The Greek Orthodox churches of Ag. Simeon and Profitis Ilias above Kamares on the Greek island of Sifnos in the Cyclades

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The Greek Orthodox “Panagia Vrissis” or of the “Most Holy God’s Mother of Vrissi” or of “Kyrias Vrissianis” or of “Natal of God’s Mother in Vrissi” as it is referred to the copy of the A Codex,was built by a pious man, named Benjamin, who held the ecclesiastical dignity of “Logothetis” before 1660. The Monastery between 1639 and 1676 became a Patriarch’s “Stavropigio” (the Monastery has been founded and blessed by the Patriarch Himself) according to the official letter of Patriarch Parthenios. The Monastery is settled on a low hill, a few kilometers after the village of Exabela.

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Location: Kamares, Greece
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Keywords: ag., church, churches, greek, ilias, island, kamares, orthodox, profitis, sifnos, simeon