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semi-inscribed cruciform with a dome. On the west side of the church there is the narthex covered with a continuous semi-cylindrical dome while the outer narthex is covered with a wooden roof. The entrance to the temple is possible through two doors while the floor of the temple is made of slabs, in the center of which a relief marble slab with the decorative theme of the five loaves is preserved. The Holy Altar is built. Few and poorly preserved frescoes are preserved in the main church and the narthex.
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The church is located in a central point of the settlement of
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in 1436 and informs us that he attended the liturgy held in the church of
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and was converted into a parish church. In 1969, by ministerial decision, the temple was declared a preserved monument. In 1969 a ministerial decree made the monastery a listed site.
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The church was built at the end of the 10th century. Historically, the first source that informs us of the existence of the
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on the island of
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