{"id":18093,"date":"2025-06-26T09:38:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T07:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/?post_type=listing&#038;p=18093"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:26:08","slug":"visit-religious-sites","status":"publish","type":"listing","link":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/listing\/visit-religious-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"MONUMENTS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18093\" class=\"elementor elementor-18093\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efc00f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"efc00f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3340f0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"3340f0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMONUMENTS OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST  \n\t\t\t<\/h2> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c98486d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c98486d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ef7293 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ef7293\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Discover the island\u2019s religious monuments and experience their unique spiritual and historical significance. Old chapels, monasteries, and churches with rare frescoes and distinctive architecture invite you on a journey of faith, tradition, and tranquility.\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bea9e83 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bea9e83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7751e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7751e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6db11b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"c6db11b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:3000,&quot;speed&quot;:400,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img class=\"swiper-slide-image swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ekatontapyliani-3.jpg\" alt=\"ekatontapyliani-3\" \/><div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img class=\"swiper-slide-image swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ekatontapyliani2-3.jpg\" alt=\"ekatontapyliani2 (3)\" \/><div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img class=\"swiper-slide-image swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/die-100-torige-2.jpg\" alt=\"die-100-torige (2)\" \/><div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-045929e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"045929e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-777ef86 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"777ef86\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f153cb0 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f153cb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Panagia Ekatontapyliani<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-015cd90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"015cd90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The sacred jewel of Paros is the <strong>Church of Panagia Ekatontapyliani<\/strong>, one of the most important early Christian monuments in Greece. It is located in the northeastern part of Parikia, a short distance from the port.\nAccording to Byzantine legends, the history of Ekatontapyliani begins in the 4th century. Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, while traveling to the Holy Land to find the True Cross, stopped with her ship at Paros, where she discovered a small church\u2014one of the first of the new faith. She prayed and made a vow: if she found the True Cross, she would build a great church on that site. Her prayer was answered, Saint Helena found the Cross, and fulfilled her promise.\nAccording to another tradition, the church was built by Constantine the Great under the orders of his mother, who had not lived to fulfill her vow herself.<\/p><p><strong>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/ekatontapyliani\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old chapels, monasteries, and churches with rare frescoes and distinctive architecture invite you on a journey of faith, tradition, and tranquility.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16833,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","listing_cat":[237],"listing_city":[],"class_list":["post-18093","listing","type-listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","listing_cat-drastiriotites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing\/18093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18093"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing\/18093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18203,"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing\/18093\/revisions\/18203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"listing_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing_cat?post=18093"},{"taxonomy":"listing_city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paroshotels.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing_city?post=18093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}