Sightseeing
Museums - Libraries:
The Ecclesiastic and Folklore Museum, right in the centre of the settlement of Lipsoi, featuring religious icons fron the 16th and 17th century, crosses and gold-embroidered religious vestments from the 17th century , local costumes, traditional utensils and coins from various periods. Also on show at this museum is a minor collection of so-called random findings.
Noteworthy is the fragment of a marble Ionian style capital from the 4th Century BC and certain oil lamps from the 3d Century BC.
There is a lending library operated on the island of Lipsoi, hosted and sponsored by UNESCO.
Churches and monasteries
There are several small churches and monasteries scattered around the island. So many are they, in fact, that the saying according to which there is one church for each family in Lipsi might just as well be justified.
Panaghia of Charos , one of the oldest and most remarkable on the island, was built in around 1600. The church takes its name - the Virgin of Death - from a remarkable icon it contains, in which the Virgin is depicted holding the dead body of the crucified Christ in her arms. Since 1943 the church has been renowned for what is known as the miracle of the lilies. It all began in April 1943, when the local people had placed in front of the icon some white lilies. A few weeks later the flowers, which had withered and died, suddelny began to revive and put forth buds. By the time of the festival of the Virgin on August 23 the buds had blossomed into full-grown lilies, just as if it were April again. The miracle has occurred regularly each year since then, and on August 23rd each year the faithful come to the church in droves to honour the majesty of the Virgin and to marvel at the miracle.
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The church of AGHIOS IOANNIS THEOLOGOS (the island's largest church).
The church of KIMISI TIS THEOTOKOU (located in a little harbour named in honor of the church).
PANAGIA OF KOUSELIO church (built on the foundations of a pre-christian temple).
The two churches of ST. NICHOLAS located on either side of the harbour .
The church of ST. THEOLOGOS of MOSCHATO.
The church of PROFITIS ILIAS.
The church of ST. NEKTARIOS. |
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