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Valuable Icons Return to Messina

MessinaIn 1908, three days after the celebration of Christmas, a strong earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, destroyed the Italian city of Messina and the historical Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas. The Greek and Russian Navy intervened at the time offering their help in rescuing and relieving the earthquake victims.

In 1909, the 43 valuable icons that were rescued from inside the church and date from 1250 to 1850 were sent to Greece as an expression of gratitude and since then, have been exhibited in the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens.

After the language professor Daniel Makris’ proposition, and with the initiative of the Greek Community in Steno, the icons will be hosted in the Regional Museum of Messina until May 26 and in Palazzo dei Normanni (Norman Palace), the seat of the Region of Sicily, in Palermo, for another two months.

The exhibition will have the title, Immagine e Scrittura. Presenza greca a Messina dal Medioevo all’età moderna, (Icons and manuscripts. The Greek presence in Messina from Medieval to modern times). It is organized by the Region of Sicily, the Federico II Foundation, the Sicilian Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (ISSBI) and the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens.

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