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The Cathedral of Athens is located on the homonym square at Mitropoleos Street.It is dedicated to the Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos and is a three-aisled Basilica with a dome.It was founded in 1842 and completed in 20 years, after a radical modification of the original designs of the Danish architect Hansen by the D. Zezos and Fr....
Agia Irini is located on the crossway of Aiolou and Athinaidos Street.After the reconstitution of the Greek state, it functioned as the Cathedral of Athens, since it was one of the oldest and best-preserved churches after the Revolution.However, in order to correspond to the needs of the newly established state, the old church was rebuilt by...
The beauteous Byzantine church of Agios Nikolaos Rangavas is located at Prytaniou Street in Plaka, on the northeastern side of the hill of the Acropolis.It is dated from the second half of the 11th century, according to the inscription of the Leon Rangavas that has been found on a stanchion of the dome.It is a simple four-columned...
On the northern side of the hill of the Acropolis, at the junction of the Prytaniou and Erechtheos Street, in a gorgeous garden with lemon trees lies the monastery of Agii Anargyri, also known as the Metochion of the Holy Sepulcher.The church of single-aisle basilica type was built in the 17th century and operated as a Catholic nunnery.Nowadays...
At Mitropoleos Street on the sidewalk, beneath a huge and kind of charmless building (where the Ministry of Education was housed until recently), you will come across the chapel of Agia Dynami, always attended and adorned with flowers.It belongs to the monastery of Penteli and until recently was known as the Metochion of Rodaki named after the...
Walking down Ermou Street, one of the busiest shopping streets in Athens, you will encounter a Byzantine church with climactic roofs, a remnant of another era.This is the well-known Kapnikarea.During the construction of Ermou Street was discussed the possibility of its transfer to another spot, a scenario that fortunately did not go...
If you gaze towards Lykavittos Hill, you will discern on its top the small white chapel of Agios Georgios.It is a single-naved church with a dome built around 1870 on the same spot, where the temple of Akreos Zeus was located.You can go uphill either on foot via the paths that traverse the slopes of Lykavittos or by the funicular railway, which...
Between Mouson Hill and Philopappos Hill is located since 1730 the church of Agios Dimitrios, also known as Loubadiaris.This is a small temple characterized by devoutness, which gathers numerous believers both at the masses and the speeches that take place there.
Next to the power station in Thissio stands the Byzantine church of Agii Asomati, a typical sample of ecclesiastical architecture of the 11th century, after which the square was named.It is a simple four-columned cross-in-square church with a dome.On this spot was once located "Gyftoporta", one of the gates of the wall of Athens.The whole...
The Gothick Anglican church of Agios Pavlos is located on the junction of Filellinon Street and Amalias Avenue.It was built during the period 1838-1843 by the Danish architect Hansen, to whom we owe many of the neoclassical buildings of Athens, for the needs of the Anglican Communion.
Within close distance from Syntagma Square, at Filellinon Street, across the National Garden stands one of the most impressive Byzantine churches in Athens, Sotira of Lykodimos.It is a building of the 11th century, which suffered repeated disasters and was restored in the 1850's with donations by the tsars Nikolaos I and Alexander II.The church...
In antiquity, in the middle of IeraOdos, which led from Athens to Eleusis, was located the sanctuary of Dafneos or Dafniforos Apollo, which was destroyed in 395 AD by the Goths.During the 5thcentury on the ruins of the ancient temple was built a church, around which will gradually be established the known Monastery of Dafni.From the columns of...
The Monastery of Kaisariani is located in the homonym region, at the foot of Hymettus, and is one of the most important Byzantine monuments in Attica.It was built in the 11th century and flourished in the late 12thand the early 13th century being a remarkable spiritual center in which important scholars of the era were based.The financial vigor...
The Monastery of Penteli is one of the most known monasteries in Attica located on the southern side of the homonym mountain.It was founded in 1578 and is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos.
The church of the Holy Trinity is located in the centre of Piraeus overlooking the port.It stands imposing on the junction of EthnikisAntistaseos and V. Georgios Street, two busy main roads.The first church of the Holy Trinity was founded in 1839, but it was entirely destroyed in 1944.It was replaced by an extempore small church to accommodate...
Agios Spyridonas, the patron saint of Piraeus, is the oldest church of the city.It was built during the years 1868-1875 on the foundations of the old historic church of the monastery of Agios Spyridonas.The feast day of the church is on the 12th of December, when the procession of the icon also takes place.
In the area of Lykavittos, behind "Evangelismos" Hospital is located the Holy Monastery of Asomati – Petraki, in which the offices of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece are housed.From the main entrance you will enter a small garden that leads to the church of the Holy Asomati of Taxiarchon dedicated to the Archangels.The church is one of...
