Greece
Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki

St. Nicolas Orphanos

The Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos is an early 14th-century Byzantine church in the northern city of . Covered in outstanding Byzantine frescoes, the church is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki, demonstrating the importance of Thessaloniki in early Christian history.
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  • Opening hours: Monday and Wednesday—Thursday 10:00 AM—1:00 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: church in Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Also known as: “Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos”
  • Address: Ηροδότου, Θεσσαλονίκη, 54634

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Byzantine Bath and Hagios Demetrios.

Archaeological site
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The of the Upper City in is one of the few and best preserved of the Byzantine baths that have survived from the Byzantine period in . is situated 360 metres northwest of St. Nicolas Orphanos.

Church
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The Church of Saint Demetrius, or , is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of , dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire. is situated 720 metres west of St. Nicolas Orphanos.

Museum
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or Ishak Pasha Mosque, literally the "colourful mosque", is a 15th-century Ottoman in , . is situated 580 metres west of St. Nicolas Orphanos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper Town and Agios Pavlos.

Suburb
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or Ano Poli is the old town of and is located around the city's acropolis north of the city center. The neighborhood is known for its well preserved Byzantine and Ottoman era structures and urban design and as a center for Thessaloniki's poets, intellectuals, and bohemians.

Suburb
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is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of , of which it is a municipal unit.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

St. Nicolas Orphanos

Latitude
40.63767° or 40° 38′ 16″ north
Longitude
22.95621° or 22° 57′ 22″ east
Open location code
8GG4JXQ4+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 161736682
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q1504317
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Western Frisian—“St. Nicolas Orphanos” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ὀρφανός”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Նիկողայոս Զմյուռնացու եկեղեցի”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Николай Орфанос”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Николай Сирак”
  • Chinese: “圣尼古拉堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس نيكولاس اورفانوس”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Nikolaos Orfanoksen kirkko”
  • French: “église Saint-Nicolas-l’Orphelin de Thessalonique”
  • French: “Église Saint-Nicolas-l’Orphelin de Thessalonique”
  • French: “Église Saint-Nicolas-l’Orphelin”
  • German: “Agios Nikolaos Orfanos”
  • German: “Agios Nikolaos Orphanos”
  • German: “Hagios Nikolaos Orfanos”
  • Greek: “Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Νικολάου Ορφανού”
  • Greek: “Ναός Αγίου Νικολάου Ορφανού”
  • Greek: “Ναός Αγίου Νικολάου του Ορφανού”
  • Macedonian: “Свети Никола Сирак”
  • Macedonian: “Црква „Св. Никола Сирак“”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Nicolau, o Órfão”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Nicolau”
  • Romanian: “Hagios Nikolaos Orfanos”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Николая Орфаноса”
  • Serbian: “Црква Светог Николе Орфаноса”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev sv. Nikolaja Orfanosa, Solun”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Nicolás el Huérfano”
  • Tatar: “Изге Николау Орфану чиркәве”
  • Tatar: “Изге ятим Николай чиркәве”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Святого Миколая Орфаноса”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Святого Ніколая Орфаноса”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Миколи Орфаноса”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Ніколая Орфанос”
  • Western Frisian: “Hagios Nikolaos Orfanos-tsjerke”

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