The Roman August at the time of Tetrarchy Galerius built a temple dedicated to Zeus in Thessaloniki Greece in 311 CE. After a century or more this temple was turned to a Christian Church as it was the policy of the Christian Emperors and especially of Justinian. It is listed as World Monument by UNESCO. The Central Council of Archaeologists, which is under the authority of the Ministry of Civilisation and Sports, decided that a cross should be placed, because it was used as a Church for many centuries. So was Parthenon of Akropolis of Athens by the way, should a restoration of Parthenon as the Church of Panagia Athiniotissa be awaited? In 1995 a mob of priests and Christian believers stopped a concert by force, destroyed a piano of a musician called Sakis Papadimitriou, because they wanted to turn the monument into a Church. Now the radical left, mayor and ministry have granted the Christian Church a mass once a month. That for the beginning.
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