Interior of the Catholicon at Pantocrator

Interior of the Catholicon at Pantocrator

1990-06-08

Interior view of the catholicon or communal church of the Pantocrator Monastery. The photograph shows the painted dome of the church. In the center of the dome is depicted the Christ Pantocrator (all-ruler). The pendentives contain the four evangelists. The painting program of the original 14th-century church was covered by new paintings in 1854 by Matthaios Ioannou of Naoussa. The monastery of Pantocrator was recognized as a monastery in the mid-14th century. Before then it was a loosely knit center of kelli (‘cells’ or monastic living quarters). Its founders are Alexios and Ioannis who were supported by their relative John V Palaiologos. The monastery also enjoyed later endowments from Manuel II Palaiologos, and (after the fall of Constantinople) the Danubian princes. The monastery suffered a devastating fire in 1773 and its reconstruction was aided by the financial support of Catherine the Great of Russia. The tower dates back to the monastery’s foundation aside from a few repairs.

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