Brontochion Monastery
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| Monastery information | |
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| Full name | Holy Monastery of Brontochion |
| Other names | Holy Churches of Saint Theodores and Panagia Hodegetria |
| Order | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (former) |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church (former) |
| People | |
| Important associated figures | Theodore I Palaiologos (burial) |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Monastery (former) |
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| Style | Byzantine |
| Completion date | c. 1310 |
| Site | |
| Location | Mystras, Peloponnese |
| Country | Greece |
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| Website | Template:Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site |
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Brontochion Monastery (Template:Langx) is a former Eastern Orthodox monastery, located in Mystras, in the Peloponnese region of Greece.[1]
The former monastery is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mystras, inscribed in 1989.
Overview
The abbot Pachomius incorporated into the monastery the small church of the Hodegetria, or "Aphentikon", as the monastery's katholikon.[2][3][4][5] The church was reconstructed and completed around 1310, with some scholars giving 1308-1312 as the construction dates and others 1310–1322.[3][6] The despot Theodore I Palaiologos, who died in 1407, is buried in the church.[7]
The Hodegetria Church is the first example of what's called the "Mystras type" design.[7] The lower floor is a three-aisled basilica, whereas above is a traditional Byzantine cross-in-square church plan. The cross-in-square, five-domed gallery is encircled by a portico that has a belfry.[8] There are also features more typical of Constantinople, such as the use of blind arches.
On the lower level the walls are covered by marble revetment, a luxurious feature, and there is also a surviving fresco of the Virgin Mary as Zoodochos Pege (Life-containing Source) in the lunette above the so-called royal door.[7]
During Ottoman rule, the monastery was converted into a mosque.[9]
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bahr, Lauren S.; Johnston, Bernard (1993). Collier's encyclopedia: with bibliography and index. P.F. Collier. p. 71. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hendrix, David (2016). "Church of Hagioi Theodoroi". The Byzantine Legacy. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hellier, Chris (1996). Monasteries of Greece. Tauris Parke Books. ISBN 978-1-85043-264-7. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ναός της Οδηγήτριας. ODYSSEUS Portal (in Ελληνικά). Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jeffreys, Elizabeth; Haldon, John F.; Cormack, Robin (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies. Oxford University Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-19-925246-6. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Betz, Hans Dieter (2007). Religion past & present: encyclopedia of theology and religion. Chu-Deu. Brill. p. 83. ISBN 978-90-04-13979-4. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hendrix, David (2016). "Church of the Hodegetria". The Byzantine Legacy.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ousterhout, Robert (2021). "Late Byzantine Church Architecture". In Freeman, Evan (ed.). A Smarthistory Guide to Byzantine Art. Smarthistory.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."el:Ιερά Μονή Βροντοχίου (Ι. Ν. Αγίων Θεοδώρων & Παναγίας Οδηγήτριας)" [Holy Monastery of Brontochion (Holy Churches of Saint Theodores and Panagia Hodegetria]. religiousgreece.gr (in Ελληνικά). Retrieved November 9, 2022.
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