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Church of the Holy Theotokos Panagoula Vanatou Zakynthos

Build Year: No data available.
Faith: Eastern Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy

It is first mentioned in 1510 as a monastery belonging to Andreas Markos, granted to the priest Dimitrios Mazis. After the earthquake of 1953, it was built from scratch, combining neoclassicism and romantic baroque. Works: A) Madonna and Child, with silver lining (second half of the 18th century), on a wood-carved gilded chair of the 19th century. Back, inscription 1742. BY THE HAND OF NIKOLAOS KALERGIS ". B) "ELEOUSA" (Lady of mercy) with silver lining, dating back probably to the 16th c. C) oil paintings by Konstantinos N. Frangopoulos, K. Politis, refugee (1925). D) painted icons of Christos Rouseas. E) At the base of the cathedral there is the Presentation of the Virgin Mary with the inscription: "1805 By the hand of a priest named Paision Voutos". F) Silver sculptures of Holy Glasses, incense burner, linings from Venice (1768) of the Gospel, iconostasis candles of the 18th century, with the inscription: "1751 PANAGOULA IN VANATOS". G) Iconostasis by Dionysios Tortorelis (1860), with the collaboration of Panagiotis Michalakis and Dionysios Trichas, designed by Ioannis P. Katayvatis. H) Icons of iconostasis and pulpits are attributed to Panagiotis Nika-Plessas. I) Golden wood sculpture by Spyridon I. Tortorelis, I) Despotic throne by Anastasios D. Vlachos (1911) and IA) The Crucified probably by Nikolaos Kantounis. Recently, the interior walls were covered with wood-carved decoration (work of Dionysios and Georgios Tsoukalas), with the oil paintings of Frangopoulos and contemporary oil paintings by Nikolaos Biazis-Sentis, and the artist Dionysis Palmas decorated the carpenters with gold leaf.