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The Hosios Loukas, the oldest in the complex, is the only church known with certainty to have been built in the tenth century in its site in mainland Greece. This centralized parallelogram-shaped building is the oldest example of the cross-in-square type in the country; its plan closely follows that
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The main shrine of the monastery is the tomb of St. Luke, originally situated in the vault, but later placed at the juncture of the two churches. The monastery derived its wealth (including funds required for construction) from the fact that the relics of St. Luke were said to have exuded
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were until recently covered in hundreds of years of dust and hidden but in the 1960s the crypt underwent a cleaning by the Greek
Archaeological Service which revealed their remarkably well preserved state with the exceptions of the
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on the exterior wall of the
Panagia church: Joshua was considered a model "warrior of the faith", whose help was especially effective in the wars waged against the Arabs. The Katholikon contains the best preserved complex of
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which has lost most of its plaster exposing brick and stone, as well as the entrance vault and groin vaults which have suffered slight damage from water seepage and minor vandalism, mostly on the lower
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which make a transition from the octagonal base under the dome to the square defined by the walls below. The main cube of the church is surrounded by galleries and chapels on all four sides.
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There is evidence that the monastery was reputed all over
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include but are not limited to exposure to “oil from the lamp above the tomb, moisture exuded from the tomb, and dreams experienced when sleeping near the tomb in the practice called
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was likely celebrated here as part of the services of burial and commemoration of revered religious figures, or as part of the ceremonies relating to the healing cult of
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was frequented before and after the completion of the complex, but following completion it became the focal point of the miracle cult of
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were painted after 1048 AD and the death of
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Hosios Loukas is the largest of three monasteries surviving from the Middle
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inside the dome is missing, as are the figures of archangels normally placed between the upper windows.
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are kept in the monastery to this day. St Luke (not to be confused with the
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The crypt has three distinct areas: the entrance way; the main interior space which includes nine
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Oikonomides, Nicolas (1992-01-01). "The First
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associated with him involved the healing power of his tomb. Connor says that accounts in
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The monastery of Hosios Loukas is situated at a scenic site on the slopes of
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Philotheos offering a likeness of the newly built church to the saint.
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around the tomb represent not only St. Luke himself, but also
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by Emperor Romanos. It was unclear if he was referring to
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The Hosios Loukas adjoins a larger cathedral church, or
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Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki
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Christian monasteries established in the 10th century
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1239:Cormack, Robin, "Wall Paintings and Mosaics," in
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1057:Heaven on Earth: Art and the Church in Byzantium
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1234:The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies
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1198:Il Monastero di Hosios Lukas in Focide
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4533:Church of the Holy Apostles
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1504:
1467:
1425:Church of Saint Catherine
1376:Church of Saint Demetrios
1329:
1287:Hosios Loukas | Art Atlas
1130:. Oxford University Press
236:, and has been listed on
209:
168:
129:
121:
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101:
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81:
66:
42:
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24:
4981:Panagia Molybdoskepastos
4660:Saints Theodoroi, Serres
4262:Muslim conquest of Crete
3951:Thomas I Komnenos Doukas
3936:Michael VIII Palaiologos
3916:Theodore Komnenos Doukas
3794:Theme of the Peloponnese
2782:Droungarios of the Fleet
1520:Temple of Athena Pronaia
1446:Church of Prophet Elijah
820:Dionysius the Areopagite
671:written by an anonymous
515:Virgin with Child mosaic
500:Beneath the great domed
117:1.43 ha (3.5 acres)
5122:Saint Nicholas Orphanos
4771:Saint Francis of Assisi
4645:Panagia Ekatontapiliani
4625:Old Metropolis of Veria
4378:Zealots of Thessalonica
4227:Persecution of paganism
4180:Greek states after 1204
4036:Theodore II Palaiologos
3296:Early Byzantine mosaics
2658:Domestic of the Schools
1705:Medieval City of Rhodes
457:from the period of the
212:) is a historic walled
153:38.395361°N 22.746833°E
5291:Christianity in Greece
5256:Theotokos Kosmosoteira
5087:Pammegistoi Taxiarches
4880:Panagia Pantobasilissa
4781:Saint John the Baptist
4475:Byzantine architecture
4390:Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
4274:Macedonian Renaissance
4202:Despotate of the Morea
4197:Empire of Thessalonica
4001:Stephen Gabrielopoulos
3613:Byzantine commonwealth
2375:Praetorian prefectures
2295:Logothetes tou genikou
2269:Quaestor sacri palatii
2264:Comes rerum privatarum
2037:Fall of Constantinople
1976:Sack of Constantinople
1730:Cave of the Apocalypse
1498:
1490:
1482:
1474:
1390:Church of Hagia Sophia
1281:Photographs of mosaics
699:or in adjacent rooms.
516:
459:Macedonian Renaissance
383:
375:
230:Byzantine architecture
87:Cultural: (i)(iv)
5107:Saint Gregory Palamas
5082:Old Metropolis, Veria
5077:Immaculate Conception
4986:Panagia Paregoretissa
4635:Panagia Kontariotissa
4565:Didymoteicho Fortress
4363:Hesychast controversy
4313:Battle of Klokotnitsa
4289:Byzantine–Norman wars
4051:Demetrios Palaiologos
4026:Esau de' Buondelmonti
3891:Nikephoros Melissenos
3789:Theme of Thessalonica
3742:Provinces and regions
3313:Komnenian renaissance
3308:Macedonian period art
3213:Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
3185:Walls of Thessaloniki
2285:Logothetes tou dromou
1900:Twenty Years' Anarchy
1864:Valentinianic dynasty
1859:Constantinian dynasty
1711:Grand Master's Palace
1548:Stoa of the Athenians
1497:
1489:
1481:
1473:
1432:Church of the Saviour
1248:Dumbarton Oaks Papers
1151:Dumbarton Oaks Papers
1104:Connor, C.L. (1991).
1020:. Brill. p. 450.
669:The Vita of St. Luke,
514:
480:, silk curtains, and
424:). The hemispherical
381:
373:
5233:Panagia Olympiotissa
4938:Assumption Cathedral
4761:Panagia Gremniotissa
4525:Angelokastro (Corfu)
4443:Byzantine literature
4338:Battle of Makryplagi
4242:Byzantine Iconoclasm
4011:Manuel Kantakouzenos
4006:Nikephoros II Orsini
3921:Demetrios Chomatenos
3881:Nikephoros II Phokas
3799:Theme of Cephallenia
3510:Units of measurement
3244:Panagia Gorgoepikoos
3137:Pammakaristos Church
2985:Corpus Juris Civilis
2936:Missionary activity
2395:Exarchate of Ravenna
2221:Imperial bureaucracy
1650:Tomb of Clytemnestra
349:in 1206, the legate
343:Nicholas the Pilgrim
290:Gospel of Saint Luke
242:World Heritage Sites
158:38.395361; 22.746833
74:, Hosios Loukas and
5298:Churches by country
5052:Hagia Sophia, Drama
4791:Three Bells of Fira
4736:Panagia tou Kastrou
4353:Battle of Demetrias
4343:Battle of Neopatras
4318:Battle of Pelagonia
4257:Arab–Byzantine wars
4232:Barbarian invasions
4187:Despotate of Epirus
4085:Nicephorus Gregoras
3754:Theme of the Aegean
3034:Culture and society
2897:Ecumenical councils
2400:Exarchate of Africa
2390:Quaestura exercitus
2254:Magister officiorum
2249:Praetorian prefects
1892:Byzantine Dark Ages
1591:Acropolis of Athens
1218:Efthalia Rentetzi,
1207:Efthalia Rentetzi,
1196:Efthalia Rentetzi,
547:The crypt contains
544:near the entrance.
318:) was constructed.
149: /
21:
5284:Churches in Greece
4875:Panagia Kapnikarea
4333:Battle of Prinitza
4080:George Akropolites
4056:Thomas Palaiologos
4021:Thomas Preljubović
3991:Michael Monomachos
3804:Theme of Nicopolis
3779:Theme of Macedonia
3774:Macedonia Province
3451:Flags and insignia
3097:Baths of Zeuxippus
2980:Codex Theodosianus
2870:Oriental Orthodoxy
1828:Later Roman Empire
1643:Treasury of Atreus
1499:
1491:
1483:
1475:
1439:Vlatades Monastery
1266:2020-11-26 at the
601:of Hosios Loukas.
517:
463:Christ Pantocrator
384:
376:
19:
5307:
5306:
5277:Greece portal
5127:Saint Panteleimon
4905:Saint Panteleimon
4885:Pantanassa church
4860:Little Metropolis
4756:Our Lady of Tinos
4751:Nea Moni of Chios
4673:
4672:
4620:Nea Moni of Chios
4548:Soteira Lykodemou
4543:Little Metropolis
4485:Byzantine cuisine
4448:Alexander romance
4120:George Sphrantzes
4075:Niketas Choniates
3961:Demetrios Kydones
3896:Michael Choniates
3699:
3698:
3661:
3660:
3618:Byzantine studies
3593:
3592:
3589:
3588:
3404:Alexander Romance
3262:
3261:
3239:Nea Moni of Chios
3102:Blachernae Palace
3024:
3023:
3020:
3019:
2990:Code of Justinian
2838:Eastern Orthodoxy
2809:
2808:
2805:
2804:
2731:
2730:
2605:Scholae Palatinae
2501:
2500:
2497:
2496:
2466:Foreign relations
2460:
2459:
2354:
2353:
2168:
2167:
2164:
2163:
1967:(1204–1453)
1752:
1751:
1735:Nea Moni of Chios
1720:
1713:
1666:
1659:
1652:
1645:
1638:
1636:Tomb of Aegisthus
1631:
1573:Old Town of Corfu
1557:
1550:
1543:
1536:
1534:Athenian Treasury
1529:
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1455:
1448:
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1434:
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1406:
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1392:
1385:
1383:Latomou Monastery
1378:
1371:
1364:
1357:
1250:, vol. 46 (1992).
1030:Rosemary Morris.
647:itself where the
351:Benedict of Porto
302:Nicephorus Phocas
199:
198:
76:Nea Moni of Chios
5387:
5275:
5274:
5273:
5092:Panagia Chalkeon
5062:Hagios Demetrios
4815:
4809:
4803:
4731:Panagia Episkopi
4700:
4693:
4686:
4677:
4676:
4630:Panagia Episkopi
4538:Daphni Monastery
4284:East-West Schism
4219:
4192:Empire of Nicaea
4041:Gemistos Plethon
3784:Theme of Strymon
3735:
3734:Byzantine Greece
3726:
3719:
3712:
3703:
3702:
3686:
3599:
3598:
3542:Imperial Library
3488:Byzantine Greeks
3229:Daphni Monastery
3180:Panagia Chalkeon
3175:Hagios Demetrios
3142:Prison of Anemas
3092:Basilica Cistern
3050:
3049:
3041:
3040:
3030:
3029:
2885:West Syriac Rite
2875:Alexandrian Rite
2826:
2825:
2819:Religion and law
2815:
2814:
2750:Maritime themata
2706:Palaiologan army
2559:Military manuals
2527:
2526:
2518:
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2507:
2506:
2365:
2364:
2341:Megas logothetes
2192:
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2047:By modern region
1968:
1915:
1914:(717–1204)
1846:
1808:
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1795:
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1786:Byzantine Empire
1779:
1772:
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1756:
1755:
1744:Heraion of Samos
1716:
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1662:
1655:
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1555:Temple of Apollo
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743:View of the dome
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496:The Burial Crypt
397:. The walls are
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5309:
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5260:
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5180:Panagia Trypiti
5146:
5132:Saint Paraskeva
5112:Saint Catherine
5028:
5000:
4996:Saint Paraskevi
4967:
4909:
4816:
4810:
4804:
4795:
4721:Hagios Spyridon
4707:
4704:
4674:
4669:
4590:Kassiopi Castle
4580:Hexamilion wall
4570:Feraklos Castle
4555:Castle of Chios
4508:
4480:Byzantine dress
4463:Greek Anthology
4438:Byzantine music
4416:
4217:
4211:
4175:
4124:
4110:Joannes Zonaras
3976:Andronikos Asen
3971:Nicholas Orsini
3966:Catalan Company
3956:Gregory Palamas
3861:Irene of Athens
3834:
3764:Theme of Hellas
3749:Achaea Province
3737:
3733:
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3695:
3692:
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3633:Cyrillic script
3604:
3585:
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3396:Digenes Akritas
3372:
3317:
3258:
3222:Other locations
3217:
3189:
3146:
3078:
3067:Cross-in-square
3035:
3016:
2966:
2820:
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2727:
2677:
2673:Varangian Guard
2616:
2590:East Roman army
2585:Late Roman army
2573:
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2493:
2456:
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2329:
2325:Epi ton deeseon
2315:Epi tou eidikou
2273:
2237:
2179:
2160:
2147:
2050:
2048:
2041:
2027:Palaiologan era
1969:
1966:
1957:
1928:Nikephorian era
1916:
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1904:
1847:
1845:(330–717)
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1835:
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1783:
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1163:10.2307/1291657
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5117:Saint Nicholas
5114:
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5097:Prophet Elijah
5094:
5089:
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5047:Acheiropoietos
5044:
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5024:Saint Spyridon
5021:
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5006:Ionian Islands
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4955:
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4822:Central Greece
4818:
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4783:
4778:
4773:
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4766:Panagia Kanala
4763:
4758:
4753:
4748:
4743:
4741:Saint Ignatius
4738:
4733:
4728:
4723:
4717:
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4713:Aegean Islands
4709:
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4665:Trikala Castle
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4575:Gardiki Castle
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4298:
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4115:George Kodinos
4112:
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4100:Michael Glykas
4097:
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4090:John Scylitzes
4087:
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4008:
4003:
3998:
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3988:
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3981:John II Orsini
3978:
3973:
3968:
3963:
3958:
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3933:
3928:
3926:John Apokaukos
3923:
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3769:Theme of Samos
3766:
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3080:
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5200:Peribleptos
5190:Pantocrator
5160:Brontochion
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4963:Saint Titus
4928:Agios Minas
4923:Agia Triada
4900:Saint Irene
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4600:Mount Athos
4520:Acrocorinth
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3901:Leo Sgouros
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2554:Mercenaries
2431:Catepanates
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2209:Family tree
2134:Mesopotamia
1953:Angelid era
1933:Amorian era
1344:Mount Athos
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967:20 November
875:St Abramius
871:Clockwise:
857:Clockwise:
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635:’s healing
478:chandeliers
399:opus mixtum
156: /
131:Coordinates
105:1990 (14th
102:Inscription
5314:Categories
5185:Pantanassa
5019:Saint Mark
4991:Red Church
4953:Saint Mark
4610:Monemvasia
4501:Hexabiblos
4071:Historians
3809:Sclaviniae
3648:Third Rome
3574:University
3557:Philosophy
3547:Inventions
3410:Historians
3378:Literature
3361:Varangians
3203:San Vitale
3132:Hippodrome
3112:City Walls
3012:Mutilation
3007:Hexabiblos
2927:Bogomilism
2917:Iconoclasm
2787:Megas doux
2777:Greek fire
2760:Aegean Sea
2633:Kleisourai
2610:Excubitors
2600:Bucellarii
2452:Despotates
2421:Kleisourai
2360:Provincial
2204:Coronation
2178:Governance
1943:Doukid era
1876:Leonid era
1355:City Walls
1271:(in Greek)
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943:References
795:St Michael
689:Saint Luke
681:incubation
657:Saint Luke
641:Katholikon
633:Saint Luke
622:Saint Luke
577:Philotheos
575:including
502:Katholikon
490:Iconoclasm
436:Decoration
411:Katholikon
405:patterns.
366:The church
341:The saint
328:incubation
306:Romanos II
5175:Makelaria
5034:Macedonia
4513:Monuments
3851:Heraclius
3476:Octoechos
3356:Silk Road
2848:Hesychasm
2716:Paramonai
2663:Hetaireia
2595:Foederati
2484:Diplomacy
2479:Diplomats
2385:Provinces
2214:Empresses
2017:Trebizond
1813:Preceding
1629:Lion Gate
1614:Epidaurus
1541:Gymnasium
906:St Andrew
833:Zacharias
661:levitator
618:Eucharist
606:sanctuary
583:period."
581:Byzantine
430:squinches
310:Theotokos
298:Romanos I
284:), whose
270:Venerable
214:monastery
92:Reference
5215:Thessaly
5195:Patapios
5142:Vlatades
5102:Protaton
4830:Daphnion
4786:Therapon
4367:Palamism
4207:Thessaly
4171:Ioannina
3886:Basil II
3866:Danielis
3825:Tsakonia
3818:Ezeritai
3814:Melingoi
3569:Scholars
3562:Rhetoric
3552:Medicine
3527:Learning
3426:Calendar
3303:Painters
3002:Basilika
2940:Bulgaria
2902:Arianism
2853:Hayhurum
2830:Religion
2792:Admirals
2711:Allagion
2643:Droungos
2549:Generals
2511:Military
2474:Treaties
2380:Dioceses
2199:Emperors
2112:Sardinia
2092:Dalmatia
2072:Bulgaria
2062:Anatolia
2021:Theodoro
2015: /
2011: /
2003: /
1728:and the
1461:Philippi
1264:Archived
1134:March 2,
1038:, 1995.
926:See also
693:miracles
665:miracles
629:pilgrims
591:frescoes
565:apostles
553:lunettes
549:frescoes
542:lunettes
532:frescoes
442:Daphnion
382:Interior
280:(Greek:
272:(Greek:
250:Daphnion
246:Nea Moni
83:Criteria
44:Location
4615:Mystras
4595:Meteora
4529:Athens
4421:Culture
4218:History
4151:Mystras
4146:Corinth
3876:Basil I
3678:Outline
3623:Museums
3523:Science
3500:Slavery
3456:Gardens
3436:Cuisine
3368:Dynatoi
3336:Coinage
3323:Economy
3291:Mosaics
3254:Mystras
3195:Ravenna
3057:Secular
2945:Moravia
2694:Pronoia
2668:Akritai
2653:Tagmata
2628:Themata
2569:Revolts
2539:Battles
2447:Kephale
2416:Themata
2346:Mesazon
2188:Central
2124:Maghreb
2077:Corsica
2067:Armenia
2057:Albania
1800:History
1677:Olympia
1672:Mystras
1619:Mycenae
1568:Meteora
1506:Central
1362:Rotunda
1213:Weblink
1202:Weblink
1191:Sources
1171:1291657
918:St Luke
807:St Paul
783:St Mark
771:St John
703:Gallery
683:.” The
608:of the
595:patrons
569:martyrs
486:in situ
455:mosaics
336:hegumen
332:mosaics
315:Panagia
256:History
222:Boeotia
218:Distomo
107:Session
96:537-001
67:Part of
53:Boeotia
5248:Thrace
4973:Epirus
4933:Arkadi
4161:Thebes
4156:Patras
4141:Athens
3839:People
3688:Portal
3603:Impact
3483:People
3431:Cities
3281:Enamel
3062:Sacred
2997:Ecloga
2863:Saints
2772:Dromon
2648:Bandon
2638:Tourma
2621:Middle
2544:Beacon
2426:Bandon
2409:Middle
2278:Middle
2233:Senate
2156:Thrace
2139:Serbia
2117:Sicily
2102:Greece
2087:Cyprus
2005:Epirus
2001:Nicaea
1911:Middle
1788:topics
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1583:Attica
1527:Tholos
1514:Delphi
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274:Hosios
266:hermit
238:UNESCO
226:Greece
72:Daphni
61:Greece
4915:Crete
3759:Crete
3673:Index
3505:Death
3495:Women
3466:Music
3446:Dress
3441:Dance
3386:Novel
3346:Trade
3341:Mints
3286:Glass
3276:Icons
3072:Domes
2950:Serbs
2765:Samos
2578:Early
2368:Early
2242:Early
2151:Syria
2129:Malta
2107:Italy
2097:Egypt
2082:Crete
2013:Morea
1842:Early
1700:Delos
1606:South
1339:Aigai
1331:North
1167:JSTOR
645:crypt
614:altar
610:crypt
599:abbot
588:crypt
506:crypt
474:icons
324:myron
294:Crete
282:Lukas
220:, in
206:Greek
4458:Suda
4166:Arta
3816:and
3471:Lyra
3351:silk
2962:Jews
2737:Navy
2682:Late
2522:Army
2489:Wars
2440:Late
2334:Late
1964:Late
1742:and
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1136:2016
1081:ISBN
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990:ISBN
969:2022
697:tomb
685:tomb
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637:cult
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559:and
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417:naos
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