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Penteli, church of Hagia Triada. View from N. (Photograph by I. Liakoura)
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Triada tou Nerou (of the Water), Penteli
Area: Penteli
Type: Not fully developed, Cross-in Square Church
Date: 14th century
Description:
The church is situated in the Old Penteli square. Nowadays, it is lime washed and the interventions inflicted make it difficult for us to recognize its Byzantine traits. The main church is cross-in-square. A contemporary narrow narthex has been annexed and much later a barrel-vaulted exonarthex. It is dated to the 14th or the 15th century (Orlandos). A painted decoration is not preserved. The church used to be a hermitage, where the founder of the post Byzantine Monastery of Penteli, monk Timotheos, used to live during the construction work in the Monastery. Besides, the distance between the church of Hagia Triada and the Monastery of Penteli is small. The name “of the Water” derives from a spring, which used to spring, close to the small church.
Type: Not fully developed, Cross-in Square Church
Date: 14th century
Description:
The church is situated in the Old Penteli square. Nowadays, it is lime washed and the interventions inflicted make it difficult for us to recognize its Byzantine traits. The main church is cross-in-square. A contemporary narrow narthex has been annexed and much later a barrel-vaulted exonarthex. It is dated to the 14th or the 15th century (Orlandos). A painted decoration is not preserved. The church used to be a hermitage, where the founder of the post Byzantine Monastery of Penteli, monk Timotheos, used to live during the construction work in the Monastery. Besides, the distance between the church of Hagia Triada and the Monastery of Penteli is small. The name “of the Water” derives from a spring, which used to spring, close to the small church.