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In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Presentation of Jesus at the temple is celebrated as one of the twelve Great Feasts, and is sometimes called Hypapante (Ὑπαπαντή, "meeting" in Greek). The Orthodox Churches which use the Julian Calendar celebrate it on 15 February, and the Armenian Church on 14 February.
In 1773, with the suppression of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits was banned from Greece and the Lazarists replaced them. In 1839, a fire destroyed a third of the city, including the church. The church was rebuilt within a year and dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus and her Immaculate Conception. [3]
Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian feast day commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple by Joseph and Mary. It is based upon the account of the presentation of Jesus in Luke 2:22–40.
The St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral (Greek: Εκκλησία του Αγ. Φραγκίσκου της Ασίζης) [1] also called Catholic Cathedral of Rhodes, is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Rhodes, Greece, [2] near the gate of St. Athanasius, between the two districts Acandia and St. John.
The church contains three aisles, of which the central aisle is dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin, the south aisle to the Three Hierarchs and the north aisle to Saint Nicholas. In the church are icons by well-known Cretan icon painters of the 19th century, such as Antonios Revelakis, Antonios Vivilakis, E. Triolitakis and Ioannis Stais.
The Holy Trinity Cathedral [2] (Greek: Καθεδρικός και Ενοριακός Ιερός Ελληνόρρυθμος Καθολικός Ναός Αγίας Τριάδος) [3] also called Greek-Catholic Cathedral of Athens is a Greek Byzantine Catholic cathedral in Athens, Greece.
The Icon of Christ of Latomos (or Latomou), also known as the Miracle of Latomos, [1] is a 5th-century Byzantine mosaic of Jesus in the monastery of Latomos (now the Church of Hosios David the Dendrite) [2] in Thessaloniki, Greece, that is an acheiropoieton (a religious image that is believed to have been made miraculously). [1]
Other sources consider Church of Saint Panteleimon of Acharnai as the largest one in Greece. [7] Over the central dome there is a 5-meter-long, gold-plated cross and over the other domes, there are 12 smaller crosses. [8] These crosses symbolize Jesus and His apostles.