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02/12/2007
Church of St George Palaiokastritis

Aikaterinh Balla
Source: C.E.T.I.
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The important Armenian church of St George (Sourp Kevork) at Didymoteicho dates to the years 1826-1831. It is built on the site of the earlier Byzantine church of St George Palaiokastritis, where Ioannis VI Cantacuzenus was crowned emperor on October 26, 1341.