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Pelion is noted for its churches, which are low and rectangular, with outside
galleries and sometimes separate bell towers. Every village, every valley, every slope
of Pelion is crowned by its
church. Very beautiful basilicas, with outer narthexes and stone benches with a
rich interior adornment, with costly and well made iconostases gather the
faithful and the lovers of beauty.
 At
Zagora
all the churches are monuments of art, with wood-carved iconostases
of great value, with portable Byzantine icons, with precious sacred vessels,
improvised museums safeguard the portable objects from every attack, but they
also show them to the pilgrim. |
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At Kissos furthermore the iconostasis of St. Marina is
enviable; probably
unique.
At Milies, the holy Archangels, in the square contain a noteworthy wood
carved iconostasis and frescoes of the 18th century.
The Precious cross at Anemoutsa of Agria has a painted wood- carved
iconostasis.
One finds some more remarkable iconostases in St. Demetrius of St. Lawrence,
in the Dormition at Makrinitsa, in the Archangel and in Saint Paraskevi at
Tsagarada, in the Holy Trinity of Mouresi.
Important frescoes exist in St. Demetrius of Neochorion painted by the
iconographer Pagoni, in St. Marina af Kissos by the same person, in the
Ηοly Trinity of Anilion by the same person, in St. Athanasios af Alli
Meria by Theophilos, in Ρanaghia in Portaria which was built in 1273 etc.
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