Holy Church of the Holy Apostles
Five-domed Byzantine church with lavish patterned brickwork and late mosaics of shimmering saints.
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This guide to the Church of the Holy Apostles in Thessaloniki starts with the brick letters on its west front and a patriarch of Constantinople whose name is built into the walls. It follows a puzzle that scientists, inscriptions and a kneeling abbot named Paul each have a say in. Best heard standing at the west porch, then walking round to the east end.
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