ORTHODOX WORSHIPPicturesque Churches
Furthermore on the hill of Anakasia the chapel of St. Irene shines forth like a beautiful crown, newly built, a witness to the piety of the Policemen who built it with their offerings. Ïn Pelion one finds awesome chapels which all witness an old history. Át Portaria the chapel at the Panaghia built in 1273, at Milies the Holy Trinity inside the forest, at Vizitsa St. John since 1771, at the square of Makrinitsa the holy Forerunner, St. Nicholas in the cliff a little outside the village of St. Onouphrios of Volos, the little chapel at the hill of Episkopi, the Prophet Elias at Upper Volos, the Transfiguration at ÑÉatania, St. Serapheim in the forest Kouriin Almyros, Golgotha near the Ìonastery Xenia. Áll these offer the pious pilgrim possibilities for spiritual uplift and ascent of soul, along with an opportunity for isolation and reflection, a beautiful view and peace of mind. Çow we need all these things, when we live in the noise of the big cities which resemble contemporary Babylons...
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