Panagia Gorgoepikoos
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It is possible that the church was initially the catholicon of a small monastery, which in the middle of the 17th c. it became the Metochi of the Monastery of Kaisariani. During the period of the Turkish occupation (1456-1833) it was part of the metropolitan mansion of Athens and was used as the chapel of the metropolitan. In 1834 it was used for the storage of antiquities and sometime later, in 1839, its initial columns, which were destroyed by a fire, were replaced with built pillars and the bell tower that was located on the western side was demolished. In 1841 it was converted into a public library and in the period 1862-1863 they carried out new alterations, during which unfortunately they removed the Mid-Byzantine wall paintings from its interior.
The church celebrates on December 15th.
The church celebrates on December 15th.