Apostolos Andreas Church

Religious

Few Words About the Church

Apostolos Andreas Church is located near the entrance of Amiantos, on the road that connects Amiantos to Karvounas, and is the town’s primary church. It was constructed between 1974 and 1975 on the site of a 1922 church, from which antique icons and sacred relics were salvaged. The existing church is a basilica with a dome and is constructed from native stone. The church is located at the southern end of the heavily populated centre of Amiantos village on a big flat block.

The plot’s eastern border is adjacent to a road. It is a form of basilica with three aisles and a central dome. The church’s structure is made of reinforced concrete and brick. The façade is a cross-shaped gabled roof with concrete slabs covered in clay tiles in the Byzantine style. At the intersection of the plates, a square foundation supports a massive dome. The dome’s hemispherical shell is constructed from reinforced concrete and covered with Byzantine clay tiles.