Macedonian Museums-61-Arx Christ Chalkidikh-267

The Christian Chalkidiki Exhibition is located in the town of

Ouranoupoli Ouranoupoli ( el, Ουρανούπολη, lit=Sky City, formerly ''Ouranopolis'') is an ancient city and a modern village in Chalcidice. The village is today called Ouranoupoli. Location The village of Ouranoupoli is situated on the coastlin ...

Chalkidiki Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region co ...

, in

Central Macedonia Central Macedonia ( el, Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Kentrikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the geographical and historical region of Macedonia. With a populat ...

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. It was set up by the 10th

Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities The ephors were a board of five magistrates in ancient Sparta. They had an extensive range of judicial, religious, legislative, and military powers, and could shape Sparta's home and foreign affairs. The word "''ephors''" (Ancient Greek ''ép ...

of the

Greek Archaeological Service The Greek Archaeological Service ( el, Αρχαιολογική Υπηρεσία) is a state service, under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture, responsible for the oversight of all archaeological excavations, museums and the country's ar ...

. Ouranoupoli is the village where visitors and pilgrims embark for

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...

. The exhibition is housed in a building near the embarkation point and the Tower of Prosforion. Constructed in the eighteenth century, this building was the boat-house (''arsanas'') of the monks of

Vatopedi Monastery The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi ( el, Βατοπέδι, ) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece. The monastery was expanded several times during its history, particularly during the Byzantine period and in the 18th an ...

. The exhibits date to the

Early Christian Early Christianity (up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325) spread from the Levant, across the Roman Empire, and beyond. Originally, this progression was closely connected to already established Jewish centers in the Holy Land and the Jewish d ...

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, and post-Byzantine periods and come from all over Chalkidiki. Several icons of the eighteenth to early twentieth century from monasteries, churches and chapels in Chalkidiki are on display. Also noteworthy are the wall paintings from the sanctuary and prothesis apses of a chapel of the Monastery of Saint Anastasia, and several other examples of religious art. On the second floor are Christian finds from excavations in Chalkidiki, including pottery, coins, jewellery, and arrowheads from various places all over Chalkidiki.

Gallery

File:Macedonian_Museums-61-Arx_Christ_Chalkidikh-268.jpg, The Old Tower and the ''arsanas'' File:Macedonian_Museums-61-Arx_Christ_Chalkidikh-269.jpg, Exhibits at the first floor File:Macedonian_Museums-61-Arx_Christ_Chalkidikh-270.jpg, Wall paintings detached from the sanctuary and prothesis apses of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, a dependency of the Monastery of St Anastasia (16th‚Äì17th cent.) File:Macedonian_Museums-61-Arx_Christ_Chalkidikh-271.jpg, Exhibits from new excavations at Chalkidiki File:Macedonian_Museums-61-Arx_Christ_Chalkidikh-272.jpg, Parts from the Early Christian basilicas of Sophronios and St George at Nikiti

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