Qualla: Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos https://qualla.com/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/9/v/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos https://qualla.com/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos: Introduction https://qualla.com/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos/ Photo credit Hierarchicus26, CC BY 4.0. In a corner of Greece where almost everyone is Orthodox and the great pilgrimage church belongs to the Virgin of the Eastern tradition, a Latin cathedral stands in the village of Xinara on Tinos, its bishop serving an archdiocese that has existed, in one form or another, since the thirteenth century. Catholic Christianity has been a minority faith in these islands for most of that time. It has also been remarkably durable.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/9/v/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos-wp/sw9v-archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos: A Venetian Inheritance https://qualla.com/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos/ Photo credit MarkusMark, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Diocese of Naxos was erected in the thirteenth century, a product of the Latin conquest that followed the Fourth Crusade and the subsequent division of Byzantine territories among Western powers. Venice and its allies carved the Cyclades into feudal lordships; the Catholic Ch...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/9/v/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos-wp/sw9v-archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos-a-venetian-inheritance.mp3 0:06 2 full Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos: Under Barbarossa's Shadow https://qualla.com/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos/ Photo credit Hierarchicus26, CC BY 4.0. In 1537, Naxos, Andros, Paros, and Santorini fell to the Ottoman naval commander Hayreddin Barbarossa. The conquest was swift and thorough. Pope Paul III assembled a Holy League in response — the Papacy, Spain, the Republic of Venice, and the Knights of Malta — but the alliance w...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/9/v/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos-wp/sw9v-archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos-under-barbarossas-shadow.mp3 0:06 3 full Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos: Consolidation and Modern Life https://qualla.com/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos/ Photo credit Hierarchicus26, CC BY 4.0. On June 3, 1919, the Archdiocese of Naxos merged with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tinos and Mykonos — which had itself absorbed the suppressed Diocese of Andros in 1824 — to form the present Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos. The unified name made official wha...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/9/v/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos-wp/sw9v-archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos-consolidation-and-modern-life.mp3 0:06 4 full Archdiocese of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos: The Poor Man's House https://qualla.com/archdiocese-of-naxos-tinos-andros-and-mykonos/ Photo credit Hierarchicus26, CC BY 4.0. In 1964, the archdiocese brought together its various parish charitable funds and brotherhoods into a single organization, naming it To spíti tou ftochoú — 'The Poor Man's House.' The organization provided donations and loans, supported education, and helped the disabled, widows,...

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