What I can see

The church of Agios Georgios is a wooden-roofed three-aisled basilica, which has several recent additions. The aisles are separated by wooden columns and among the relics of the church is the painted epitaph of the first half of the 19th century. The Byzantine icons that probably belonged to the Rotunda, when it was used as a Christian church, have been transferred to the Museum of Byzantine Culture.

What I can't see

According to tradition, the church was built when the Rotunda was converted into a mosque by the Turks, so that its icons could be moved here. However, the reality is probably different, as the church most likely predates this event, but the icons of the Rotunda were indeed transferred here, when it was converted into a mosque. The church was originally the main church of a monastery. It was granted by the metropolitan church of Thessaloniki to the Monastery of Agios Gregorios of Mount Athos.

Info

• Address: Agiou Gerorgiou St.

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