Ecclesiastical and Byzantine Museum of Kythnos
Museum in the church of Agios Georgios in Dryopida on Kythnos, with Byzantine and post-Byzantine icons, books and church relics.
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About the museum
The Ecclesiastical and Byzantine Museum of Kythnos is housed in a space specially fitted out in the church of Agios Georgios in the village of Dryopida. It was founded on the initiative of the priest Konstantinos Gonidis.
The museum displays church objects from the Byzantine era and icons that have survived through the centuries. The collection includes around 150 Byzantine and post-Byzantine icons, around 90 church books, Orthodox crosses, priestly vestments and manuscripts. Some of the icons and books are rare, date from the 18th century and were made by monks of Mount Athos.
Highlights
- Around 150 Byzantine and post-Byzantine icons
- Around 90 church books
- Orthodox crosses, priestly vestments and manuscripts
- Rare icons and books from the 18th century, made on Mount Athos
- Located in the church of Agios Georgios
Permanent exhibition
- Μόνιμη έκθεση του Εκκλησιαστικού και Βυζαντινού Μουσείου – Byzantine and post-Byzantine icons, church books, crosses, vestments and manuscripts in the church of Agios Georgios.
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