Over 800 chapels are dotted around the wind-sculpted landscape, testament to the island’s status as the spiritual heart of ...

Tinos, a gem of the Cyclades, is a tranquil island steeped in history, known for its rich cultural and religious significance. Famous for the Church of Panagia Evangelistria, which attracts ...

I felt grateful to the Church of the Panagia Evangelistria. By limiting development and lodging options, the church is essentially ensuring that Tinos remain best known as a pilgrimage destination.

And one awaits you on the Greek Island of Tinos. But the catch is ... at the harbour and begin the long uphill crawl to the Church of Panagia. Once at the entrance to the church and up a series ...

Its main town is home to an iconic church, Panagia Evangelistria, or Our Lady of Tinos. The church’s possession of a supposedly miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary makes it, and Tinos generally ...

Considered a spiritual island, many Greek Orthodox pilgrims journey, often on their knees up the hill, to the Evangelistria Church in Tinos town, just 15 minutes away from Odera. And beyond that, more ...

“Neither the masks nor the maintenance of social distancing have reduced the faith of the people and their piety, and their presence here in Tinos.” A pilgrimage to the Holy Church of Panagia ...

Pilgrims light candles at the Holy Church of Panagia of Tinos, on the Aegean island of Tinos, Greece, on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. For nearly 200 years, Greek Orthodox faithful have flocked to ...