Expressive Culture.

Bread stamp with the holy seal. Used to make an imprint on the prosphoro, i.e., a small loaf of leavened bread offered at the Eucharist during the Divine Liturgy service of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Expressive Culture.

Kovtskouda

in the local Mesotopiko dialect. A carnival phallic made of carved wood. Associated with Dionysus, the Ancient Greek god of wine, theatre, ecstasy and fertility. A necessary accessory for bells. Beaten on the ground to symbolize fertilization movement.

Expressive Culture.

Children's toy loom.

Expressive Culture.

Kaploudeks

Made by the village shoemakers for the farmers who wanted to ornament their mules. This decoration covered the hind quarters of the mule and was tied to the saddle.

Expressive Culture.

A column found locally in Agios Georgios Chrousou by Panos Valavanis. According to the engraving, it was dedicated to Constantine the Great and his sons.

Expressive Culture.

Display box for "stefana" - crowns worn by the bride and groom in Greek Orthodox weddings.

Expressive Culture.

Lamp the burned in the iconostasis, i.e., a screen of icons that separates the nave from the sanctuary in the Greek Orthodox Church.

Expressive Culture.

From the 4th century CE, fragment from the early Christian church of Agios Efstratios at the site of Seistria Podaras.