Church of the Holy Apostles (14th c.) - Olimpou 1

Name: Church of the Holy Apostles (14th c.) - Olimpou 1
Address: Olimpou 1, Thessaloniki 546 30, Greece, 546, Greece

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Contact Church of the Holy Apostles (14th c.)

Address :	Olimpou 1, Thessaloniki 546 30, Greece
Phone :	📞 +78
Postal code :	546
Website :	http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp%3Fobj_id%3D1682
Categories :	Tourist attraction , Greek Orthodox church ,
Description :	Original frescoes & fragments of mosaics preserved inside a 14th-century Byzantine church.

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E	Evangelos Kalogiannis on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The place is good but church authorities are against neighbors' pets and children that play there
J	Javier Diaz on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very beautiful church. It only opens in the morning. Try to go when there are ceremonies... unique experience
R	Rasa Aleksaite on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ very old, very authentic. Not on the main sites of visitation, but really worth to visit because of wonderful fresco. Church is included into list of UNESCO world heritage
T	Tetiana Bogdanova on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Looks very old and beautiful
R	Rock Cyprus on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of the many magnificent Byzantine Churches of Thessaloniki! With a tetrastyle, cross-in-square architecture, looks beautiful both in the sun and the snow! Built at at the beginning of the 14th century AD.
R	RodDeeRoads on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is an interesting and light-filled church that dates back to the early 14th century. It is thought that it was the main chapel of a much larger monastery, the rest of which has long since disappeared. It was built in a cruciform shape with one large central dome and four smaller domes, one in each corner. It has a lobby area which has two walkways with galleries, stretching down either side of the internal space of the church. There are stunning mosaics on the upper walls below the dome. These are considered to be of great importance as they are very late Byzantine era and were done not too long before the fall of Thessaloniki to the Ottomans. As was the fate of many of the city's other churches, the Turks turned the church into a mosque and named it the Mosque of the Cold Water, presumably due to the presence of water cisterns on the monastery site - you can still see their remains today, slightly uphill to the northwest of the church. Beside the church you will see long sections of the old west walls of the city, built in Byzantine times.
D	Dhruv Mehta on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A beautiful Byzantine church with an Eastern Orthodox style and UNESCO title. It is nearly empty without any tourists. Perfect for those who would like to explore it in peace or pray. There is a café and a restaurant next to it. Watch out for a few pet dogs!
I	Igor Kaluđer on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of many churches in Thessaloniki but one of most beautiful ... maybe its not the big one but its definitely worth a visit :-) ... And one more thing , Vardaris ( the part of the city where this church is located ) is one of prettiest parts of the town !!!