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Hagios Titos church

Δημοτική Ενότητα Ηρακλείου, Italy

Hagios Titos church

The Cathedral of Saint Titus (Greek: Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίου Τίτου, romanized: Kathedrikos Naos Agiou Titou) is a Greek Orthodox church in the city of Heraklion, on the island of Crete, Greece. dedicated to Saint Titus. The current church was built in 1869 as a mosque, called the Yeni Cami ("New Mosqu

e"), after the previous building was destroyed by the earthquake of 1856. In 1925 it was converted to Christian worship. The church was declared a cathedral of the archdiocese of Crete in 2013. The church is an eclectic style square temple with a dome. The exterior of the temple is dominated by vertical elements, while at the top there is a stone-carved apse.

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