Agii Theodori (Athens)

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The church Agii Theodori , Hagioi Theodoroi or Naos Hagiōn Theodorōn ("Church of St. Theodore"), Greek Άγιοι Θεοδώροι, Ναός Αγίων Θεοδώρων is a Byzantine church building of the 11th century in Athens . The church, which bears the patronage of the two saints Theodore ( Theodor Tiro and his hagiographic "doppelganger" Theodor Stratelates ), is located on Klafthmonos Square (gr. Πλατεία Κλαυθμώνος), south of Evropidou and Skouleniou streets .

architecture

View from the northwest (2008)

The church building is a small two - pillar cross -domed church . When it was rebuilt in the 12th century, it was built from natural stone layers with brick layers in between. There were also " kufic decorations". A bell tower was added later. The east gable is extended by three voluminous apses . The paintings inside the church are much more recent. They date from the 20th century and were made by the painter Athanasios Kandri (gr. Αθανάσιο Κανδρή).

history

Daguerreotype of the church from 1842

According to an inscription on the west side, the church was founded in 1049 or 1065 and completely rebuilt in the 12th century. The Byzantine official ( Spatharokandidatos ) Nikolaos Kalomalos (Gr. Νικόλαος Καλόμαλος) is named as the builder . In 1821 the church was badly damaged during the Greek Revolution , but it was restored in 1840.

Views

East view of Agion Theodoron Church, approx. 1888–1890, by Robert Weir Schultz and Sidney Barnsley. Archives of the British School at Athens

literature

  • Stuart Rossiter : Guide to Greece. (Blue Guide Greece, Ernest Benn, London 1981) CH Beck Munich / P. Efstathiadis, Athens 1982, ISBN 3-406-09251-9 , p. 184.
  • Nausika Panselinou (Ναυσικά Πανσελήνου): The Byzantine Athens - Βυζαντινή Αθήνα. Athens 2004.

Web links

Commons : Agioi Theodoroi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rossiter, Guide to Greece . P. 184.
  2. ↑ Τον πριν παλαιόν όντα σου ναόν μάρτυς / και μικρόν και πήλινον και σαθρόν λίαν / ανήγειρε Νικόλαος ο σος οικέτης / ο Καλόμαλος σπαθαροκανδιδάτος ος εύρε σε προστάτην παιδιόθεν μέγαν / βοηθόν και πρόμαχον πολλών κινδύνων / όν πρέσβευε του άνω τυχειν κλήρου / λαβόντα την άφεσιν των εσφαλμένων. Μηνί Σεπτεμβρίω ινδικτιώνος γ΄. Έτους ΣΤΦΝΗ (;) [Τον παλαιό σου ναό, που ήταν μικρός, χωμάτινος και σαθρός, ξανάχτισε ο δούλος σου Νικόλαος ο Καλόμαλος, σπαθαροκανδιδάτος, ο οποίος από παιδί σε είχε προστάτη και μεγάλο βοηθό και υπερασπιστή σε πολλούς κινδύνους , γι 'αυτόν μεσολάβησε να τύχει της άνωθεν σωτηρίας, αφού λάβει άφεση των αμαρτιών του]. Σεπτέμβριος, Τρίτη ινδικτιών, έτος 6,588 από Κτίσεως Κόσμου (1049 μ.Χ.) (Nausika Panselinou, The Byzantine Athens . P. 80)
  3. ↑ digitized version .

Coordinates: 37 ° 58 ′ 45.7 "  N , 23 ° 43 ′ 48.2"  E