An old iconostasis, built with stones and covered by climbing plants, near the beautiful village of Theriakisi in Epirus in northwest Greece.
This kind of religious structures for worship, of all religions, are common in almost all countries.
In the Christian countries, you can see crosses, religious sculptures of Christ, Virgin Mary and Saints, small shrines with icons, miniatures of chapels and many other bigger or smaller constructions mainly along the roads.
This photo is one of my large collection of more than six thousand images of these structures (called in Greece iconostases) from all over the world.
You can see more images of iconostases and relevant information about this kind of religious structures, in a photographic album I have published in Greece . . . . . : “ICONOSTASES AND THE GREEK LANDSCAPE”
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I would be obliged if any friend from the site could write to me the word used in his country and his language for these constructions.
It will be very valuable for me to collect and record the common names of them in as many languages as possible, which I will include in a research I am making.

Tags:   GREECE IPIROS THERIAKISI EPIRUS ICONOSTASIS SHRINE FIELD SPRING TREES BUSHES CLIMBING-PLANTS FOLIAGE MARTERL MATERL HEILIGENHAUSCHEN KOPLYTSTULPIAI HEILIGENSTATUE HEILIGENBEELDEN ROAD-SHRINE ROADSIDE-SHRINE

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The golden tones of the dry herbs make a nice contrast against the shining white of this well preserved iconostasis, near the village of Ardasa in Kozani in northern Greece.
This kind of religious structures for worship, of all religions, are common in almost all countries.
In the Christian countries, you can see crosses, religious sculptures of Christ, Virgin Mary and Saints, small shrines with icons, miniatures of chapels and many other bigger or smaller constructions mainly along the roads.
This photo is one of my large collection of more than six thousand images of these structures (called in Greece iconostases) from all over the world.
You can see more images of iconostases and relevant information about this kind of religious structures, in a photographic album I have published in Greece : “ICONOSTASES AND THE GREEK LANDSCAPE”
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Tags:   GREECE MACEDONIA KOZANI EORDEA ARDASA ICONOSTASIS SHRINE FIELD MEADOW DRY-HERBAGE GOLD BUSHES HERB SUMMER CLOUDS MARTERL MATERL HEILIGENHAUSCHEN KOPLYTSTULPIAI HEILIGENSTATUE HEILIGENBEELDEN ROAD-SHRINE ROADSIDE-SHRINE macedonia greece makedonia timeless μακεδονια

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A traditionally built iconostasis, in front of a young olive tree, near the picturesque village of Gianades, in the island of Corfu in Greece.
Iconostases are religious structures for worship, of all religions, and are common in almost all countries.
In the Christian countries, you can see crosses, religious sculptures of Christ, Virgin Mary and Saints, small shrines with icons, miniatures of chapels and many other bigger or smaller constructions mainly along the roads.
This photo is one of my large collection of more than six thousand images of these structures (called in Greece iconostases) from all over the world.
You can see more images of iconostases and relevant information about this kind of religious structures, in a photographic album I have published in Greece under the title “ICONOSTASES AND THE GREEK LANDSCAPE”

Tags:   GREECE IONIAN-ARCHIPELAGO CORFU-ISLAND GIANADES CORFU ICONOSTASIS SHRINE OLIVE-TREE OIL OLIVES FIELD HERBS ICONS TILES MOUNTAINS BUSHES TREES FOLIAGE MARTERL MATERL HEILIGENHAUSCHEN KOPLYTSTULPIAI HEILIGENSTATUE HEILIGENBEELDEN

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The perfect stonework of an iconostasis, in the beautiful high and rough mountains of central Greece.
This kind of religious structures for worship, of all religions, are common in all countries.
In the Christian countries, you can see crosses, religious sculptures of Christ, Virgin Mary and Saints, small shrines with icons, miniatures of chapels and many other bigger or smaller constructions, everywhere in both the urban areas and in the countryside, mainly along the roads.
This photo is one of my large collection of more than six thousand images of these structures (called in Greece iconostases), from all over the world.
I have already published a photographic album with photos of iconostases from Greece, in both the Greek and English language, with the title: “ICONOSTASES AND THE GREEK LANDSCAPE”.

Tags:   GREECE THESSALY TRIKALA ANTHOUSA ICONOSTASIS SHRINE WOOD FOREST FIR-TREES CONIFEROUS STONEWORK BUSH PEAK SUMMIT CLOUDS MARTERL MATERL HEILIGENHAUSCHEN KOPLYTSTULPIAI HEILIGENSTATUE HEILIGENBEELDEN ROAD-SHRINE ROADSIDE-SHRINE HILL

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An iconostasis in front of a dead coniferous tree in the high rough mountains of Agrafa in central Greece.
This kind of religious structures for worship, of all religions, are common in almost all countries.
In the Christian countries, you can see crosses, religious sculptures of Christ, Virgin Mary and Saints, small shrines with icons, miniatures of chapels and many other bigger or smaller constructions mainly along the roads.
This photo is one of my large collection of more than six thousand images of these structures (called in Greece iconostases) from all over the world.
You can see more images of iconostases and relevant information about this kind of religious structures, in a photographic album I have published in Greece : “ICONOSTASES AND THE GREEK LANDSCAPE”

Tags:   GREECE EVRITANIA AGRAFA ICONOSTASIS SHRINE TREE DEAD-TREE BARK TRUNK STUB CONIFEROUS MARTERL MATERL HEILIGENHAUSCHEN KOPLYTSTULPIAI HEILIGENSTATUE HEILIGENBEELDEN ROAD-SHRINE ROADSIDE-SHRINE

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