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Church Attractions In Central Macedonia

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Central Macedonia (Greek: Κεντρική Μακεδονία, translit. Kentrikí Makedonía, pronounced [cʲe̞n.dɾiˈcʲi ma̠.cʲe̞.ðo̞.ni.a̠], is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the geographical and historical region of Macedonia. With a population of almost 1.9 million, it is the second most populous in Greece after Attica.
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  • 1. Hagios Demetrios Thessaloniki
    The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios , is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki , dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire. It is part of the site Palaeochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki on the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO since 1988.
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  • 2. Monastery of St. Dionysios in Olympus Litochoro
    The Monastery of Agios Dionysios in Olympus is a Greek Orthodox monastery on the slopes of Mount Olympus, the most important monastery in the Pieria Prefecture. It is located at the Enipeas ravine at an altitude of 850 m The original monastery was established in 1542, was destroyed by the Germans in 1943. A new monastery was established at a distance of some 5 km to the northeast of the old one, closer to the town of Litochoro. . The Agios Dionysios Monastery is a stauropegic monastery, subordinated directly to the Patriarch of Constantinople . Beside the monasteries Kanalon and Agia Triada, Sparmos it is one of the monasteries located at Mount Olympus.
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  • 8. Monastery of Megisti Lavra Mount Athos
    Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in northeastern Greece and an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism. It is governed as an autonomous polity within the Greek Republic. Mount Athos is home to 20 monasteries under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Mount Athos is commonly referred to in Greek as the Holy Mountain and the entity as the Athonite State . Other languages of Orthodox tradition also use names translating to Holy Mountain . In the classical era, while the mountain was called Athos, the peninsula was known as Acté or Akté . Mount Athos has been inhabited since ancient times and is known for its nearly 1,800-year continuous Christian presence and its long historical monastic traditions, which date back to at least 800 A.D. and t...
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  • 10. Iviron Monastery Mount Athos
    Monastery of Iviron or Iveron is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in northern Greece.
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  • 11. Agios Nikolaos Church Litochoro
    Kavala is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnatia motorway, a one-and-a-half-hour drive to Thessaloniki and a forty-minute drive to Drama and Xanthi .
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