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location of the same name, was the small church of Aghia Triada,
in reality just a small wooden shed.
A plaque on its walls read:
"1850 August, Papathansios Patilis, Founder"
The plaque bore an engraved cross down its middle.
The small church collapsed with time, however, and in 1972 the
people of Perista collected enough funds to erect another church
in the same name, but larger and sturdier than the original. It
even boasts its own bell.
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"Bless O Christ our God
You,, who made the fishermen all-ed are
wise,sending
upon them the Holy Spirit and, through them, netting the world.
O loving One, glory to You."
- Apolytikion of Pentecost
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They
affixed a plaque to the new structure which, due to harsh weather
conditions, is hardly legible now, but it reads: "This church was originally built in 1771 under the
leadership of Father A. Patilis, and rebuilt in 1972 with funds
donated by the people of Perista."
Father Patilis was a prominent personality
in Perista during his time (first half of the nineteenth century),
so when his ecclesiastical stole (what Orthodox priests wear over
their robes) was recently discovered in his old home, it was moved
for safekeeping to a storage room in the old St. Athanasios church.
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