Repanidi

Repanidi
Repanidi; Ρεπανίδι
	Agios Georgios church
	Repanidi
	Coordinates: 39°55.4′N25°17.9′E / 39.9233°N 25.2983°E Coordinates: 39°55.4′N25°17.9′E / 39.9233°N 25.2983°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	North Aegean
Regional unit	Lemnos
Municipality	Lemnos
Municipal unit	Moudros
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Community [1]
• Population	266 (2011)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration	MY

Last updated May 05, 2019

Repanidi (Greek : Ρεπανίδι) is a village and a community in the northeast of the island of Lemnos, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Moudros. It is located 2 km northeast of Romanou, 3 km west of Kontopouli, 3 km east of Lychna, 6 km northeast of Moudros and 21 km northeast of Myrina. In 2011 its population was 266 people. Its elevation is 30 m.

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Lemnos is a Greek island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Myrina. At 477.583 square kilometres (184.396 sq mi), it is the 8th-largest island of Greece.

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Population

Year	Population
1928	639
1981	393
1991	302
2001	357
2011	266

History

The village was first mentioned as Repanidion in 1285 in a census record of the monastery Pteris, that was located near Tsimandria, southwestern Lemnos. Among others it had a chapel known as Odigitria. The name probably comes from a plant called "rapanida". In 1418, Buondelmonti mentioned the village as Rapagnidi. Belon wrote in 1548 that the village was situated near a port known as Ekato Kefalon (Εκατό Κεφαλών = "The Hundred Heads"). This port was also known to 16th-century Ottoman geographer Piri Reis.

Tsimandria is a village and a community in the southwestern part of Lemnos, a Greek island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. It is part of the municipal unit of Nea Koutali. It is 1.5 km south of Portianou, 2 km east of Kontias, 4 km southwest of Nea Koutali and 10 km east of Myrina. The eastern half of the Fakos peninsula and the islets Kastria and Kompi are part of the community. In 2011 its population was 259.

A Hodegetria, or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to Him as the source of salvation for humankind. The Virgin's head usually inclines towards the Child, who raises his hand in a blessing gesture. In the Western Church this type of icon is sometimes called Our Lady of the Way.

Cristoforo Buondelmonti was an Italian Franciscan priest and traveler, and a pioneer in promoting first-hand knowledge of Greece and its antiquities throughout the Western world.

This indicates that the village was not located in its present-day location, but near present Agios Ypatios. The move probably took place in the beginning of the 19th century.

19th century

The New Martyr Athanasios Repanidiotis, who had an eventful life, came from Repanidi. In the village a school was opened in the 1820s. In 1875, the school building was built and in 1879, the school became communal. It had two classes at first, increased to five classes before 1912. In 1856, 147 men ages 18 to 60 paid 4,704 kuruş to avoid army conscription. and both in 1863 and in 1874, 94 Christian families were recorded. In 1874 it had 118 houses. The majority was employed in agriculture. In the final years of Turkish rule, a post office was opened. Repanidi had one representative in the regional council.

The title of New Martyr or Neomartyr of the Eastern Orthodox Church was originally given to martyrs who died under heretical rulers or non-christian rulers in post-medieval period. The Greek Orthodox Church traditionally gives the title of New Martyr to those who had been tortured and executed during the Ottoman rule (turkocracy) in order to avoid forced islamization. Later, various Christian Churches added to the list those martyred under Islam and various modern regimes, especially Communist ones, which espoused state atheism. Officially, the era of the New Martyrs begins with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Among those commemorated are not only those who gave their lives in martyrdom, but also those who are accounted as confessors for the Orthodox Faith.
Some New Martyrs are anonymous or known with non-Christian names, as they died without being officially baptized. According to the Orthodox belief, they were baptized in their own blood when executed.

Kuruş are all names for currency denominations in and around the territories formerly part of the Ottoman Empire. The variation in the name stems from the different languages it is used in and the different transcriptions into the Latin alphabet. In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre.

Modern years

During the interwar years, the village saw a small growth. In 1928, the population was 639 people. In 1931 a new school building was built with funding from the Repanidioiti Council of the USA "Agios Georgios. It was operated until 1990, when it united with the school in Kontopouli. Since 2006, the school building houses Special Professional Education. Construction of the new church of Saint George was started in 1928, and completed in 1948. It is built out of stone with marble decorative elements. After World War II, due to immigration the village population declined until 302 in 1991. There is a cultural association and there used to be a soccer club AO Repanidiou. Kostas Zafeiriou, writer of children's books, descends from Repanidi. He wrote a book Paramythia gia tin Aithaleia kai alles istories, which is inspired by Lemnos.

Kontopouli is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Moudros in the northeastern part of the island of Lemnos, Greece. In 2011 its population was 623 for the village and 634 for the community, which includes the small villages Agios Alexandros and Agios Theodoros. Its total area is 37.04 km². Kontopouli is 1 km northwest of Kalliopi, 3 km east of Repanidi and 8 km northeast of Moudros.

Localities

Agios Ypatios

Agios Ypatios (also known as Anypatis or Aypatis) is an old settlement 1.5 km northeast of Repanidi. It is situated in a fertile plain. It has only a few inhabitable houses, and no permanent residents. It was first mentioned in 1677 by Covel as Hagia-Pate. The village took its name from Saint Hypatius. There is no church of Saint Hypatius in the village, but there may have been one.

John Covel was a clergyman and scientist who became Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the University.

Saint Hypatius the Wonderworker, Hypatius of Gangra – Hieromartyr; titular Bishop of Gangra, Asia Minor; present at the First Ecumenical Council where he supported Saint Athanasius the Great against the Arian heresy. The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates him on March 31 and Roman Catholic Church celebrates him on 14 November.

Turkish land owners had their residences in Agios Ypatios, and built a school and a mosque in the village. The population grew, and also Christians settled there and built the church of Saint Athanasius, which still exists today. In 1856 107 men aged 18–60 years paid 3424 kuruş tax, to escape the conscription. In the 1860s the Christian population moved away to the new villages Plaka and Panagia, and also to Kontopouli, Romanou and Repanidi. In 1904 the village was virtually deserted, also by the Turks. The most striking remains of the village are the Ottoman fountain and the church of Saint Athanasius.

Plaka is a village in the northeasternmost part of the island of Lemnos, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Moudros. In 2011 its population was 310 people. The island of Imbros in Turkey is just 24 km northeast. It is situated somewhere in the middle of the straight line between Troy and Mount Athos. Some believe that it is the Ermaion lepas of the ancient, through which was transmitted with fire the news of the sack of Troy to Argos and Mycenae. Although the edge has an elevation of just 70 m, the cape comes deep into the sea and it is easily seen from those two areas. Therefore, in 1912 a 30 m high rotating lighthouse was built with a luminous range of 20 nautical miles (37 km).

Panagia is a village in the northeastern part of the island of Lemnos, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Moudros. In 2011 its population was 383 people, including the small village Kortisonas.

Kotsinos

Kotsinos is a small fishing village 2.5 km northwest of Repanidi. Its name reflects the local pronunciation of the word "κόκκινος" (kokkinos), meaning "red", referring to the colour of the local soil. It was first mentioned in 1136. It was expanded by the Venetians in the 13th century, who built a castle. Nearby Hephaistia was abandoned in favour of Kotsinos. The village was recaptured by the Byzantines in 1276, and a monastery was built. When the Venetians captured the island again in 1464, Kotsinos was one of the three most important castles. It was built on an artificial hill, and its ruins are still visible. Inside the castle there is the church of Zoodochos Pigi, built in 1954 on the remains of the monastery. There is a spring under the church.

In the first centuries of Ottoman rule Kotsinos remained a flourishing trading port, but it declined after it was sacked by the Venetians in 1656. Most of its inhabitants moved to inland villages, and the port fell into disrepair. At the 2001 census, the village had 3 permanent inhabitants.

Bibliography

Tourtsopoulou-Stefanidou Vasilili, Ταξιδιωτικά και γεωγραφικά κείμενα για τη νήσο Λήμνο (15ος-20ος αιώνας) = Travelling and Geographic Sources of Lemnos Island (15th-20th Centuries) Thessaloniki, 1986.
Lemnos CD: Λήμνος αγαπημένη = Loveable Lemnos
Theodoros Belitsos, Η Λήμνος και τα χωριά της = Lemnos and its Villages, 1994
Angelis Michelis Repanidi, Limnos , p 1019-1021 (November 11 to 25, 1934)

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References

↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.

External links

Repanidi at the GTP Travel Pages

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[census11-1] "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.

v t e Subdivisions of the municipality of Lemnos
Municipal unit of Atsiki	Agios Dimitrios Atsiki Dafni Karpasi Katalakko Sardes Varos
Municipal unit of Moudros	Fisini Kalliopi Kaminia Kontopouli Lychna Moudros Panagia Plaka Repanidi Roussopouli Romanou Skandali
Municipal unit of Myrina	Kaspakas Kornos Myrina Platy Thanos
Municipal unit of Nea Koutali	Angariones Kallithea Kontias Livadochori Nea Koutali Pedino Portianou Tsimandria