Сhurch of Prophet Elias

Greece / Lasithi / Skhisma /
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The church of Prophet Elias is located in a clearing next to the Venetian watchtower 'Yialos head'. This was once the location of a small monastery, which is currently not occupied.
This single-nave barrel-vaulted church has its entrance and a buttress facing south. The saddleback roofing of the dome made of overlapping slabs was common in churches in Mirabello in the years of the Venetian rule, and probably of the Ottoman rule. On the west of the church survives a partially restored section of the monastery complex. The ruined section probably had two storeys. Annexed to the complex is a deserted oven, and near the complex there are two circular cisterns. However, the church and the buildings around it suggest that the monastery housed only a few monks.
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Coordinates:   35°19'47"N   25°41'44"E

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  • E·li·jah (Hebrew Eliyahu, Greek Ἠλίας) (YHWE [HE Who is, He Who exists]is my God) Ninth century B.C.. Hebrew prophet. The greatest prophet of the Old Testament next only to Moses. He sought to abolish idolatry and restore justice during the time when the Hebrew nation was divided. He raised a dead child; he brought fire from heaven, through prayer, three times; he did not die but was carried skyward in a chariot of fire; he will return to prophesy once more before the end of times.
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