Panagia Ekatontapiliani

Panagia Ekatontapyliani church, with a woman in front for comparison of scale.

The interior of Panagia Ekatontapyliani.

Panagia Ekatontapyliani (also known as the Church of 100 Doors) is a historic Byzantine church complex in Parikia town, on the island of Paros in Greece. The church complex contains a main chapel surrounded by two more chapels and a baptistery with a cruciform font.

The origin of the church's name is obscure, as it does not have one hundred doors, or gates. One theory suggests that it is a corruption of the name "Katapoliani", i.e. "Lower Town church", as it lies by the sea in the lower part of the town of Parikia.

The church dates to 326. Its oldest features likely predate the adoption of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire in 391. The church was purportedly founded by the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (ruled 306–337), Saint Helen, during her pilgrimage to the Holy Land when she stopped to worship at a chapel on the island. Later Justinian is credited for initiating construction on the site as well. The site was badly damaged by an earthquake in the 18th century, but gradually restored.^[1] The Ekatontapyliani is a renowned Marian pilgrimage church of the Aegean, second only to the famed Megalochare church on nearby Tinos Island.

References

↑ Freely, John. The Cyclades: Discovering the Greek Islands of the Aegean (I. B. Tauris, 2006).

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Byzantine Greece

People	Byzantine Greeks Justinian I Justinian II Irene of Athens Staurakios Nikephoros I Basil I Nikon the Metanoeite Luke of Steiris Basil II Eustathius of Thessalonica Michael Choniates Leo Sgouros Leo Gabalas Michael I Komnenos Doukas Theodore Komnenos Doukas Demetrios Chomatenos John Apokaukos Michael II Komnenos Doukas Michael VIII Palaiologos John I Doukas of Thessaly Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas Thomas I Komnenos Doukas Nicholas Orsini Andronikos Asen John II Orsini Andronikos III Palaiologos Michael Monomachos John Angelos Stephen Gabrielopoulos Nikephoros II Orsini Manuel Kantakouzenos Simeon Uroš Thomas Preljubović Esau de' Buondelmonti Alexios Angelos Philanthropenos Theodore II Palaiologos Gemistus Pletho Constantine XI Palaiologos Demetrios Palaiologos Thomas Palaiologos Byzantine scholars in Renaissance

Major centres	Thessaloniki Athens Corinth Mystras Patras Thebes Arta Ioannina

Provinces and regions	Theme of the Aegean Crete Theme of Hellas Theme of Samos Theme of Macedonia Theme of Strymon Theme of Thessalonica Theme of the Peloponnese Theme of Cephallenia Theme of Nicopolis Sclaviniae Melingoi and Ezeritai Tsakonia Great Vlachia

Greek states after 1204	Despotate of Epirus Empire of Nicaea Empire of Thessalonica Despotate of the Morea Thessaly

History	Byzantine Iconoclasm Arab–Byzantine wars Muslim conquest of Crete Byzantine reconquest of Crete Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria Siege of Patras (805 or 807) Seljuq campaigns in the Aegean Byzantine–Norman wars Sack of Thessalonica (1185) Fourth Crusade Battle of the Olive Grove of Kountouras Under the Palaiologos dynasty Battle of Prinitza Battle of Makryplagi Battle of Neopatras Battle of Pharsalus (1277) Battle of Demetrias Byzantine civil war of 1321–28 Byzantine–Genoese War (1348–49) Zealots of Thessalonica Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 Byzantine–Ottoman Wars Siege of Thessalonica (1422–30) Battle of the Echinades (1427) Morea revolt of 1453–54

Monuments	Acrocorinth Agios Eleftherios Church, Athens Angelokastro (Corfu) Church of the Holy Apostles, Athens Church of the Parigoritissa Daphni Monastery Gardiki Castle Hexamilion wall Hosios Loukas Kassiopi Castle Meteora Mount Athos Monastery of Saint John the Theologian Monemvasia Mystras Nea Moni of Chios Panagia Episkopi Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki Panagia Ekatontapiliani Patras Castle

Coordinates: 37°05′06″N 25°09′06″E / 37.08500°N 25.15167°E / 37.08500; 25.15167

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