Contributions of the group Churchyards/Graveyards

Nomitsi - Metamorphosis Sotiros

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:51:03 +0000

The church of the Transfiguration of Christ is a cross-in-square domed church of the four-columned variant. At the east side of the building three apses are projecting.

The church is built with carved porous stones and bricks, according to the so called cloisonné system, typical in byzantine architecture of southern Greece. The exterior surfaces of the building are elaborated with rich brick decoration. The west façade of the church underwent an extensive reconstruction at the late 19th c., probably after an earthquake.

Nomitsi - Metamorphosis Sotiros

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:42:35 +0000

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Argos - Assumption of Mary

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:09:07 +0000

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The orthodox church dates back to the 12th century, it so is the oldest existing Byzantine monument of Agos.

The relics of St Peter the Wonderworker (= the Thaumaturge), who had been bishop of Argos, were kept in the church up to 1421.

Sotira - Panagia Chordakiotissa

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 25 May 2026 20:31:53 +0000

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Sotira lies just about 10 kilometers from the town of Agia Napa, yet is far removed from the overtourism found there. Panagia Chordakiotissa, located on the edge of the village and the large graveyard, dates back to the 12th century.

Argaka - Αgia Βαrbara

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:46:31 +0000

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The Αgia Βαrbara chapel was once part of a monastery. It is believed to have been built in the 18th century and functioned as a monastery until 1821. The chapel belonged to the Jerusalem Patriarchate and housed an abbot and two deacons. The chapel is the only remnant of the monastery, but only the sanctuary and the south wall survived, which now form part of the existing chapel

The Argaka cemetery is adjacent to the chapel.

Larnaca - Cemetery

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:29:12 +0000

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With a population of over 50,000, Larnaca is one of the largest cities in Cyprus.

Cyprus was a British protectorate under nominal Ottoman suzerainty, established by the Cyprus Convention in 1878, following the Russo-Turkish War, in exchange for British support of the Ottomans during the Congress of Berlin. This remained in place until 1914, when after the Ottomans joined the Central Powers, in turn entering WW I, Britain declared the complete annexation of Cyprus under a military administration status.

The Crown Colony of Cyprus was proclaimed in 1925, after Britain's annexation of Cyprus was verified and finally confirmed again in the Treaty of Lausanne.

Great Britain granted Cyprus independence in 1960 and founded the modern Republic of Cyprus. Archbishop Makarios III was elected as the first president of independent Cyprus. As part of the independence agreement, Great Britain retained the sovereign base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia as British overseas territories.

A British cemetery in the center of Larnaca

Paris - Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:42:42 +0000

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Paris is the capital and largest city of France, with over 2 million inhabitants and more than 13 million in the greater metropolitan area.

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris,, at 44 hectares. Approximately one million deceased people have been buried in more than 69,000 burial sites so far.

At the beginning of the 19th century, new cemeteries had to replace the old ones in Paris. To end the Church's monopoly on burials, an edict was issued in 1803 stipulating that burial sites could no longer be established within the city limits, but should instead be placed under the supervision of the political municipality and located outside the city.

The cemetery of Père Lachaise opened in 1804 and takes its name from the confessor to Louis XIV, Père François de la Chaise (1624–1709), who lived in the Jesuit house rebuilt during 1682 on the site of the chapel. The property, situated on the hillside was bought by the city in 1804.

Paris - Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:28:08 +0000

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Paris - Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:17:51 +0000

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Gannat - Saint-Étienne

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:05:37 +0000

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The first parish was founded here in the 10th century, as was the first castle hill with its outer bailey, and the population began to settle around the castle. In the 12th century, Gannat Castle was built outside the town walls, but directly adjacent to them.

Today, Gannat has about 5,500 inhabitants

The church is located outside the city center in the suburb of Saint-Étienne, surrounded by a graveyard.
It is said, that the church was built in the early 10th century by Benedictine monks on the site of a Gallo-Roman temple. It is Romanesque but got remodeled several times.

Bassoues - Basilique Saint-Fris

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:07:53 +0000

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Saint Fris, son of Duke Rabbod of Friesland and nephew of Charles Martel, raised his banner to gather the Franks, after being defeated by the Saracens near the village of Lupiac. The Franks once again confronted the enemy troops not far from Bassoues and this time emerged victorious. The courage of Saint Fris earned him fame. However, struck by a fatal arrow, he died and his body was hastily buried. It was rediscovered two hundred years later, in the 10th century by shepherds. A church was built over his tomb and the fame of the saint and the “miracles” attributed to him attracted many pilgrims to the Via Tolosana on the Chemin de Saint Jacques.
The basilica was enlarged in 1520 by the Archbishop of Auch. In 1569, during the Huguenot Wars, the buildings were set on fire by Montgomery's troops. The ruins were rebuilt in 1623. Further destruction followed in 1793, when the saint's shrine was broken into and its contents scattered. The villagers were able to recover some of them. The city council ordered the demolition of the basilica. The statues were burned, and only part of Saint Fris's head could be saved. The tomb was used as a watering place for cattle from a neighboring farm. From 1847 to 1855, the basilica was restored. The remaining relics were recovered and in 1888 The basilica was reconsecrated.

Ibskirke

nobody@ipernity.com (Percy Schramm) — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:41:43 +0000

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HWW - wünsche Euch eine schöne Restwoche !
Die Ibskirke auf der dänischen Ostseeinsel Bornholm entstand Ende des 12. Jh. und ist dem Apostel Jakobus geweiht.

Noordpeene - Sint-Denijskerk

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:16:37 +0000

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Noordpeene is a municipality with approximately 800 inhabitants. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Dionysius (Denis). It features a 14th-century tower integrated into the neo-Gothic brick church.

The church's most precious treasure is a 12th-century Romanesque baptistery from Tournai. Unfortunately, the church was closed until we met this friendly lady. She had the key and let us in.

Merci beaucoup Madame!

Ename - Sint-Laurentiuskerk

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:31:20 +0000

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Ename was founded around 990 by Godfrey I, Count of Verdun, on the river Scheldt, the border between the Holy Roman Empire and the County of Flanders. Godfrey and his wife Mathilda of Saxony built a keep surrounded by a walled castrum, which protected the trade settlement. Their son Herman of Verdun, count of Brabant, founded the Church of St. Lawrence shortly before the year 1000.

Herman showed his loyalty to the Ottonian emperor both with the choice of the patron saint. The Ottonian emperors had a special veneration for St Lawrence because on 10 August 955, the saint's feast day, Otto I won the Battle of Lechfeld against the Hungarians that had been regularly plundering Europe.

Archaeological excavations have shown that the church was originally conceived with a hall ground plan. During construction work, it was immediately enlarged and transformed into a building with a basilica floor plan. It has an eastern and a western choir, according with the Ottonian architectural style.

In the 16th and 17th century the church was heavily modified. An octagonal structure was added on the top of the tower. Even if later removed, the weight of this addition provoked several damages in the structure of the tower. During the 1990s it was necessary to start the restoration of the building.

Lierde - Sint-Martinuskerk

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:49:54 +0000

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A Carthusian monastery was founded here in 1329. The Carthusians were a strict, praying hermit order who live in community and were founded in France in 1084. EmperorCarthusian´s aim was to reduce the number of contemplative orders that he considered useless to society. So the order was suppressed in 1783.

The old monastery church was then used as a parish church in the 18th century. The present-day St. Martin's Church, built between 1722 and 1730 on the site of the then old monastery church.

Malia

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 19 May 2025 13:57:37 +0000

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The small church and the graveyard of Malia is near the sea.

Toplou Monastery

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sun, 04 May 2025 19:35:10 +0000

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The monastery was founded in the 14th century. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times by pirates and in 1612 by a severe earthquake. Like other Cretan abbeys, Toplou was a refuge for partisans during Ottoman rule. In 1821, Turks massacred 13 monks and 13 lay people.
During the German occupation, Cretan resistance fighters operated a radio station here. The Nazis executed the abbot and two monks in 1944

The monastery`s graveyard

Agios Ioannis - Agios Pavlos

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:08:34 +0000

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In the middle of a cemetery at Agios Ioannis is the pobably once round 4th/5th-century baptistery, which was expanded into the Church of St. Paul in the 10th century.

According to Acts 27:8 after landing in Kaloi Limenes and staying there for several months, Paul may actually have crossed the mountain into the fertile plain here

Garton on the Wolds – St. Michael and All Angels

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 15:27:52 +0000

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The Church of St. Michael and All Angels is a Norman-style church built in 1132 by the Prior of Kirkham Abbey. Further work was carried out in the 14th and 15th centuries, including the construction of the upper storey of the tower.

In the 19th century, the church fell into disrepair, and Sir Tatton Sykes IV commissioned a complete restoration. In 1865, he had the interior remodeled. The result is Victorian murals that cover almost the entire church space and depict a series of scenes from the Bible. Because it was late and the church was already locked, we were unable to see them.

Bamburgh - St Aidan

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:10:46 +0000

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Saint Aidan´s church dates from the late 12th century. The chancel, was added in 1230. According to Bede, St Aidan built a wooden church outside the castle wall, on the site of the current church, in AD 635, and he died here in AD 652. St Aidan had been called to Bamburgh from Iona by King Oswald to establish Christianity in his kingdom of Northumbria.

In 1123 Bamburgh was given to the Augustinian priory at Nowell in Yorkshire by Henry I. The grant was finally confirmed by the pope about a century later, so that the Augustinians could establish a cell of canons here.

The canons remained until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VII, when they were forced to leave. After the Reformation, St Aidan's became the parish church for the village but its maintenance was neglected. Over the subsequent centuries repairs were undertaken, including significant restorations during the 1800s.