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Church of Hagia Thekla, SW view. (Photograph by Ch. Kontogeorgopoulou)
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Thekla, Hagia, Stavros-Hagia Paraskevi
Area: Stavros, Hagia Paraskevi
Type: Aisleless, Barrel-Vaulted Basilica
Date: End of the 12th-beginnings of the 13th century
Description:
The church, in its present form, is a single-aisled, barrel-vaulted basilica. However, during the latest excavations it has been established that the initial church, which is dated to the end of the 12th century – beginning of the 13th century, was a four-columned, cross-in-square church. It is probably connected with the neighboring monastery of Hagios Ioannis Kynigos in Hymettus. The milestone made in 1238 proves this point. It was situated in the northern side of the road leading to Mesogeia (today’s Mesogeion avenue) in order to signal the connection between the Athens and the Mesogeia plain. It is the so-called column of Neophytos, who probably was a monk in the above mentioned monastery in Hymettus. The church is not mentioned in historical sources but Neophytos’ column, with which it is directly connected, is a valuable historical source. This happens not only because it preserves the name of the manufacturer of Mesogeion street but also because of its connection with the monastery of Kynigos.
Type: Aisleless, Barrel-Vaulted Basilica
Date: End of the 12th-beginnings of the 13th century
Description:
The church, in its present form, is a single-aisled, barrel-vaulted basilica. However, during the latest excavations it has been established that the initial church, which is dated to the end of the 12th century – beginning of the 13th century, was a four-columned, cross-in-square church. It is probably connected with the neighboring monastery of Hagios Ioannis Kynigos in Hymettus. The milestone made in 1238 proves this point. It was situated in the northern side of the road leading to Mesogeia (today’s Mesogeion avenue) in order to signal the connection between the Athens and the Mesogeia plain. It is the so-called column of Neophytos, who probably was a monk in the above mentioned monastery in Hymettus. The church is not mentioned in historical sources but Neophytos’ column, with which it is directly connected, is a valuable historical source. This happens not only because it preserves the name of the manufacturer of Mesogeion street but also because of its connection with the monastery of Kynigos.