The Temple of Pantokrator was built on the ruins of the ancient temple of Olympian Zeus and is the first cathedral of Patras in the Byzantine style
In a corner of Greece there is a church that has something special and makes it stand out as it is a miniature of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
The imposing temple of Pantokrator in Patras was built in 900 AD. and is considered a faithful copy of Hagia Sophia.
It is located below the castle of Patras, and is a reference point for the upper city.
The Temple of the Pantocrator of Patras has actually been built on the ruins of an ancient temple of Olympian Zeus and is the first Byzantine-style cathedral of Patras.
It has, like Hagia Sophia, beautiful and impressive domes which are externally made of lead. Indeed, the first bullets that the Greeks fired against the Turks during the Greek Revolution in 1821 were created from the pencil of the church’s domes.
During the Turkish occupation turned into a mosque and they called it Kursum mosque.
After liberation from the Ottoman yoke, it became a Christian temple and the minaret on its south side was demolished.
Behind the Temple of Pantocrator there is a mulberry tree whose age is estimated at about 500 years.
It may not have the size of Hagia Sophia, but the style and pace of the church show that it is a small faithful copy of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
With information from explore.patras.gr, patrasevents.gr
Source: Skai
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