A short distance south of the settlement, to the right of the road that descends to Kouselio, in a beautiful orchard is the recent church of the Panagia (Presentation of the Virgin Mary). The single-cell barrel-vaulted church was set in the central aisle and next to the apse of a large Early Christian basilica. Parts
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In the area of Katsadia, two kilometres south of the settlement of Lipsi, on a plateau overlooking the sea, stands the church dedicated to Saints Panteleimon and Spyridon. This is a plain single-cell, vaulted and whitewashed church built a few decades ago. It was constructed on the ruins of an Early Christian basilica. To the
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At the northeastern end of the island, on a windswept plateau rising among groves and vineyards, stands the church of Virgin Mary of Charos (=Death). The monument belongs to the transitional cross-inscribed architectural type but its plan is not standard, as the intersection of the arms of the cross supports a low, blind hemispherical dome,
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