Limnos Tourist Guide

Limnos Metropolitan Cathedral dominates in Myrina, for its monumental character and the two impressive bell towers.

A three-aided basilica with dome, Agia Triada was built by the Bishop Ioannikios in 1724, in the site of an older church, to be a part, a few decades later, of one of the sanguinary pages of the Hellenic history.

It was in 1770 when the Russian Orloff incited Greeks on the island against the Turks but eventually backtracked. He resigned from his attempt to occupy Limnos, breaks the siege against the castle and leaves the rebelled Greeks exposed, godforsaken, to the revengeful fury of the Turks.

What ensued Orlov Revolt, could difficultly be described in its tragic dimension. The Turks demolished Agia Triada, while the island's Bishop Ioannikios was hanged over the wooden bridge that existed in front of the temple- nowadays made of stone -. Three hundred Greek nobles were slaughtered at the port and during the next three days burglaries and murders continued on the island, as the Turks intended to demolish the entire male population.

In 1865, the old church was demolished and the reconstruction of the cathedral started by the architect, Zaharias Filipottis, the famous marble sculptor from Tinos. The wood required for the construction of the present temple was shipped from Odessa, an offer by a Lemnian captain.

Inside the church you may admire the wooden carved, gold-plated temple. It initially resided in the church of Agios Nicholaos in Myrina, which was demolished during the Turkish occupation and the temple was transferred and appended to Agia Triada.

In the church courtyard, besides the impressive bell towers, a beautiful garden is landscaped and a bit further stands the bust of the island's Bishop Joachim, who was hanged by the Turks.