Thessaloniki, Greece
Agiou Dimitriou
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Church of St. Demetrios is located at Agiou Dimitriou street in Thessaloniki very close to the city center. It is very old and it is the most famous church in the city because St Demetrios is the protector of the city. The holiday of the Saint is on 26th October and it is very important for the residents of Thessaloniki.
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It is worth seeing for its history and old roman bath in the crypt. Old french style toilets except the didabled toilet but with no toilet paper in the garden along with grapevines.
Church of Agios Dimitrios is a beautiful monumental church, located in the very heart of Thessaloniki. The church is beautiful both from the outside and from the inside. Inside it is richly decorated with spectacular Byzantine mosaics. The history of the church and Saint Demetrius is extremely interesting. Saint Demetrius or Agios Dimitrios, (208 AD-303 AD) is the patron saint of Thessaloniki. He was the son of a wealthy military commander of Thessaloniki and received a good education as a child. He also joined the army and became an officer. When he was young, he decided to secretly baptized Christian, something forbidden those years. When his father died, the Roman Emperor Maximian ordered him to chase and kill the Christians of Thessaloniki. Dimitrios refused to do so and revealed his faith. He was asked to change his religious beliefs but refused once again and expressed his disgust for idolatry. Therefore, he was put to prison, was tortured and died for his God. Before he died, he donated all his wealth to the poor. His bravery and sacrifice made him an Orthodox saint. Later years people built a small church on the martyrdom of Agios Dimitrios. Over the years the church has become magnificent and significant. The Ottomans made Agios Dimitrios a mosque, and plastered over frescoes that were again revealed after the 1913 Greek reconquest. While the city's devastating fire of 1917 was very damaging, five 8th-century mosaics survive, spanning the altar. The martyrdom site is now an underground crypt. The Crypt and underground site is especially interesting place. Saint Dimitrios relics occupy a silver reliquary inside. His grave was said to be miraculous and thousands of pilgrims were coming every year to pay their honors. What to say, magnificent.
Beautiful church. A must see
[December 2019] One of the most amazing ortodox churches I've ever seen. So many relics of the saints you can pray to and admire too! St.Demetrios is patron saint of Thessaloniki. The church is built on the ruins of the Roman baths, where in 303.ad Roman officier Dimitrios was martyred. It was a small prayer house which is located today in the crypt, under the church altar. In 400's, a subprefect Lenotius Illyria, healled by St.Dimitrios, built a 3 nave basilica. Rebuilt after a fire in the 7th century, as 5 naval basilica. Burned again in 1917 and rebuilt using original materials. Recommend!
A fantastic orthodox temple in the center of the city. You can see the holy remains of saint Dimitrios and beautiful architecture. Huge inner space and plenty of external area. One of the greatest temple in the city.
One of the places where heaven meets earth, divine place, Saint protector of Thessaloniki, Agios Dimitrios deserves such beautiful Church.
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