Above: Driving through the hills towards the Panagia Drosiani church.
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1 shows the a home on the main street of Halki.
2 and 3 are artifacts outside and inside the Panagia Drosiani church.
4 and 5 are views within the Panagia Drosiani.
6 to 10 show ancient frescos within Panagia Drosiani likely made in the 6th or 7th centuries. They were covered by new frescoes in the 12th-14th centuries,
but were restored in the 1960's.
The Ascension of Christ is depicted in the southeastern apse around the partially bricked twin window.
The arch in front of it has two archangels. The northeastern apse above shows
a depiction of Mary, flanked by the two
holy doctors Cosmas and Damian and below Christ left King Solomon and the Virgin Mary and on the right a Saint and John the Baptist.
On the arch of the apse are two unnamed saints, and lower right another saint, possibly the Holy Julian.
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