The Churches of Verroia
On the left the main church of Verroia “Taxiarhai�? the way it looks from outside and on the right the inside of the church.
The church of the Archangels (Taxiarchai), that is the parish church, rises proudly in the center of the village and is considered contemporary to that of the Holy Unmercenaries, that is built around the year 1611.
St. Nikolaos. It was used as the parish church but also as a cemetary and seems to be the first church of the area, dating from the the time when Christianity came to our area.
St. John (Agianakes). A microscopic church under the public highway and because of its location was used as a Secret School during the years of the Turkish occupation. Both of these churches, that is St. Nicholas and St. John are classified as most noteworthy Byzantine monuments in Lakonia. The shrine on the road of Vassaras-Verroia signifies the unseen little church of St. John that is exactly under the great gulch.
St. John the Forunner (Prodromos or Baptist)
Some of the worshipers are listening to the Divine Liturgy on the churche’s yard.
The Most Holy Virgin (Mary or Panaghia). Before the entrance of the town and right next to the road there is the church of the Panagia (Virgin Mary), where every year on the 15th of August and on the feast day of her memory it lives great moments, since that’s where hundreds of people gather from all parts of the earth to celebrate all together the feast of the Most Holy Mother of God. In the area of Verroia there were other churches, but unfortunately now only ruins exist and those, because of the great amount of plant growth, are difficult to approach.
Such churches were those of St. Demetrios across from the Katsiafoureiki pear tree,
St. George, which was high up at the location named Ntourvas and toward the monastery.
The ruins of St.George on the left and St. Athanasios on the right.
St. Athanasios, across from the location called Sykitsa.
The Transfiguration of the Savior very close proximity to the church of the Panaghia.
St. Panteleimon, a little higher up than St. Demetrios where the whole area has taken its name.
The Holy Apostles, a little higher than where St. Athanasios is and next to the tower of Verroia.
St. Paraskeve at Pera Rache (Tither Ridge) in the area called Palioklesi and St. Anna, a little higher than the area of Ntourvia.