Eschatological quests in the 18th century region of Epirus: the iconographic cycle of the Apocalypse of John at the Faneromeni church near Fortosi Village, Katsanochoria, 1787
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During the 18th century the eschatological concerns of the enslaved Greeks intensified, while at the same time their expectations for liberation from Ottoman rule peaked. Especially in the region of Epirus, which suffered from mass Islamization, the expectation for the restoration of the Christian kingdom, as described in the Book of Revelation, might have led, in 1787, the inhabitants of Fortosi, Katsanochoria, to choose some scenes from the prophetic book of John for the decoration of the naos of the newly erected church of Faneromeni.
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ΤΣΙΜΠΟΥΚΗΣ (Georgios D. TSIMPOUKIS) Γ. Δ. (2025). Eschatological quests in the 18th century region of Epirus: the iconographic cycle of the Apocalypse of John at the Faneromeni church near Fortosi Village, Katsanochoria, 1787. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 44, 263–288. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.40834
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