The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios, is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki, dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire. Since 1988, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a part of the site Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki.
Façade of the Basilica of Hagios Demetrios
Byzantine architecture by Félix Marie Charles Texier. Illustrated by "Examples of Edifices erected in the East during the earliest Ages of Christianity", R.Popplewell Pullan, London, Day & Son, 1864.
Interior with rests of applicated light and dark fields of the arches
St Demetrius, Thessalonica ground plan, Texier Charles,1864
Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica, also known as the Holy Great-Martyr Demetrius the Myroblyte, was a Greek Christian martyr of the early 4th century AD.
12th-century mosaic depicting Saint Demetrius, from the Golden-Roofed Monastery in Kiev
St Demetrius of Salonica, 18th century, Walters Art Museum
Martyrdom of Demetrius of Thessalonica, depicted in the 11th century Menologion of Basil II.
Relics of Saint Demetrius at the Hagios Demetrios Basilica in Thessaloniki
