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Mediterranean Tinos, An Island Certainly Not to Be Missed
Have you ever have been at Mykonos, the heart of the Cyclades islands?
By: Vasil Kadifeli
Feb. 4, 2009 09:15 AM
From "Greek Isles in the Summer" Magazine If you ever have been at Mykonos, the heart of the Cyclades islands, you probably have noticed the two neighbouring islands, Syros and Tinos. But I am sure you haven't been interested in them at all. They are both half an hour away from Mykonos but let's leave Syros for now, and talk about Tinos, the one at the right. Tinos is actually the ideal place for lovers of nature, architecture, art and traditions. It is one of the largest in Cyclades islands, a place for pilgrimage, unspoiled and unaffected from tourism. The island houses some 600 chapels and thousands of dovecotes all elaborately decorated.
The feast of Annunciation (25th of March) and the feast of Assumption (15th of August) are the two most important dates for all Greeks for pilgrimage to the island. Thousands of Greeks Orthodox believers walk on their knees directly from the harbour on the stone paved road leading up to the church of Panagia Evangelistra to visit the miraculous icon and ask for the protection and favours of the Virgin. The icon, called Panagia Evangelistria, meaning Our Lady of Good Tidings, is a beautiful portrayal of Mary kneeling with her head bent in prayer. Regarded by scholars as being older than the Byzantine period, it may perhaps be the work of the Apostle and Evangelist St. Luke. It is assumed that the icon was a sacred object in the Byzantine church and was hidden or lost around the time of the Moslem invasions.
The capital, is a typical Cycladic town, with narrow streets filled with lovely taverns, art shops and souvenir shops. The port is lined with restaurants and hotels. The impressive church is a neo-classical structure with white marble stairs. Around the church there is a Byzantine Museum, an Art Gallery of Artists from Tinos, and a Sclupture Museum. In the town there also is an Archaeological Museum housing the findings on the island.
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