Church of Saint Catherine, Thessaloniki

The church of Agia Aikaterini ( St. Catherine's Church ) in Thessaloniki (Greek Αγία Αικατερίνη ) is a Byzantine church in the late 13th century. It is located in the northwest part of the upper town to the north of Olimpiados Street and not far from the Byzantine city walls and is since 1988 part of the UNESCO World Heritage ( Early Christian and Byzantine buildings in Thessaloniki ).

History

The church, whose history there is little documentary evidence is likely to have been originally a monastery church; partly it is assumed that it is the main church of Christós - Pantodýnamos Monastery. Under Sultan Bayezid II, it was converted into a mosque ( Yakub Paşa Camii ). A restoration took place from 1947 until 1951.

Construction

The church has a domed cruciform church with a central dome and four columns siebenseitigem drum and four minor domes on the corners of the three-sided slave orbiting ships. The outer vestibule is missing unlike the Apostle Church. The church is an early example "of the domes by many plastic moving outer shape of Byzantine churches." The exterior is richly decorated by brick plant. The horizontal line is accented by a Marmorgesims.

Equipment

The frescoes, which is dated to the period around 1315, is preserved in fragments. Shown are the Church Fathers and the Communion of the Apostles, prophets, saints and angels and miracles of Christ. The Pantocrator is destroyed.