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Type: Timber - Roofed Basilica
Date: Early Christian phase
Description:
The church is situated in the village center, where an early Christian basilica used to be. However, it is surprising that there is almost no sign of the remnants of that basilica.
Today’s church is a timber-roofed basilica dated to the Turkish domination. Externally, it is lime-washed in its bigger part.
The church is dedicated to two saints. The second one is Hagios Haralambos, who is venerated in the northern part of the temple.
Only a few traces of wall paintings survive. However, they present a significant interest not so much artistically but due to the artist’s concentration on the old iconographic patterns. A small fragment portraying the 40 martyrs is preserved on the eastern wall of the narthex. This fragment might be the most important one in the church, since it appears that the artist is loyal to a very good Paleologan pattern.
The early Christian phase of the church – along with a significant number of remains – is indicative of the flourishing early Christian settlements in the area.
Bouras Ch.-Andreadi R.-Kaloyeropoulou A., Churches of Attica, Athens 1969