The murals of the catholicon
24.10.2020
The conservation study of the frescoes of the Catholicon of the Vatopedi Monastery
Dr. Christos Karydis, Assistant Professor of Preventive and Interventional Conservation at the Ionian University and Eleftherios Papaioannou, Conservator of Antiquities...
11.05.2011
The frescoes of the inner narthex
The inner narthex (midnight) of the catholicon is covered with frescoes from 1760. Recent research has proven the existence of an older layer of paintings, the...
11.05.2011
The frescoes of the exonarthex
The exonarthex of the catholicon is covered with frescoes from 1312. The Byzantine representations are preserved without overpaintings or newer interventions and...
11.05.2011
The painter of the Prayer on the Mount of Olives
Two artists worked on the frescoes of the exonarthex, who present completely different artistic personalities from a stylistic point of view, although...
11.05.2011
Introduction to the wall paintings of the catholicon
The frescoed decoration of the catholicon is much later than the time of the church's construction. The oldest layer of frescoes was discovered...
11.05.2011
Introduction to the frescoes of the main church
The iconographic program of the main church is divided into three zones. The themes of the Dodecahortos (Nativity, Epiphany, Christ...) dominate.