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The roof is made of tiles; it has been repaired once, in 1973. Above the windows on the exterior, there is a decorative row of bricks. Icons of saints, done in fresco by anonymous artists, surround the church on the outside; part of these have been effaced by exposure. The nearly square parish
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The stone and brick church is shaped like a trefoil cross, with two apses. The church is 23 meters long, 8.5 meters wide and 10 meters high from foundation to roof. The walls are a meter thick. The interior is divided into altar, nave and
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features gilt decorations and icons in oil paint. The walls were repainted in 1994; only a small fragment of the original, Byzantine style frescoes survives.
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was issued. The parishioners purchased land in 1783. No stone inscription plaque survives, so information about construction and
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cemetery surrounds the church. It covers 3000 square meters and has a brick wall. The church is listed as a
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