Church of saints Athanasios and Kyrillos
Feast day: January 18
A compressed cross-in-square church with a dome of the 13th-14th century, measuring 11.06 m by 6.36 m, which is a combination of a small three-aisled “cross-domed basilica”, with a compressed cruciform core, 12.88 m wide. Typologically, this original phase is very early and could be dated to the 7th or even the 8th century. Yet, there is no archaeological evidence to confirm it, apart from indications from the pottery from the different layers of the excavation. Fragments of frescoes from the 12th century indicate that this phase had a long duration. A large part of the original building must have collapsed during a strong earthquake, probably that of 1222, and was reconstructed in the Frankish period, as a cross-in-square church with a dome, in the position and with the dimensions of the central nave. It underwent extensive reconstructions and was reinforced in the later periods (15th-16th centuries), because of the cracks caused by the instability of its subsoil. Small fragments of frescoes are still preserved, dating to the 12th, 14th and 16th centuries. It is a listed monument (Table B). The feast day of the church is on the 18th of January.