 Location |
|
Schinoussa is one of the islands among the Small Cyclades. It is not a tourist island, so the people live off traditional fishing and farming, and they produce wine and breed cattle
|
 Population |
|
Schinoussa has a population off approximately 130 inhabitants and a land mass of 8 square kilometers. It basically consists of one settlement, Hora, or "Panagia".
|
 History |
|
This island was most likely inhabited by at least the 10th century BC. The Venetians ruled the island from 13th - 16th centuries. During the 16th -19th centuries, Schinoussa was ruled by the Turks and served as a pirate nest. For some time the monastery of the Virgin Mary on Amorgos owned the island. In 1922 it was liberated back to Greece, along with the rest of the islands.
|
 Religion |
|
This topic is not island-specific. It applies to the nation of Greece.
Orthodox Christianity is the recognized dominant religion of Greece and it is legally protected by the state. This has caused legal discrimination against non-Orthodox Churches, and although the constitution of 1975 removed the power of most of the old laws against Protestants, problems still exist today. There is a lot of fear towards anything outside of the Orthodox Church, especially on the islands. However, repeated rulings of the European Court of Justice in favour of religious minorities in cases of discrimination have led to a relative increase of the freedoms that these religious minorities now enjoy.
|
|
 Saints |
|
|
 Prayer |
|
Please pray
* For the Spirit of God to bring revival.
* For more Christian workers
|
 Miscellaneous |
|
Places of interest one should visit include:
* Folklore museum in Hora.
* The Church of Panagia Akathi
* One of the 17 beaches
|
 Celebrations |
|
|
 Resources |
|
www.greektravel.com
www.in2greece.com
www.hri.org
|
