern wind blew and sank all the boats of the pirates, of whom all got drown. Since then, the locals consider Virgin Mary the ptotector of their island. (http://www.greeka.com/cyclades/folegandros/folegandros-churches/folegandros-panagia-church.htm)

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