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Post- Byzantine Wall Paintings
Ioakeim A. Papaggelos
29 October 2011
In spite of the fact that Post-Byzantine wall-paintings occupy by far the greater part of the surfaces covered in the monastic building complex of Vatopaidi, these are markedly lacking in the quality ... 
The Wall-paintings of the Exonarthex
Efthymios N. Tsigaridas
29 October 2011
Of the wall-paintings of the katholikon, of particular icongraphic and artistic interest are those of the exonarthex67. These wall-paintings, which have survived without the over-painting or later int...
The Wall-paintings of the Inner Narthex
Efthymios N. Tsigaridas
29 October 2011
The inner narthex (mesonyktikon) of the katholikon is covered, as we have seen, with wall-paintings of 1760. An investigation has revealed the existence of an older layer of painting preserved, to an ...
The Wall-paintings of the Nave
Efthymios N. Tsigaridas
29 October 2011
In the nave the iconographic programme is accommodated in three bands.
The subjects of the Dodekaorton* predominate and are arranged on the three arches and the two lateral choirs. At the s...
St Nicholas
Efthymios N. Tsigaridas
29 October 2011
The mosaic of St Nicholas survives in a conch above the entrance to the narthex of the chapel dedicated to him.
The saint is shown against a gold background strictly full-face, to chest height,...
The Annunciation of the Exonarthex
Efthymios N. Tsigaridas
29 October 2011
The spiritual, intellectual and artistic renaissance of the age of the Palaeologues receives expression in the second scene of the Annunciation (Figs 188,189), which is preserved in the exonarthex and...
The Annunciation in the Nave
Efthymios N. Tsigaridas
29 October 2011
In the katholikon of the Vatopaidi Monastery, above the two columns which support the dome on the eastern side, there is a depiction of the Annunciation in two compartments (185 x 98 cm.), with the Ar...
The architecture of the Katholikon
Stavros G. Mamaloukos
29 October 2011
In spite of the undisputed fact that the katholikon of the Monastery of Vatopaidi is one of the most distinguished monuments of the Holy Mountain, very few references to its history and architecture e...
Saint Ioakeim Pappoulakis
Georgios Martzelos
29 October 2011
The Blessed Ioakeim, surnamed Pappoulakis, may be included in the catalogue of saints of Vatopaidi, because, although not officially canonised, he is honoured as a local saint in Ithaca. His life was ...
Saint Macarius Macres
Georgios Martzelos
29 October 2011
Macarius was born in 1386 in Thessaloniki of a devout and distinguished family of the city, according to the Chronikon of Phrantzes, of Jewish origin. Having completed his general education in Thessal...
