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Churches in Athens
Agios Pavlos (Saint
Paul)
The Anglican Church
You will find the Anglican Church between Filellion street and
Amalias avenue. It is dedicated to Saint Paul. The church was
built in 1838 for the small Anglican community in Athens who also
raised the necessary funds. Henry Palmerston, the then Prime Minister
of Britain, also made a donation.
The
architect Charles Cockerell drew up the initial plan but in 1838,
before construction had begun, Christian Hansen pushed new designs
forward. The resulting church is a Victorian, neo-gothic building.
It is a basilica with shorter aisles on the sides that are covered
by gothic apses.
The
walls of the church and the architrave are made of marble from
the Hymittos mountain while Corinthian stone was used for the
sculpted frames of the main door and windows. Only the windows
and flutes of the arches have external painted decorations.
Inscriptions
on the windows, walls and furniture, commemorate a number of leading
figures from the Anglican community such as Richard Church who
took part in the Greek War of Independence and later became a
member of the Greek Parliament. Ever since its foundation, the
church has been an important meeting point for the English-speaking
community of Athens.
Between Filellion street and Amalias avenue
Monastiraki - Acropoli
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typical words, please consult our Greek
glossary.