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Saint Panteleimon of Acharnai
Religion
Affiliation	Greek Orthodox
District	Archbishopric of Athens
Location
Location	Athens, Greece
Geographic coordinates	38°00′27″N 23°43′44″E / 38.0075°N 23.728889°E / 38.0075; 23.728889
Architecture
Architect(s)	Ioannis Papadakis, Georgios Nomikos
Style	Byzantine Revival architecture
Completed	1930 (partly)
Specifications
Capacity	2,400 m
Length	63 m (outer)
Width	48 m (outer)

The church of Saint Panteleimon of Acharnai (Greek: Άγιος Παντελεήμων Αχαρνών) is a Greek Orthodox basilica in the center of Athens. It has a maximum length of 63 m and width 48 m and it is the biggest church of Greece. The church is in the downtown of the modern city of Athens, close to the high-traffic Acharnon Avenue.

The foundations of the church were laid on 12 September 1910 by King George I of Greece and it was consecrated on 22 June 1930. The church's interior paintings were created by the painter Giannis Karouzos (1937-2013). It took him 23 years to complete the painting of the 6,000 m surface of the interior walls of the church.

Other sources consider the Cathedral of Saint Andrew, Patras and not the Church of Saint Panteleimon of Acharnai to be the largest Orthodox church in Greece.

See also

• Agios Panteleimonas, Athens
• List of largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings

References

1. "Thanati Fotini, Saint Panteleimon church historical notes and photos, Assignment for the course "Local History", 3rd grade, 67th High school of Athens, 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. Άγιος Παντελεήμων Αχαρνών
3. "Άγιος Παντελεήμονας Αχαρνών: Η μεγαλύτερη Εκκλησία της Ελλάδας". vimaorthodoxias.gr (in Greek). 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
4. Giannis Karousos, The hagiographer of Saint Panteleimon Acharnon, article in newspaper KATHIMERINI (07/08/2013)

External links

• Church of Saint Panteleimon Acharnon official website
• Church of Greece

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