Outside the village, on the east on a mountainside,
there is the country church of Saint Constantine and Eleni.It
is a building of 1950.It is a rectangle small and plain church,
covered with tiles .It has a capacity of 80-100 people .It
is built by stone and at its side there is the jaunty belfry.
Internally it is simple. The iconostasis is of marble construction
from mosaic and it is described as plain and poor. The icon
which is dedicated to the Saints made in 1949 is placed on
a special icon –stand on the south side of the church. The
church functions two –three times a year. It is celebrated
on the 21st of May, where there is litany of the Saints’ icon.
On the foothill of the mountainside there is a river.there,
it is a rectangular marble built (ôæéïýñç), in which the residents
of the community used to perform the Holy service. They tied
sheets from the marble square building to the close olive
trees, having as a center two rocks, which were used as the
high altar and inside the marble building there was the priest
chanting. On the outside there were the people stood to watch
the priest.
This marble building with the icons of the saints is still
maintained until today .The villagers take care of the Saint’s
vigil lights to be constantly kept lit.
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