Agios Nikolaos Church

Agios Nikolaos Church (Aya Nikola Kilisesi), is the former Greek Orthodox Church located in the Kuruköprü area of the city of Adana. The church temporarily hosts the Provincial Public Library until library's return to its original location. Agios Nikolaos Greek Orthodox Church was built in 1845 by the Greek community of the city. Church was built according to three-domed basilica plan just like the other Greek churches in Anatolia. From exterior, the structure has a rectangular shape in east-west direction and from interior it has a three-domed basilica plan. The entrance to the church property is from a rectangular gate on the southwest. The symbol of sun on the triangle-shaped fronton on top of the gate, defines 'Entrance to Enlightenment'. The nine lined Greek inscription on the marble plate above the church door at the westside, dictates : Bi abni huda rahim u rahman Ba emri ali sultan Mahmut Han Nikolas azize kelise rumiyan İtti bina Spür kalfa kamilan Antiokheias Methodios ruhban Papazı u khyrsanthos çoban Ukaffei milleti Hristiyan Oldu bunda mahsus u şamizan 1845 Ocak 1 In English: With the help of God the merciful, the beneficient and by the order of the supreme Sultan Mahmut Khan, Saint Nicholas church is built by the master-builder Spür from top to toe. Methodius of Antioch, Khrysantos the shepherd and the whole Christian commun

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