Chania No. 1 / Canea / Chanea / Chaniá / Hania / Hanya / Xania / Χανιά
Image copyright © Helen Murlis, 2012
Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 April 2012)
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: immersion baptism in the Greek Orthodox rite
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helen Murlis, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2012 by Helen Murlis
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 April 2012)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helen Murlis, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2012 by Helen Murlis
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 April 2012)
INFORMATION
FontID: 18024CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Agia Irini [Chapel of St. Irene]
Church Patron Saints: St. Irene
Country Name: Greece
Location: Chania
Directions to Site: Located 40 km W of Crete
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Helen Murlis for her photographs of this font
Church Notes: [NB: could this be in the nearby village of Sougia, and not in Chania itself?]
Font Notes:
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Chalice-shaped baptismal font made of metal, consisting of a bell-shaped basin raised on a roughly conical moulded base, with a thick round moulding between the two. The font is currently being used for immersion baptism.
COORDINATES
UTM: 35S 229448 3934436
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round