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The plan of
this church is cruciform, the arms of which are barrel-vaulted,
and has a dome and three apses. The main apse and the
southern apse are collapsed. Entrance to the church is
by this collapsed main apse. It is also known as the
church of St Daniel, due to the picture of St Daniel on
the wall opposite the entrance. Red, gray and yellow
were used on a white background to decorate the church.
The vault of the north arm of the cross is covered in
various motifs. This church belongs to the Pre-Iconoclastic
period or between 9th and 11th centuries.
Scenes: Annunciation,
Visitation, Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, Flight into Egypt, Baptism,
Koimesis (Falling Asleep of Mother Mary),Daniel among the Lions; on the dome are
Ascension and portraits of saints. |