Apostles Church
Apostles Church is a church in Neapoli-Sykies, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia. Apostles Church is situated nearby to Town Hall of Pefka, as well as near the government office ΚΕΠ Πεύκων.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: church building in Neapoli-Sykies Municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Apostles Church, Pefka”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Heptapyrgion and St. Nicolas Orphanos.
Heptapyrgion
Photo: Dlinemedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Heptapyrgion, modern Eptapyrgio, also popularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule, is a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the Acropolis of Thessaloniki in Greece. Heptapyrgion is situated 3 km southwest of Apostles Church.
St. Nicolas Orphanos
Church
Photo: LucT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos is an early 14th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. 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. St. Nicolas Orphanos is situated 4 km southwest of Apostles Church.
Moni Latomou
Church
The Church of Hosios David is a late 5th-century church in Thessaloniki, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. During Byzantine times, it functioned as the katholikon of the Latomos Monastery, and was adorned with rich mosaic and fresco decoration, which was renewed in the 12th–14th centuries. Moni Latomou is situated 4 km southwest of Apostles Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pefka and Agios Pavlos.
Pefka
Suburb
Photo: EntaXoyas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pefka, also known as Retziki, is a suburb and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Neapoli-Sykies, of which it is a municipal unit.
Agios Pavlos
Suburb
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agios Pavlos is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Neapoli-Sykies, of which it is a municipal unit. Agios Pavlos is situated 3½ km southwest of Apostles Church.
Asvestochórion
Town
Photo: Geraki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Asvestochori is a small town and a community of the Pylaia-Chortiatis municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Chortiatis, of which it was a municipal district. Asvestochórion is situated 3½ km southeast of Apostles Church.
Apostles Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Neapoli-Sykies, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.65989° or 40° 39′ 36″ northLongitude
22.99316° or 22° 59′ 35″ eastInception
1998Open location code
8GG4MX5V+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 260187204OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q27163291
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Macedonian—“Apostles Church” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Свети Апостоли (Юренджик)”
- Bulgarian: “Свети Апостоли”
- Greek: “Ναός Αγίων Αποστόλων”
- Macedonian: “Свети Апостоли”
- Macedonian: “Црква „Свети Апостоли“ - Јуренџик”
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