PROGRAMME
Saturday 25 April 2026
8:45 Reception of the attendees
First Morning Session (9:00-11:45)
BYZANTINE PERIOD
ICONOGRAPHY / MONUMENTAL PAINTING / ARCHIVAL RESEARCH
CHAIRS: Sophia Kalopissi-Verti, Nano Chatzidakis
9:00 Opening of the last day of the Symposium
9:15 Dimitris Chatzilazarou, The Theophany at Latomou Monastery: iconographic origin and symbolic significance (in Greek)
9:30 Alevtina Tanu, Unfolding the liturgical meaning of the Vision of Saint Peter of Alexandria in monumental art.
9:45 Demetrios Athanasoulis and Nancy Dile, Panagia Drosiani on Naxos. The 8th century wall-paintings (in Greek).
10:00 Maria Z. Sigala, The church of Taxiarchis (Archangel) of Messaria, Andros, after the completion of the restoration of its fresco decoration (in Greek).
10:15 Andromachi Skreka, Angeliki Strati and Eleftheria Papou, The catholicon of the Holy Virgin Mary Mavriotissa in Kastoria. The conservation works and the new research findings (in Greek).
10:30 Nuray Ocakli, Using 15th century Ottoman survey books and 19th century restoration plans for archaeological excavations and conservation of Byzantine cultural heritages in Kastoria.
10:45 Evangelos Fragkotsinos, Healing of body and soul at the church of Hagioi Anargyroi in Kastoria (in Greek).
11:00 Andreas Tsokas, The Hermitage of Saint Athanasios at Great Prespa (in Greek).
11:30 Discusssion
11:45 Coffee Break
Second Morning Session (12:00-12:45)
THE PERIOD AFTER THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
MONUMENTAL PAINTING
CHAIRS: Viktoria Kepetzi, Maria Z. Sigala
11:45 Dionysios Politopoulos, Οbservations on the iconographic program of the church of Panagia Makrini, Kallithea, Samos (in Greek).
12:00 Michalis Kappas, Civil strife in early fifteenth-century Mani and the church of the Saviour at Bloutsianika, Lagada (in Greek).
12:15 Panayotis Katsafados, The unknown, concluding iconographic program of Christodoulos Kalergis in the Peloponnese: New evidence from the re-examination of written testimonies at the monastery of the Holy Trinity in Briki, Inner Mani (1708) (in Greek).
12:30 Ioannis Vitaliotis and Ahilino Palushi, “Painted in Anno Domini 1649”: The wall paintings of the church of Saints Constantine and Helen in Berat as hypothetical evidence for Linotopi painters in central Albania (in Greek).
12:45 Discusssion
13:00-15:05 Break
Saturday 25 April 2026, 13:00-15:00 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLIGOCAL SOCIETY
Poster Presentation
THE PERIOD AFTER THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
CRETAN ICONS
COORDINATOR: Ioanna Bitha
15. 05 Chryssavgi Koutsikou, Signed Cretan icons from a private Athenian collection (in Greek).
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First Afternoon Session (15:15-16:45)
BYZANTINE PERIOD / THE PERIOD AFTER THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
ICON PAINTING
CHAIRS: Ioanna Bitha, Konstantia Kefala
15:15 Alexandros Anagnostopoulos, Composite two-sided icon with the Virgin, Prophets and the Crucifixion from Tetralofos near Kozani, Macedonia (in Greek).
15:30 Elena Saenkova, The icon of “Virgin Glykophilousa with the Great Feasts” (late 14th – early 15th century) from the Patriarchate of Jerusalem: its dating and iconographic programme peculiarities (in Greek).
15:45 Andromachi Katselaki, Angelus Byzamanus Cad[iotus]: Triptych wing depicting Saint Jerome in the Velimezi Collection at the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, donated by the Margaritis and Makris families (in Greek).
16.00 Nikolaos Bonovas, Unknown triptych dated in 1694, a work of the high priest Joasaph from Aleppo, Syria (in Greek).
16:15 Maria Antoniou, A maritime miracle and the hope of salvation from purgatory in an unknown votive icon from the Ionian Islands (in Greek).
16:30 Discussion
16:45 Coffee Break
Second Afternoon Session (17:00-19:00)
THE PERIOD AFTER THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
WATERMARKS / ARCHIVAL RESEARCH / EMBROIDERY / HERALDY / SCULTPTURE / HISTORIOGRAPHY
CHAIRS: Vicky Foskolou, Tenia Rigakou
17:00 Eleftheria Voltyraki and Vaïa Nestoridou, Watermarks: evidence of memory, witness of authenticity (in Greek).
17:15 Nasa Patapiou, Unknown evidence for a medieval mansion in occupied Nicosia (in Greek).
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17:30 Michalis Lychounas, Old embroidery on new fabrics: stories of conservation management 18th century ecclesiastical embroidery (in Greek).
17:45 Dionysios Angelis, An enigmatic western coat of arms from Kavassila, Ilia (in Greek).
18:00 Georgios Zoumbos and Spyros Karydis, Giuseppe Torretti’s angel and the church of Pantocrator in the city of Corfu (in Greek).
18:15 Vangelis Maladakis, Kurt Weitzmann on Mount Athos. Unpublished archival documents from the Princeton collections (in Greek).
18:30 Discussion
18:45 End and concluding remarks of the 45th Symposium on Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Archaeology and Art of the Christian Archaeological Society
19:00 End of the third and last day of the Symposium
The The Administrative Administrative Board of the Christian Archaeological Society Board of the Christian Archaeological Society wwarmly thanks the Byzantine and Christian Museum for supporting its work and the hosting of our Symposium in its historical headquarters.