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Ándros
16 Koumelas
TÍNOS Did You Know? Malli Marlas

Pánormos
steps of the Panagía
ΤΉΝΟΣ People still go up the Pýrgos
Evangelístria in the
hope of being healed Tínos
g Tínos town @ Quay n Corner of Kionian, from illness. Ándros, Ormos Ystérnia Kolymbíthra
EXPERIENCE The Cyclades Ionians in Archaic times. It has a long history of religious of the Annunciation and Ysterníon Kardianís Ágios Kalloní Exómbourgo Falatádos Livada
Tínos town
A craggy yet green island, Tínos was first settled by
Rafína
Kómi
significance: in the 4th century BC it was known for its
the Assum ption, the icon is
Ormos
Sanctuary of Poseidon and Amphitrite, and it now has
paraded through the streets.
over 800 Christian chapels scattered across the island.
The church is a treasury of
In the 1960s, the military junta ruling Greece declared it
offer ings, such as the orange
a holy island and Greek Orthodox pilgrims still flock to
Kechrovouníou
the large church complex of the Panagía Evangelístria in
gifted by pilgrims whose
Beach
prayers have been answered.
Tínos town. Under Venetian rule from medieval times, tree made of gold and silver, Romanós Kiónia Moní Potamiá Santa Margarita
in 1715 Tínos was conquered by the Ottomans, the last The icon itself is so smothered Stavrós Feró Horió
Beach
island in the Cyclades to fall. in gold and jewels it is hard to Tínos Town
see the painting. The crypt Ágios Ioánnis
where it was found is known 0 kilometres 5 N Ágios Fokás Ágios Sóstis
1 icon. In 1822, during the Greek as the chapel of Évresis, or 0 miles 5 Sýros, Mýkonos Beach
War of Independence, a nun
Discovery. Where the icon lay
Tínos Town at Moní Kechrovouníou, Sister is now lined with silver, and
A typical island capital, Tínos Pelagia, had visions of the the holy spring here is said to
town has narrow streets, white- Panagía showing where an have healing powers.
washed houses and a bustling icon had been buried. In 1823, On Megalóharis, halfway
port lined with restaurants and acting on the nun’s directions, to Panagía Evangelístria, is
hotels. Situated at the top of excav ations revealed the icon the Archaeological Museum,
Megalóharis, the main street of the Annunciation of the which has displays of sculp-
that runs up from the ferry, Archangel Gabriel, unscathed tures of nereids (sea-nymphs)
Panagía Evangelístria, the after 850 years underground. and dolphins found at the
church of the Annunciation, Known in Greece as the Sanctuary of Poseidon and
dominates Tínos town. The Megalóhari (the Great Joy), Amphitrite near Kiónia. There
pedes trianized Evan gelístrías, the icon was found to have are also some enormous 8th-
which runs parallel to the healing powers, and the century-BC storage jars from
main street, is packed with church built around it has ancient Tínos, sited on the
stalls full of votive offer- became a pilgri mage for rock of Exómbourgo.
ings and icons. Built in Orthodox Christians. East of town, the closest
1830, the church During the beach is shingly Agios Fokás.
houses Tínos’s annual To the west is the popular
miracu lous festivals beach at Stavrós, with a jetty

The vast complex of
Panagía Evangelístria
in Tínos town
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