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Region: Adamantas
Hours of Operation: Each day 09:15 - 13: 15 and 18:15 - 22: 15
Entry: Free
Person in charge: Grigoris Mpelibanakis (milosbel@otenet.gr)
Tel.: 22870 23956
A lot near the harbor of Adamanta , is found the church of Saintly Trinity, which entertains also the Ecclesiastical Museum . This church, that measures thousand years of life , is characterized as “stayrepistegi trikliti royal afterwards troyllokamaras” , one and it is constituted from three declinable on that is raised vertical the cupola in the same form with the temple. This good of church is very seldom met (exists only an other church, in Peloponnese, in Lebidi Arkadia) and is a very interesting architectural monument.
Initially it had been created in order to it functions as monastery with the name of Virgin Mary of Theofanis , but in 1839 him they bought Cretes refugees and him they made the church of their village. The utmost and arcs of her belfry are influenced from gothic, while her transoms are decorated with sculptural traditional and religious patterns. In her entry, in the courtyard, you will see two mosaics, creations of local artist Giagkoy Kabroydaki. This two colourful mosaics are dated in 1937 and the one depict a dragon in form Milos, while the other the battle the good and villain.
From 2000 in the Saint Trinity was accommodated also the Ecclesiastical Museum Milos , in which you have the occasion to admire big part of mileikis artistic delivery and heritage and mileikis agiografikis delivery. More concretely, you can see pictures from the 14th century (as a infrequent unnailing), work of Cretan faculty, work of Emmanouil and Antonios Skordili and Cretan painters, epitaphs and carved in wood proportion, iconostases of 17th century, the despotic throne, the chancel screens, silver communion cups, golden hommages, rings, necklaces, earrings and other exhibits of high artistic value.
Source: www.milos.gr
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