Churches in Athens


Agios Georgios tou Vrachou
(Saint George Saint George on the Cliff)

If your walk takes you to Statonos street, on the north-eastern foot of the Acropolis, look out for the small church of Saint George on the cliffs. This church was built in the 17th century and renovated during the mid-19th century, following the development of the Anafiotika area.

It is a single-naved barrel-vaulted church with blind arches on the longer sides which was a popular architectural type during the Ottoman period in Athens (as in the churches of Saint Symeon, Holy Power, Saint Athanasios Kourkouris and Saint Demetrius Loubardiaris).

The name of the church comes from its location at the foot of the Acropolis rock. A few meters from the garden on the eastern side you can see a memorial stone dedicated to Konstantinos Koukidis, an Acropolis guard who, according to tradition, wrapped himself in the Greek flag and threw himself off the Acropolis when the Germans invaded Athens on 27 April 1941.

Statonos street – Anafiotika
Syntagma – Acropoli
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