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Near the
village
of
Mesa Gonia
at the foot of the Prophet Elias, is the
church
of
Panagia
episkopis, which was built by the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus in the late 11 th century. It is cruciform church with a dome. Inside saved exceptional frescoes and murals woodcut, decorated with the technical kiromastichou. He was the seat of the Orthodox and the Catholic diocese then, while the Turks caused disputes among orthodox Catholics and residents of the island over the ownership of property and operation church. Today, the church gathers many people in dekapentafgousto, a day of celebration.
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