🐈⬛The Orthodox Cathedral of Corfu, which houses Saint Theodora's relics, celebrates on the 11th of February.
🐈⬛Theodora the Blessed was a Byzantine empress who served as the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theophilos from 830 to 842 and regent for the couple's young son Michael III after Theophilos' death from 842 to 856, respectively.
🐈⬛Theodora is well known for putting an end to the second Byzantine Iconoclasm (814-843), for which she is honored as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
🐈⬛She died on February 11, 867, and her corpse was transferred to Corfu in 1456, following the fall of Constantinople.
🐈⬛Theodora is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and she is celebrated on February 11 for her contribution to icon restoration.
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🐈⬛This portrait of Ioannis Capodistrias, the first governor of Greece from Corfu Island, was created by the Corfiot artist Charalampos Pachis in 1873. The painting is located in the Municipal Gallery of Corfu.
🐈⬛A few days before he was killed, he wrote:"Let them say and write what they please. The time is coming when people will be judged not for what they said or wrote about their actions, but for what their own actions attest to..."
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🐈⬛Book one of our Dark History Tours and hear about the darkest events from Corfu’s past from our passionate storytellers and licensed tourist guides.
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"Hymn to Lyberty": Nikolaos Mantzaros' original manuscript for the polyphonic setting to music of Dionysios Solomons' poem (1844).Nikolaos Mantzaros was a Corfiot composer, while Dionysios Solomons was a Zantean poet who spent much of his life on Corfu.
👉This part has been Greece's national anthem since 1865. The manuscript can be found in Corfu's Municipal Gallery.
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The women of Souli, opposing Ali's army in Greece, chose death over slavery. This stunning painting is exhibited in the municipal gallery of Corfu Town.
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❤️ Wintertime in Corfu!
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Throne Room of the Palace of Archangel Michael and St. George in Corfu Town.
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The most cozy bookshop in Corfu Town couldn't be complete without a cat..
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Cooking vegetarian dishes is customary on Mondays and Wednesdays in Greece. Among the most popular are Fasolada🫘 and Fasolakia🫛.
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We hope your holiday season is full of happiness, good health, and lots of cheer! The "Corfu Perspectives" team wishes you a Merry Christmas!🎄✨️☃️❤️
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Dassia Beach today, 18th of December!🌊🌞
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