Religious monuments of Old Xanthi
This route is about 2.3 km, about 70 minutes and of moderate difficulty. The visitor will have the opportunity to tour religious monuments of old Xanthi. From the Sunne mosque to the chapel of Agioi Theodoroi you will find a reasonable number of Christian churches and chapels, mosques and the Catholic church that testify to the religious identity of the inhabitants and at the same time highlight the multicultural and multireligious character that the city of Xanthi had and still has today.

Their position in the urban fabric of the city highlights the importance of their character (with the layout of secular buildings around them), the need of residents for religious expression and their timeless peaceful coexistence. Of interest are both their architectural configuration and their interior decoration with icons, frescoes, wood carvings on the iconostasis in Christian churches and tiles with floral decoration in the mihrab of the mosques.

73. Chapel of Agios Fanourios

Brief documentation:

On the uphill of Pygmalionos Christidi Street, at its junction with Vyronos Street, there is the Chapel of Ag. Fanourios. This chapel is one of the most modern chapels in the Akathist Hymn district. The church of the Akathist Hymn is located right next to the chapel, on Vyronos Street. In the same spot where the chapel stands today, a corner house with sachnisi, built according to traditional architecture, is depicted in old photographs, which allegedly housed the priest of the temple of the Akathist Hymn.
The Chapel of Agios Fanourios is a small single-aisled building, without a prominent niche for the altar. The main door of the building has two small windows on either side, while the chapel is covered with a small dome, which is covered with tiles.
The chapel celebrates every year on August 27, the day of Agios Fanourios, and the housewives prepare the so-called fanouropita. Fanouropita is a kind of oil cake with which believers ask the Saint to "reveal" objects or people or generally to find something they are looking for.


Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST


History:

On the uphill of Pygmalionos Christidi Street, at its junction with Vyronos Street, there is the Chapel of Ag. Fanourios. This chapel is one of the most modern chapels in the Akathist Hymn district. The church of the Akathist Hymn is located right next to the chapel, on Vyronos Street.
In the same spot where the chapel stands today, a corner house with sachnisi, built according to traditional architecture, is depicted in old photographs, which allegedly housed the priest of the temple of the Akathist Hymn.


Elements of architecture:

The Chapel of Agios Fanourios is a small single-aisled building, without a prominent niche for the altar. The main door of the building has two small windows on either side, while the chapel is covered with a small dome, which is covered with tiles.


Description of other elements:

 The chapel celebrates every year on August 27, the day of Agios Fanourios, and the housewives prepare the so-called fanouropita.


Purpose - Use: Church building


Characterization:  Government Gazette 612Β/30-4-1976 and Government Gazette 661/Β/17-5-1976, Government Gazette 1097 Δ/14.12-1995


Dating (period): Άγνωστο


Year of construction: Άγνωστο


Location of the monument: 41.14475722437683, 24.88599465561325


Bibliographic references:

•    "Churches, Monasteries and Chapels of the Old Town", Thomas Exarchou, Old Town Celebrations, 2000
•    "The Churches of Old Xanthi", Georgios Tsigaras, Municipal Development Enterprise of Xanthi, Holy Metropolis of Xanthi and Peritheoriou, 2008


 Address: Vyronos 14 & P. Christidi


Visitable: No

 

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