Μουσείο Εκκλησιαστικής Τέχνης Δράμας
The museum of the Holy Metropolis of Drama in a five-storey building, with icons, carved woodwork, episcopal vestments and church vessels.
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About the museum
The Museum of Church Art of Drama has been in operation since 1999. It is housed in the building of the former boarding house of the Metropolis of Drama, where Metropolitan Dionysios had gathered many relics so that they could be preserved and safeguarded. Over time the relics were conserved and found their place in the new museum.
On the first floor are displayed folk-art icons, carved iconostasis doors and parts of templa (chancel screens). On the second floor a pair of iconostasis doors with the Annunciation of the Theotokos, the Virgin Hodegetria and Christ Blessing stand out; they most probably come from the church of the Taxiarchs in Drama. Also displayed are episcopal vestments of the metropolitans of Drama, Grevena, Nevrokopi and Zichni. The most important are the vestments of the martyr-metropolitan of Smyrna, Chrysostomos.
The third floor mainly houses icons in the folk style. On the fourth floor there are portable icons and many priestly and deacon vestments, while the fifth floor contains church vessels: chalices, lances, exapterygon (six-winged liturgical fans), processional crosses and antimensia (altar cloths).
Highlights
- Episcopal vestments of Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Smyrna
- Pair of iconostasis doors with the Annunciation of the Theotokos
- Folk-art icons and carved iconostasis doors
- Vestments of metropolitans of Drama, Grevena, Nevrokopi and Zichni
- Church vessels, processional crosses and antimensia
Permanent exhibition
- Μόνιμη συλλογή: κειμήλια εκκλησιαστικής τέχνης σε πέντε ορόφους – Icons, carved woodwork, episcopal vestments and church vessels, arranged over five floors.
- Founded
- 1999
- Operated by
- Ιερά Μητρόπολις Δράμας
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