Tuesday 3 March 2015

ABC Wednesday, Greece, H for Hosios Lukas

On our way  we visited several churches and monasteries. This monastery is dedicated to the holy Lukas who was a hermit and healer.
Osias Loúkas was born in Aegina in 906 AD.
When he died in 953 the first monastery cells and the first small church were already built.

In 1011 this late-Byzantine  church was finished.



This post is dedicated to the letter H, and we thank Mrs. Denise Nesbitt for creating this meme. You can participate in this game. You only should find a photo or a subject in poetry or the name of a famous person....beginning with H.

And... please refer to Mrs. Nesbitt and the ABC on Wednesday. You can also put the logo in your sidebar or post. If you have any problems please contact one of the team members.

 

The interior of the church is worth seeing too! With many frescoes about the life of Jesus.

 

 


Jesus appears to his disciples and shows his wounds to Thomas



Jesus washes the feet of his disciples




 

20 comments:

Louisette said...

I love much the architectuur church Grece and the color stones.
greeting from Mons in Belgium

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Sylvia K said...

A wonderful and very interesting post as always, Wil! Thank you for sharing! I do hope you have a great new week!!

Cloudia said...

Treasures, Wil




ALOHA from Honolulu
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Hildred said...

Beautiful, - inside and out. What an inspiration these lovely churches must be for quiet worship.

Anita Sabat said...

Great pics as usual, Wil :)

Nonnie said...

amazing art and edifice! this is most likely the only way I'll travel to this magnificent place. thank you.

Trubes said...

Hello Wil,
such a beautiful building and I like the colourful stonework, so typical of Greek churches and monasteries.
Have a great week and are keeping warm, the weather here is bitterly cold and very windy.
Best wishes,
Di.
ABCW team.

Roger Owen Green said...

LOVE the Orthodox church iconography.

ROG, ABCW

Photo Cache said...

beautiful historic church.

My ABC WEDNESDAY

Anonymous said...

Beautiful art in this monastery, Wil! In which city (or close to) was it? I love the Grecian culture (and their food:) )
And your header is stunning!

Joy said...

I love the interiors of Greek Orthodox churches. This looks a great one to visit.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Always learn new words each round on your blog. Interesting background behind the post too.

A Colorful World said...

Gorgeous photos of this wonderful church! Love your header, too, by the way!

roamingpursuits said...

Interesting photos.

Meoww said...

What an awesome set of pics!

Lea said...

Amazing architecture!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

The frescoes are very beautiful Wil. How wonderful that you have traveled there.

Anonymous said...

In Borneo, the Dutch priest and bros set up schools. When I was young,we could not pronounce our priest name. we called him Fr Volcanar, I think you will know the spelling.

ChrisJ said...

Certainly a beautiful building.

Marja said...

Beautiful building and fresco's I love Greece When we go to Holland we will spend a couple of days in Greece