Holy Church of Saint Panteleimon - Arrianou &

Small, but beautiful Orthodox Church near Aristotle University

A beautiful small church ! They not allow to take pictures inside. It is quite old so the painting on the wall is not so clear.

Beautiful church with nice yard.

Small in size church close to Rotunda and the arch of Galerius. An unearthly touch created by radians of natural light shining in front of the temple make the visitor feel closer to the creator. The church is of the tetrastyle cross-in-square type, with a narthex and a (now destroyed) ambulatory that is connected to two chapels (still extant).

Really nice and small Orthodox Church in the center of Thessaloniki with a small beautiful yard surrounding it. In this yard there is a beautiful small well with lots of flowers on it. If you are visiting the area it worth to go and check it. Entrance it's free and the interior decoration is really nice.

Right where Arrianou and Iasonidou streets are met, and really close to the Arch of Galerius and the Rotonda church, there stands the Church of Agios Panteleimon. The naming of the church is generally new, depending on the churche’s age. It has its origins deep in the byzantian history of the Theotokou Perivleptou church (aka Isaac’s church) named after its founder, archbishop Jacob (1295-1314), later to be monk Isaac. This church was a spiritual center during the 14th century and was a key point of reference of the writing and teaching activities of the great non-Greeks Thomas Magistros and Matthew Blastaris. Agios Panteleimon church belongs to a characteristic architectonic specimen of the Palaiologian renaissance in Thessaloniki. This type of churches was spread through the city with more than one domes and two tunnels leading to little side chapels to be preferable for that time period. The wall painting are dated to the late 13th century to the start of the 14th one, and several of them still exist today in good condition. The most iconic being the picturing of Saint Jacob the Adelfotheon, who shares the same name as the archbishop and founder of the temple. In the middle of the 16th century (1568-1571) the church was converted to a mosque by the name of “Isaacie Mosque” (meaning= Isaac’s mosque). All the wall paintings and the front of the church are calcined and a minaret is built, of which the base is still saved till today, and a marble fountain is also built out in the curtilage. After the great earthquake of the 1978, many restorations took place in the church and it reached the state it has till today.

Beautiful small church. One of many you should visit and feel the ancient Byzantine times in the wonderfull city Thessaloniki. Recommend!

The Church of Saint Panteleimon is a late Byzantine  church in Thessaloniki, Greece and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The church's architecture and decoration are date to the late 13th/early 14th centuries. The church is of the tetrastyle cross-in-suare type, with a narthex and a (now destroyed) ambulatory that is connected to two chapels (still extant). Very few of the building's original wall paintings survive. Ottoman remains include the base of the demolished minaret and a marble fountain.