“Greece 🇬🇷 ~Day Two on Syros Island”
This morning, we hopped in our car and headed to the ticket office to buy ferry tickets, first thing. We will have an easy ferry ride of less than an hour, when we leave Syros, for Tinos Island. After that business was taken care of, we hit the hills to visit a church and a Monastery. Neither one were open for viewing, but the area surrounding them was quite lovely, with an old village to wander through, and great views of the port side of Syros.
We then came back down from the hillside and made our way to the coast route, to check out some beaches. We ended up doing a loop around about half of the island. We focused on churches, beaches and villages.
Since being in Greece, we have not been able to see inside many churches, with the lockdowns in place. It is also nice to get to enjoy some Greek music, sit-in restaurants, and see more businesses open up. It’s not back to 100 percent, but it’s getting there!
We had a wonderful day, and are enjoying our stay on Syros island, very much! Tomorrow, we will drive around the other half of the island, for our last day.
The Orthodox Church of Resurrection is located on the top of Vrodados Hill, overlooking the Aegean Sea. The church was built in 1870, on the spot where a memorial of the Greek Revolution of 1821 was supposed to be erected and was designed by the architect Dimitris Eleftheriadis. Being at the same height as the church of St. George in the neighbouring hill of Ano Syros, makes this edifice one of Syros’ iconic landmarks.
The imposing temple is a cruciform basilica with a majestic blue dome and two impressive bell towers (the bells constitute a donation by the Pangalos family, in 1905). The church has many neo-classical architectonic elements, which are apparent especially in its exterior, while the interior is rather wonderful, with marble being the dominant material. The church has numerous, magnificent icons, many of which are of major artistic and historic significance.
The Capuchin Monastery is located in Ano Syros and is dedicated to Saint John. It was founded in 1653 by King Louis XIII of France and currently, there are no monks in the monastery, except the abbot. Situated close to the Jesuit Monastery, it is a fact that these two monasteries have played an important role in the religious and social life of the inhabitants where schools and hospitals were established.
The Capuchin Monastery hosts the church of Agios Ioannis, dating from 1635. In the basement of this church, there are crypts that were used as shelters during pirate raids. Later on, after 1896, they were used to house the bones and the tombstones belonging to the old Catholic families. The monastery has many adits and basements to explore.
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Absolutely stunning – the Greek islands are officially at the top of my list of places to see!!! ❤️
You must go!
Enjoying your tour of the Island. The colour of the water! Was it cold Daryl?
thank you we are. Yes the water is a comfortable cool, when it is so hot out