Panaghia Skripou

Orchomenos Municipality, Greece · built 870

The Panagia Skripou Monastery is located in Orchomenus, Boeotia, Greece. From the monastery today, only its katholikon (church) functions, which is the most important monument from the series of temples of the "transitional cruciform" type, in the Greek area. Most probably the temple was designed as a funerary monument for its sponsor, Leo, the Protospatharios of the palace guard of the Byzantine Emperor (873/874 AD). A vertical sundial adorns the church of the Dormition of Theotokos (Catholic) of the monastery.

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