Virgin Mary of Chrysopateritissa
In the village Virgin Mary is especially honored. There was a small monastery dedicated to Virgin Mary Hrysopateritissa .About five kilometers on the northwest of the village today, there is a recent renovated temple of the monastery of Virgin Mary Hrysopateritissa.
It is a building of 1520. Today, only the homonym church is saved which has been recently renovated.
There are two versions for the name dedicated to Virgin Mary .The first one mentions that the name was the one because in this monastery there were a lot of ‘pateres’ (priests).The second version says that the then abbot of the monastery with the name Thomas always kept a gold crutch (stick), was an hagiographer and painted the icon of Virgin Mary that’s why he gave her the name Hryssopateritissa.
It is built in a woodland area ,there where everything hush and smooth ,further down from the Pomos dam .In The last years the temple was expanded. An expansion of 2o meters was built in the west side of the temple and in a higher level from the rest of the ancient temple.
Internally the people stand opposite the beautiful gate on a higher level and watch the priest. The old church is in a lower spot from that of the expansion, and in order to pass the old church you have to descend 3 -4 stair steps.
It is a small chapel made of stone. The outside wall is one metre wide. It has two outside doors in the same side of the temple. The one is in the old area of the temple and the other is in the new expanding area. The roof is bent. Apart of the roof is from the recent expansion and it is made of cement. The other one, of the ancient temple, is covered with tiles.
Internally it is painted white and with hagiographies. The old iconostasis was ruined from worms .They made a new one which is wooden curved. Due to the woodland where it is built and from the years, the hagiographies were destroyed from humidity. From the old icons that exist,and efforts are being made from the antiquity department for their conservation, there is the one of Christ’s mother Hrysopaterrisis ,the three hierarchs ,other old ones such as Christ’s ,John the precursor Saint Catherine ,Saint Thekli ,two icons of Galataries ,the one dedicated to women and the other to animals, two of Saint Georgio and Eleousa.The dedicated icon of Hrysopaterrissas is a construction of 1520 and it is saved in the central church of the village which is dedicated to Saint Efpsichio.
The church functions eight times a year, when it’s the day of Virgin Mary.
Sources:
Pomos Community Council
Study by the Primary School Students
Church of Agios Efpsichios
Standing imposingly in the centre of the village is the church of Agios Efpsichios. According to Evangelist Matthew, Agios Efpsichios lived and martyred in the years of Julian the Apostate.
A church dedicated to Agios Efpsichios was first constructed in the middle of the 20th century. With the passing of time and as the population of the village was increasing, the expansion of the church became a dire need. As a result, the church was expanded twice from the middle till the end of the 20th century. The present form of the church is owed to the renovation efforts made in 1986.
The construction of the church was decided by a resident of Pomos after a suggestion was made by a monk from the Holy Land. In particular, when one of our fellow villagers visited the Holy Land for confession, his confessor, after he was informed that there was no church in the centre of the village, advised our fellow villager to construct a church in honour of Agios Efpsichios.
The church honours the memory of Agios Efpsichios on the 9th of April.
Sources:
Pomos Community Council
Study by the Primary School Students
Church of Agia Thekla
The chapel of Agia Thekla is located east of the village. It is a humble church with a steep-pitched roof covered in tiles. The construction of the church was funded by a donation made by Eftechios Stylianou. The church’s construction works took place between the years 1982 and 1983. Mr Mathaios Yianni and Andriani Nikiforou contributed enormously to the construction of the church.
A mass is held in the chapel on the 24th of September, the name day of the Saint.
Sources:
Pomos Community Council
Study by the Primary School Students
Chapel of Profitis Elias
Located on a hill of the village is the chapel of Prophet Elias. Architecturally, it is a single-roomed church with a steep-pitched roof covered in tiles.
The present chapel of Prophet Elias was renovated in the end of the 20th century.
A big fair takes place around the church every year on July 20th, the name day of Prophet Elias.
What is noteworthy is that the chapel, although it is located in the area of Pomos, after the transfer of Neon Dimaton, is administered by the residents of Dimaton.
Sources:
Pomos Community Council
Study by the Primary School Students
Chapel of Panagia Galatarka
The chapel of Panagia Galatarka was constructed in the end of the 20th century. In the past, before the Turkish occupation, there used to be a monastery dedicated to Virgin Mary. That Monastery was completely ruined during the Turkish occupation.
Panagia (Virgin Mary) Galatarka cured women who suffered from pains or breast tumours. Several young women would pray to Virgin Mary to “have milk for their new-born babies”.
It is worth mentioning that the reconstruction of the church is linked to one of the modern miracles of Panagia Galatarka. In particular, some years ago Panagia Galatarka cured a small child who suffered from leukaemia. The father of the child, full of faith and love, undertook the reconstruction of the present simple chapel which stands at the place of the old monastery.
Sources:
Pomos Community Council
Study by the Primary School Students
Panagia Chryseleousa
Agia Aikaterini
