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Agios Georgios Rizareios (Saint
George Rirzareios)
Immediately next to the Evangelismos metro station,on Vasillissis
Sofias avenue, is the Church of Saint George (Agios Georgios)
Rizareios. According to a marble inscription on the façade
of the building, the church was built in 1843 in neoclassical
style by the architect Armodios Vlachos.
The
church was funded by Georgios Rizaris, a merchant and national
benefactor of Greece, who established the Rizareios Ecclesiastical
School. Today, the school is in Halandri, outside the municipality
of Athens. The old building on Vassillissis Sofias avenue no longer
exists.
The
statue of the founders is in the entrance to the church. In the
rear courtyard is a large bell given by the Romanian artist Stefan
Ramniceanu and put in place there in 1992.