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professor Charis Alk. Apostolopoulos who has extensively studied the church building, the church has a surface area of 1,900 m on the ground floor and additionally 700 m on the first level (used as a gynaeconitis). The church has a length of ~60 m, width ~52 m and has a capacity of 7,000 people.
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as the largest one in Greece. Over the central dome there is a 5-meter-long, gold-plated cross and over the other domes, there are 12 smaller crosses. These crosses symbolize Jesus and His apostles. The interior of the church is decorated with
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led the party of 15 cardinals that presented the relic to Bishop
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The astonishing missionary journeys of the apostle Andrew
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