ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΑ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΑ Ι.Μ.Ι.Σ. ENG

The single-nave church of St. George is located
at the centre of the settlement of Meseleroi. Its
wall painting decoration dates to around 1300
and is partially preserved. The large representation
of the Ascension develops on the east section of the
barrel-vault, while on the west, are a few
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re presentations
from the cycle
of the Passions
of Christ as well
as three representations from the Life of St. George.
On the north wall, apart from the individual saints,
such as the monastics Ephraim the Syrian and
Euthymios, the particularly extensive representation
of the Second Coming is depicted on the upper part
with Christ the Judge, the twelve Apostles and the
Choir of Angels while, on the lower part of the wall, is
the depiction of hell. The kings and the hierarchs,
among the others of the damned, are characteristic
figures, recognisable by the signs of their office.
The All-Holy Virgin with Christ as pupil in
front of the teacher, Forerunner.
The single-nave church of St. Marina, whose south side is formed with a large
buttress, is located on the east corner of the settlement of Meseleroi. It is dated
according to the wall painting decoration, the work of an anonymous but excellent painter,
to the first quarter of the 14th century. Its iconographic programme presents a peculiarity
in the barrel-vault of the sanctuary. The Birth and the Descent
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into Hades are depicted in place of the Ascension, themes,
however, which are appropriate for the position they hold, since
they stress the dogma of the Incarnation of the Word as well as
that of the salvation of man. In the main church, on the barrel-vault, only a few, but large,
Gospel scenes are depicted. Both scenes in the lower band of the church are extremely
rare: on the north wall, the recognition and the witness of the Forerunner to the presence
of Christ on earth is in the type which depicts the All-Holy Virgin leading Christ, as a
student holding a tablet with the alphabet, towards the teacher Forerunner, and, on the
south wall, next to St. Marina, who holds the place of the pilgrimage icon, the All-Holy
Virgin, upright, mourns in front of the small Christ.
The Apostles from the Second Coming. St. George.