Religious trip to Argolida

Argolida

We can encounter important examples of Byzantine architecture in the wider area, for example the holy church of Panagia Merbaka, the church of Koimiseos of Theotokos (Dormition of Virgin Mary) in Chonikas and Metamorphosis Sotiros (Transfiguration of Christ) in Plataniti.

In the beautiful city of Nafplio there are post-Byzantine churches with long history, like the church of Agios Spyridonas.

On the eastern foothills of the fortress of the fortress of Palamidi, near the village of Aria, at a distance of approximately 3km from Nafplio, is the monastery of Areia or Nea Moni or Agia Moni, as it has been called since the 17th century.

At the centre of the village Chonikas or Neo Iraio at a distance of approximately 7 km from the city of Argos, is one of the most important Byzantine monuments of Argolis, the church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.

At the entrance of the village of Agia Triada or Merbaka, at a distance of approximately 8 km from Nafplio, is the beautiful Byzantine church of the Dormition of the Virgin.

It is known as Panagia at Merbaka, and has been related to the Latin archbishop of Corinth in the 13th century, Wilhem von Meerbeke, from whom the church and the whole church took its name.

At the heart of the old city of Nafplio, at Kapodistriou street, is the church of Agios Spyridon, which has been connected with one of the most important στην historical events of modern Greece.

At the church’s entrance Ioannis Kapodistrias, who was on his way to the church, was murdered on the 27th of September 1831, by the sons of Petrobey Mavromichalis, Georgios and Konstantinos.