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.

67. Chapel of Zoodochos Pigi

Brief documentation:

The Chapel of Zoodochos Pigi is located on Pindarou Street and in 1934 bore the name Kalamouda. It was built in the second half of the 19th century. Testimonies speak of miraculous cures of children, but also of older believers.
A second chapel dedicated to Zoodochos Pigi is located on the White Tower Street in the old Xanthi.
The chapel of Zoodochos Pigi on Pindarou Street is built on a retaining wall, next to the secondary and today dried bed of Kosynthos (cut off in 1914).
The form of the chapel is single-aisled, very simple and does not have a sanctuary. The chapel is built mainly with clay masonry, with untreated stones, which are evident on its exterior, as well as wooden frames and red bricks. Its roof is gabled, with tiles.
It is one of the many chapels of the Mitropoleos district.
It is located in an area with particularly high traffic at night, as near it there are the entertainment centers of the so-called "shore" (a name that remained from the time when the secondary bed of Kosynthos created a nice riparian promenade).


Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL/HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS INTEREST


History:

The Chapel of Zoodochos Pigi is located on Pindarou Street and in 1934 bore the name Kalamouda Street. It was built in the second half of the 19th century. Testimonies speak of miraculous cures of children, but also of older believers.
A second chapel dedicated to Zoodochos Pigi is located on the White Tower Street in the old Xanthi.


Elements of architecture:

The chapel of Zoodochos Pigi on Pindarou Street is built on a retaining wall, next to the secondary and today dried bed of Kosynthos (cut off in 1914).
The form of the chapel is single-aisled, very simple and does not have a sanctuary. The chapel is built mainly with clay masonry, with untreated stones, which are evident on its exterior, as well as wooden frames and red 


Description of other elements:

It is one of the many chapels of the Mitropoleos district.
It is located in an area with particularly high traffic at night, as near it there are the entertainment centers of the so-called "shore" (a name that remained from the time when the secondary bed of Kosynthos created a nice riparian promenade).


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): Second half of the 19th century


Year of construction: Second half of the 19th century


Location of the monument: 41.143295285680054, 24.88878843533422


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: Pindarou


Visitable: No

 

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