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Benefactors of the Greek Orthodox community of Xanthi
This route is about 2 km, about 60 minutes and of moderate difficulty. In it, the visitor will be able to tour buildings of architectural or religious interest at the same time, which were either built thanks to the donation of a benefactor from Xanthi, or are related to the residence or shop of the benefactor's family.

The role of benefactors was particularly important for the Greek Orthodox Christian populations during the Ottoman period, since they took care of the construction and decoration of schools, churches and buildings of public character (e.g. clubs) and thus contributed to the preservation of the ethnic and religious identity of the community.

The visitor starts from the chapel of Zoodochos Pigi on Lefkou Pyrgou Street and ends at the chapel of Agia Paraskevi in the heart of the old town. Along the way he will learn about the tobacco benefactors An. Sigalas, P. Stalios, M. Matsinis, the Kougioumtzoglou family, the teacher D. Chasirtzoglou, M. Floris etc. He will also "meet" the metropolitans of Xanthi and Peritheoriou Eugenios, under whose guidance and encouragement the churches of the old town were rebuilt and decorated after the catastrophic earthquake of 1829, and Ioakeim Sgouros, who rebuilt the Metropolitan Mansion and part of the monasteries.

Important were also the donations of professional guilds to the churches, such as the shoemakers' and the cobblers’ unions, which donated to the church of Akathist Hymn the icon of the Holy Trinity, or of Epirotan G. Kagialidis, who dedicated to the Metropolitan Church the icon of St. George of Ioannina, or of the Velios family, who donated several icons to Kavaki.

72. Holy Trinity Chapel

Brief documentation:

In the parking lot that now exists in the area there used to be a large two-storey house, owned by someone named Meraklis, according to oral testimonies. This house was the residence of the metropolitan for a short time, until the damaged metropolitan palace was repaired.
In the courtyard of this house there was a Chapel of the Holy Trinity. Today in the same area, which belongs to the opposite church of the Akathist Hymn and is a private parking lot, there is a newer chapel also dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
The Chapel of the Holy Trinity is a small, one-room building. It has a gabled roof with tiles, which extends to the west to house an outdoor introductory space. Small windows open on the sides of the building. The apse of the altar protrudes to the east and has a separate, lower roof. The chapel is surrounded by a guardrail.
The Chapel of the Holy Trinity is located at 18 Vyronos Street, in the courtyard of a privately owned residence, which today has been demolished and a few parts of it are preserved in ruins.

Category of thematic interest:  RELIGIOUS INTEREST

History:

In the parking lot that now exists in the area there used to be a large two-storey house, owned by someone named Meraklis, according to oral testimonies. This house was the residence of the metropolitan for a short time, until the damaged metropolitan palace was repaired.
In the courtyard of this house there was a Chapel of the Holy Trinity. Today in the same area, which belongs to the opposite church of the Akathist Hymn and is a private parking lot, there is a newer chapel also dedicated to the Holy Trinity.

Elements of architecture:

The Chapel of the Holy Trinity is a small, one-room building. It has a gabled roof with tiles, which extends to the west to house an outdoor introductory space. Small windows open on the sides of the building. The apse of the altar protrudes to the east and has a separate, lower roof. The chapel is surrounded by a guardrail.

Description of other elements:

The Chapel of the Holy Trinity is located at 18 Vyronos Street, in the courtyard of a privately owned residence, which today has been demolished and a few parts of it are preserved in ruins.

Purpose - Use: Church building

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

Dating (period): Unknown

Year of construction: Unknown

Location of the monument: 41.14458505605264, 24.885778793319147

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 18

Visitable: No

 

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