Chapel on Pontikonēsi: built-in Inscription №2

            This is a shot of the insription on the 2nd commemorative plaque built-in the walls of the very old chapel on the islet ‘Pontikonēsi’ (closest to Corfu Island, Greece). The chapel is of the three-apsed architectural type that is rarely encountered on Ionian Islands. 

According to the inscription on a commemorative plaque the current chapel was built in 1535 as glebe property of the “Panayia [Virgin Mary] of the Strangers” (residents of central Greece or ‘Sterea Hellas’). The inscription commemorates the visit of King George I on June 6, 1864 in Greek as follows:

❝ Εἰς ἀνάμνησιν
τῆς εὐτυχοῦς ἡμέρας
καθ’ ἣν ὁ σεβαστὸς
τῶν Ἑλλήνων Βασιλεὺς
Γεώργιος Aʹ                 
τὸ νησίδιον τοῦτο ἐπεσκέφθη
Ἡ παροῦσα ἐνκεκόλαπται μετὰ
τῶν ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐημερίας καὶ 
δόξης ἐνθέρμων εὐχῶν τοῦ 
μονάζοντος Συμεῶνος Κοντοῦ
Τῇ ϛʹ Ἰουνίου ͵αωξδʹ ❞

According to literature, the early original chapel dated back to the 11th century. There are some more commemorative plaques built into the walls to commemorate visits of other members of Royal Families in 1864. The chapel is dedicated to “Pantocrator” (meaning “Omnipotent” in Greek, aka God Almighty) or to The Transfiguration of the Saviour, Our Lord Jesus Christ.
   

Taken on: May 22, 2024

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