Ecclesiastical Museum of Milos
Church of the Holy Trinity - Adamas, Milos
About the Museum
The
Ecclesiastical
Museum of Milos,
housed in the church of the Holy Trinity (Agia
Triada) in Adamas, features a collection
representing a large part of the many centuries
of artistic heritage of Milos
Island. It
contains icons and wood carvings echoing the
financial prosperity of the island under the
Venetian rule and including votive offerings of
Melian immigrants to Russia.
The
Ecclesiastical Museum of Milos includes
14th-century icons, e.g. a rare one of the Cretan
School representing the body of Christ being taken
down from the Cross, and several paintings by
Emmanuel and Antonios Skordilis, the Cretan
painters who launched a brilliant career in Milos
in 1647 and established a new style in
post-Byzantine painting based on Flemish
copperplate engravings. In addition to icons, there
are fine examples of "epitaphios", wood-carved
lecterns and icon-stands of the 17th century, a
bishop’s throne and iconostases of the same period,
silver chalices and censers of the 18th century,
gold votive offerings, such as rings, necklaces,
earrings, etc., all attesting to a high artistic
level while conveying a picture of local religious
folklore.
Ecclesiastical Museum of Milos
Gregory
Belivanakis, Curator
84801 Adamas, Milos
Tel: +30 22870-22252; -23993
Fax: +30 22870-23993
Mobile: +30 6977906382
URL: www.ecclesiasticalmuseum.org
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