According to the KorinthosTV website, the fire completely destroyed this great monument, causing deep sorrow to the local residents.
The church of Panagia of Refuges is located approximately 10 kilometers south of Derveni, Corinthia, on the road that leads to mountainous Sarantapichos. Arriving in the area we face the entrance of the church which leads us to the Temple with its other interesting extensions.
The church got its name from Katafygia, the area where it was built. In the area of ”shelters” and in hard-to-reach caves and steep rocks, the Zacholites had taken refuge during the Turkish occupation, to hide and avoid the persecutions of the conquerors.
According to tradition, the date of the transition of people to the area and the construction of the church began in 1782.
Until 1880 the chapel was served by a nun who abandoned it due to the difficulties of access and living in it.
Later, the religious residents of the area, seeing the need for improvement and promotion of this holy place of pilgrimage, which together with the holy monastery of Prophet Ilias Koutou and the holy Church of Agios Georgios Zacholis are the religious ornaments of the area, began its improvement.
The refugee before the operations. In 1969 during the vicarage of the Blessed Father Papandreadis Nik. who pastored in the area, with great effort due to the terrain, they carved steps into the rocks that connected the church to the public road that leads from Derveni to Zacholi.
In 1983, on the initiative of the Blessed Father Chr. Diamantides, the church was supplied with water. In 2002 it was electrified. From 1996 until today, the renovation, expansion, improvement and maintenance of Panagia Katafygiotissa has been undertaken by Georgios Roussos, a resident of Ano Aegialou.
With personal work, with elegance, with respect for the environment, the history and the sanctity of the area, he built an imposing entrance, reconstructed the old cell, created a hidden school, captured folklore moments of the area, connected with arcades carved into the rocks all the areas that impress visitors.
The Panagia of Refuges administratively belongs to the Corinthian Diocese.
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