Church of Saint Panteleimon (Thessaloniki)

Church of Saint Panteleimon
Holy Church of Saint Panteleimon
Ναός Αγίου Παντελεήμονα
Church of Saint Panteleimon
Location of the church in Greece
Church of Saint Panteleimon
40°37′59″N 22°57′4″E / 40.63306°N 22.95111°E / 40.63306; 22.95111
LocationCorner of Arrianou and Iasonidou Streets, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek
DenominationGreek Orthodox
Previous denominationIslam (1548–1912)
History
Former names
  • Monastery of the Virgin Peribleptos
  • Monastery of Kyr Isaac
  • Turkish: İshakiye Camii
    (as a mosque)
Status
  • Church (14th century–1548)
  • Mosque (1548–1912)
  • Church (since 1912– )
DedicationSaint Panteleimon
Dedicated1912
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch
StyleByzantine
Completed14th century
Specifications
Number of domes1 (maybe more)
Number of towers1: minaret (since destroyed)
Administration
MetropolisThessaloniki
Clergy
PriestArchim. Vakalakis Euthimios
The church interior
Part ofPaleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki
CriteriaCultural: (i), (ii), (iv)
Inscription1988 (12th Session)
Area0.174 ha (0.43 acres)

The Church of Saint Panteleimon (Greek: Ναός Αγίου Παντελεήμονα, romanizedNaós Agíou Panteleímona), officially the Holy Church of Saint Panteleimon (Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Παντελεήμονος), is a Greek Orthodox church located in Thessaloniki, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. The Byzantine-era church was built in the 14th century. Because of its well-preserved Byzantine architecture and its testimony to the importance of Thessaloniki to early and medieval Christianity, the church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988 along with fourteen other Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki.