Building Name: | Saint Nicholas church |
Location: | Kavala, Greece |
Map Type: | Greece |
Map Size: | 220px |
Religious Affiliation: | Greek Orthodox |
District: | Metropolis of Philippi, Neapolis and Thasos |
Architecture Type: | Mosque, church |
Architecture Style: | Ottoman architecture |
Year Completed: | 1530 |
Minaret Quantity: | 1 (now bell-tower) |
Dome Quantity: | 1 |
Materials: | Brick, stone |
The Church of Saint Nicholas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Νικολάου) of Kavala is a Greek Orthodox Church in the town of Kavala, in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. It was built during Ottoman period as Ibrahim Pasha Mosque (Turkish: İbrahim Paşa Camii) before it was converted into a church in modern times.
The building was erected in 1530 during the Ottoman rule of Macedonia as an Islamic mosque, perhaps on the site of a pre-existing Christian church, by Ibrahim Pasha, vizier to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and it was the largest mosque in Kavala.
In the 1920s the mosque was converted into a church for Christian worship, dedicated to Saint Nicholas; the bell-tower was built upon the base of the destroyed minaret.[1] [2] [3] On the eastern side of the church there is a mural depicting the arrival of Apostle Paul in the port.[4]