When the people descended to the throne of Kostiantina I in 1868, the sons of George I and Olga, the municipality of Athens desired the building of the temple in his honor. In 1870, the municipal council entrusted the design and construction of the church to Lisandros Kaftanzoglou. The life of the church began in 1871. The church was completed in 1905 after the sponsorship of Queen Olga. Having painted the church by Anastasios Loukidis, he was assisted by Fotis Kontoglu and Dimitrios Dimas. Lukidis started the iconography in 1927 and continued until 1932, and the rest of the work was painted in 1953. The fresco painting of the church was painted from 1972 until the 1980s and the subsequent consecrations of Malamas and Jomelakis.
The temple was damaged by the earthquakes of 1981 and 1999. Particularly another, having created problems at the sanctuary of the temple, they were also careful about the recovery from the perpendicular to the ground wall, either through earthtrucks, or through the subway. Regardless of the fact that time-consuming work was carried out, architectural and structural investigations were carried out, and the renovation of the church began again in 2013. The work included restoration of the dome, refurbishment of the dome, repair of the stonework, replacement of metal beams with stainless steel elements, tightening of the pillars, cleaning of the external surface, maintenance of the frescoes and restoration of the cathedral. The bottom side was secured to additional stainless steel anchors.
The church is built to the architectural type of a three-nave basilica with a dome and a transverse nave. It has an area of .1, 000 square meters, and the height from the base to the top of the dome is 32 meters. The dome is covered with copper sheets. The architecture of the church is characterized by elements of neoclassicism, while it also has Renaissance influences in the context of eclecticism. The greatest feature of the temple is the propylone on the faç ade of the temple, with columns inspired by the Corinthian order, columns and a pediment. The church has two octagonal domes. The sanctuary and dome of the church were painted by Anastasios Loukidis, and the chapel of Agios Georgios by Fotis Kontoglou.
In front of the temple is the chest of Bishop Anthimos Skalistris, the hero of Greece’s struggle for independence, with a panagia on his chest and pistols in his belt.
The temple was damaged by the earthquakes of 1981 and 1999. Particularly another, having created problems at the sanctuary of the temple, they were also careful about the recovery from the perpendicular to the ground wall, either through earthtrucks, or through the subway. Regardless of the fact that time-consuming work was carried out, architectural and structural investigations were carried out, and the renovation of the church began again in 2013. The work included restoration of the dome, refurbishment of the dome, repair of the stonework, replacement of metal beams with stainless steel elements, tightening of the pillars, cleaning of the external surface, maintenance of the frescoes and restoration of the cathedral. The bottom side was secured to additional stainless steel anchors.
The church is built to the architectural type of a three-nave basilica with a dome and a transverse nave. It has an area of .1, 000 square meters, and the height from the base to the top of the dome is 32 meters. The dome is covered with copper sheets. The architecture of the church is characterized by elements of neoclassicism, while it also has Renaissance influences in the context of eclecticism. The greatest feature of the temple is the propylone on the faç ade of the temple, with columns inspired by the Corinthian order, columns and a pediment. The church has two octagonal domes. The sanctuary and dome of the church were painted by Anastasios Loukidis, and the chapel of Agios Georgios by Fotis Kontoglou.
In front of the temple is the chest of Bishop Anthimos Skalistris, the hero of Greece’s struggle for independence, with a panagia on his chest and pistols in his belt.
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