Aghios Makros
Aghios Makros is a church in Chios, Chios, North Aegean Islands. Aghios Makros is situated nearby to the village Dafnonas, as well as near Avghonima.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: Monastery on Chios, Greece
- Also known as: “Monastery of St Mark”, “Monastery of St. Mark, Chios”, and “Moni Agiou Markou”
- Postal code: 82100
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nea Moni of Chios.
Nea Moni of Chios
Monastery
Photo: FLIOUKAS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nea Moni is an 11th-century Greek Orthodox former monastery complex, now convent and history museum, located on the island of Chios, in the North Aegean region of Greece. Nea Moni of Chios is situated 1½ km southwest of Aghios Makros.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dafnonas and Avghonima.
Dafnonas
Village
Photo: Spartacos31, CC BY 4.0.
Dafnonas is a village on the center of the island of Chios, located in the North Aegean islands region of Greece. Its population was 366 as of the 2021 census. Dafnonas is situated 4 km south of Aghios Makros.
Avghonima
Village
Photo: Vgargan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avghonima is a village, which is situated 4½ km west of Aghios Makros.
Anavatos
Hamlet
Photo: Vgargan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anavatos is a medieval, now abandoned, village on the Greek island of Chios, 16 km from Chios. Created in the Byzantine era, probably by workers of the Nea Moni of Chios, the village was abandoned after the Massacre of Chios in 1822 and the earthquake of 1881. Anavatos is situated 5 km northwest of Aghios Makros.
Aghios Makros
- Categories: monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Chios, Chios, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.3803° or 38° 22′ 49″ northLongitude
26.07136° or 26° 4′ 17″ eastElevation
567 metres (1,860 feet)Open location code
8GC893JC+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1832767426OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxGeoNames ID
444785Wikidata ID
Q21682909
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Aghios Makros” goes by many names.
- German: “Moní Agíou Márkou”
- Greek: “Ιερά Σκήτη Αγίου Μάρκου Καρυών”
- Greek: “Μονή Αγίου Μάρκου”
- Turkish: “Sakız Adası Aziz Markos Manastırı”
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