Churches in Argassi

St Sthathis

600 m from city center of Argassi

The traditional celebration in honour of St Eustathios takes place in Argasi and it is dedicated to the village's central church. Every 20th of September the relegious celebration includes traditional music, dances, food and feasts where all enjoy and share their festive enthousiasm.

Saint Spyridon of Sgournes

1.2 km from city center of Argassi

Next to the seashore coming from Town towards Argassi, there is the church of "St Spyridon of Sgournes". It is a 16th century monastery which has been looted by the pirates in previous centuries and destroyed by the earthquake in1 953. Finally, it was restored to its original form in 2009.

Monastery Panagia Skopiotisa

5.8 km from city center of Argassi

The church of Panagia Skopiotissa can be found on top of mount Skopos –also named after it– 2km from Argassi, the famous tourist resort in the southern part of the island. The snow-white church, in crosswise style with dome was built in 1624 and stands to this day on the ruins of an old monastery, which is thought to have been built in the place of the much older temple of Artemis.
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Saint Nikolaos Megalomatis

4.2 km from city center of Argassi

The Byzantine church of Saint Nikolaos Megalomatis (the Large-Eyed) or Stratilatis (the Commander) is situated on the east side of Mt Skopos, southeast of the city of Zakynthos, on the right of the earthen road that ascends to the monastery of Panagia Skopiotissa (Holy Mother of Skopos), and forms part of a lying in ruins later monastery complex dated to the 18th century (fig. 1). The church constitutes one of the few specimens of Byzantine church architecture preserved in Zakynthos. The strategic location of the site, in combination with its geographical position that affords a panoramic view to the west coast of the Peloponnese, where the castle of Kyllini (Chlemoutsi) dominates the landscape, attached particular importance to the church that, moreover, overlooks the village of Vasiliko, where imperial estates extended traditionally in the Byzantine period