Religious monuments of Old Xanthi
The route is about 2 km long, lasts about 80 minutes and is of low difficulty. In it, the visitor will have the opportunity to tour the most important 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 plant decoration in the mihrab of mosques.

69. Chapel of the Ascension of the Savior

Brief documentation:

The Chapel of the Ascension of the Savior is located in Mitropoleos Square, in the center of the old Xanthi, at 16 Antika Street. Essentially, the chapel is embedded in the courtyard of a building on Mitropoleos Square. In 1934 it was known by the name of Agia Messistria. Its construction is placed in the last years of the 19th century, during the pastorate of Joachim Sgouros.
The chapel is a simple, one-room building with a three-pitched roof, with its entrance into the courtyard. It has arched openings on the north side only, as the south one is adjacent to the adjacent building and the west wall has no opening since it faces the road. The entrance door is located on the north side, and after that three more windows are opened.
The building, in the courtyard of which the chapel is located, was built in the period 1890-1910 as the residence of the Photiades family, while today it belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Xanthi and Peritheoriou, after a donation. During Ottoman rule, the building served, for short periods, as the headquarters of the Greek Consulate. Today, it operates, downstairs, as a Social Clinic and Pharmacy and upstairs, as a School of Byzantine Music.


Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST


History:

The Chapel of the Ascension of the Savior is located in Mitropoleos Square, in the center of the old Xanthi, at 16 Antika Street. Essentially, the chapel is embedded in the courtyard of a building on Mitropoleos Square. In 1934 it was known by the name of Agia Messistria. Its construction is placed in the last years of the 19th century, during the pastorate of Joachim Sgouros.


Elements of architecture:

The chapel is a simple, one-room building with a three-pitched roof, with its entrance into the courtyard. It has arched openings on the north side only, as the south one is adjacent to the adjacent building and the west wall has no opening since it faces the road. The entrance door is located on the north side, and after that three more windows are opened.


Description of other elements:

The building, in the courtyard of which it is located, was built in the period 1890-1910 as the house of the Fotiadis family, while today it belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Xanthi and Peritheoriou, after a donation. During Ottoman rule, the building served, for short periods, as the headquarters of the Greek Consulate. Today, it operates, downstairs, as a Social Clinic and Pharmacy and upstairs, as a School of Byzantine Music.


Purpose - Use: Church building


Characterization: Preservable, Institution of the Ministry of Culture, Decision DILAP/C/11/63051, Government Gazette 73/86


Dating (period): Late 19th century


Year of construction: Late 19th century


Location of the monument: 41.14408300663538, 24.887780991409993


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: Antikas 16


Visitable: No

 

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