St Michael the Archangel Slays Satan (bas-relief)

            St. Michael the Archangel slaying Satan (aka Lucifer) and lower demons (or fallen angels) with his sword is carved in bas-relief. The bas-relief is just beneath the South choir’s dome of The Exaltation of the Holy Cross church.

The archangel is represented as anthropomorphic, flying with wings and a halo around his head. This old bas-relief is very rare, since in Greek Orthodox churches Angels’ and Saints’ representations are almost always painted (as either icons or wall-paintings, aka frescoes), instead of being carved.

The church was once the katholikon (main church) of an Abbey (aka “Monastery”). It is a vaulted three-aisled basilica of a singular architectural style all of its own, measuring 72.8 × 43.3 ft (22.2 × 13.2 m without apses and choirs).  The church is defined by its thirteen domes and still stands within a picturesque fir-trees’ forest at an altitude (elevation) of 3,609 ft (1,100 m). It was built in c.1770 or 1792. Severe damages were caused by the Nazi Germans during the occupation in WWII. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross is dependent on St. Stephen’s monastery (Meteora).

The church is located between two villages—Dholianá and Kraniá. Both villages are in the greater area of Aspropótamos (Greek for “White River,” toponym of river Acheloos) in Trikala county, Greece.

Taken on: January 5, 2021

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