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Panagia ( Greek: Παναγία, fem. of panágios, pan- + hágios, the All-Holy; pronounced in Medieval and Modern Greek, also transliterated Panayia or Panaghia, is one of the titles of Mary, the mother of Jesus, used especially in Orthodox Christianity.
Most Greek churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary are called Panagia; the standard western Christian designation of "St. Mary" is rarely used in the Orthodox East, as Mary is considered the holiest of all human beings and therefore of higher status than the Saints.
Panagia is a small uninhabited Greek island off the coast of Paxoi, the lesser of the Ionian Islands. It lies 200 m off the east coast of Paxoi, close to the main town Gaios.
Panagia may refer to:
- Panagia, one of the titles of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Orthodox Christianity
- places in Greece and Cyprus:
- Panagia, Paphos, a village in Cyprus
- Panagia, Chalkidiki a village in Chalkidiki, Greece
- Panagia, Grevena a village in Grevena, Greece
- Panagia, Lemnos, a village on the island of Lemnos, Greece
- Panagia (island), one of the Ionian islands, Greece
- Kyra Panagia, an island in the Sporades, Greece
- a place in Romania:
- Panaghia, a village in Calopăr Commune, Dolj County
Usage examples of "panagia".
A better example of grandeur of treatment can hardly be cited than the paintings of the now destroyed dome of the little church of Megale Panagia at Athens, a dome which was only about 12 ft.
Zella and the nurse bore the child to the chapel, they sprinkled him with holy water, and, as he revived, besought the Panagia with earnest prayers to save him from the menaced ill.
Eighteen miles farther they passed Leontinoi, which in ancient days dared to rival Siracusa itself, and an hour later the train skirted the bay and Capo Santa Panagia and slowly came to a halt in that city which for centuries dominated all the known world and was more powerful and magnificent in its prime than Athens itself--Syracuse.