The church of the Panagia was built in the 11th century, and the golden iconostasis is from 1745 as well as the episcopal throne and the stand. In the piece of the Citadel contemporary is still the Place of worship of the Sacred Trinity with garbage of frescoes from the 9th century, the Place of worship of Saint Nicholas, and an initial Christian church which was tough to the Unnamed Christian Sufferer. This later church was open only by a position searching for his lost stockpile. Too in the Citadel is an ecclesiastical museum with recurrent materials.
The lovely icon of the Panagia, sizeable in silver and wearisome the day of the week 728 AD, is assumed by some to be the work of the Evangelist Luke. It trendy at the desert island in a lovely relief on a weak clipper by itself with two lit lamps. This was in the 9th century trendy the days of iconclasm.
In the Citadel the Lerian Vicar Damascene operated a school from 1726, enriching the command of the desert island, and it ceased operation in the mid-19th century.
The Citadel of Panteli is the peak important medieval commemorative of Leros, which, according to tradition, trendy the time of the iconoclasts in the 9th century the sacred icon of the Theotokos came in a lovely relief. It was for this origin that the Citadel bears the name of the Father of God plow this day and celebrates annually on the feast of her Dormition on Dignified 15th and the Apodosis on Dignified 23rd. At one time this Citadel was added dreamlike than the gravestone of the Panagia in Tinos, later than Christians would come stage from all once more Greece and Asia Miinor for the feast.
In addition to the traditions of the population for the Dignified 15th feast is for mother's who conduct tough their children to the Panagia of Kastro to dress their children all in black on Dignified 14th, they make prosphoro for the Heavenly Liturgy, they stride up to the Citadel by way of 499 staircase, and at the back the Enormous Vespers Aid they remove the black clothing and fit them to the Theotokos.
The leap of Eldress Gavrilia (1897 - 1992) is within the Citadel moreover.
AN EYE-WITNESS Weary OF A Marvel OF THE THEOTOKOS
It was a form night agreed midnight. The full moon was gleaming with its daylight, the pitch was sleeping enjoyable, having as its steward the good divider with the white mills and the Venitian fort. The Monastery of the Virgin Mary the Megalochari, the Lady of the desert island, was built in contemporary, with icons full of gold and silver gifts that the islanders brought for her fluffiness. Nobody can be heard in that dead settle down salt away only the creepy emit of an owl or the screem of a position dog from time to time.
Impulsively a entry from a hut was openned and a insect came out holding a big bag. She stood for a glimmer, throwing searching glances rudely, and making three era the sign of Furious. She put the bag on her hem in and took the roadway which leads to the pirouette mills.
As she was walking, she heard touch steps and in a tiny while she saw two shadows falling wildly down. She got troubled and ready her Furious. To the lead she had time to even to pull herself together, she saw in the light of the moon two men carring whatever thing on their hem in, thing and out of pall towards the pitch.
In the crack of dawn, next to the sun had gilded the divider trimmings with its daylight, the church agitation of the Citadel approximately broke from energy walk so much. So the only nun of the Monastery went initial in the crack of dawn inflowing the church to incence the icons, she found them ravage from their quaint gold and silver kindness. She started to ring the agitation in a edgy relief and the whole desert island started to doubt that whatever thing had happened.
Men, women and children gathered to the church to see what had happened. They would go inflowing the church, and later than they saw the icons sterile, they would go out to the church veranda to find the others to discourse about it and curse the thief. Bathos can be seen in everbody's faces. The priests who everywhere moreover act upon trendy this work, took the icon of the Virgin out to the veranda and everybody kneeled down imploring the Virgin to make her incident.
Impulsively, an odd clatter was heard. The population who everywhere up to that time bright in the litany, turned to see what had happened and they saw Nicholas, the dumb position whom they called "foolish", come thing and making some impenetrable noise. Two or three men went to escort him, he although with signs as consistently, showed them that they have to record him.
Selected men before I finish oral what was asked of them and permissible him to lead them. They followed him down the take and at the turning-point of the roadway, the dumb man stood in front of a unseen hut and ready them understand that they have to go inflowing it. Between arrest, but moreover with couriosity, the men entered they hut, and what did they see? Two men were laid down on the den, allied, and not good enough energy mighty to move themselves, and in involving them contemporary were two big bags with the materials of the Megalochari. The Virgin Mary had ready her incident. As the dumb position was walking about by the old pirouette mills in the light of moon as if he was some sociable of fairy, he agreed coating of the hut, and he saw the men and brought the gossip to the Monastery.
