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Religion & Churches on Hydra Island

Greek Orthodox Religion & Churches on Hydra Island

The Greek Orthodox Church dominates life in Hydra as it does throughout Greece. On Hydra there are so many churches and chapels that you could visit a different one every day of the year and not see them all.

The Orthodox religion is Christian, which was practiced along the same lines as Catholicism until it split from the Catholic Church around the 14th Century. The most obvious difference since the religious split is that the Orthodox religion follows a different dating system. Hence the Orthodox and Catholic religions have different dates for Pascha and Easter. During the Ottoman era, Hydra (as well as all occupied Greece) continued to practice their Greek Orthodox Religion alongside the Ottoman Muslim Religion.

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on Hydra Island Greece

Monastery Cathedral

Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in Hydra Town

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Ag. Fotini Monastery on Hydra Island Greece.

Ag. Fotini Monastery

Aghia Fotini is a Monastery and the Hydra Town Cemetery.

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Ag Matrona Monastery  on Hydra Island Greece

Ag. Matrona Monastery

Aghia Matrona is a Monastery, south-west above Hydra Town

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Panagia Zourva Monastery on Hydra Island Greece

Panagia Zourva Monastery

Panagia Zourva is a Monastery to the western end of Hydra Island

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Ag. Konstantinos Church, Patron Saint of Hydra, on Hydra Island Greece.

Ag. Konstantinos

Aghios Konstantinos Church of the Patron Saint of Hydra, above town.

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Profitis Iliias Monastery  on Hydra Island Greece

Profitis Ilias Monastery

Profitis Ilias Monastery, above Hydra Town.

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Ag Anargyros on Hydra Island Greece

Ag. Anargyros

The name day of Aghios Anargyros is celebrated on the 1st July. Once a year visitors and locals are invited to the service at the chapel at Episkopi and to stay for the open house hospitality.

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Ag. Nikolaos Monastery on Hydra Island Greece.

Ag. Nikolaos Monastery

Ag. Nikolaos Monastery on Hydra island Greece.

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