Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Chalkidonas, Orthodox church and Bogomil cemetery in Chalkidona, Greece
Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Chalkidona is a 19th-century three-aisled basilica with a bell tower. Wall paintings decorate the arches that separate the three aisles. Beside it lie a 10th-century Bogomil cemetery with large stone crosses up to 2 m high, carved with symbols and inscriptions, and fourteen columns.
The church was built in the 19th century as a cemetery church of the Voden, Pella and Moglena diocese. In 1988 it was declared a protected monument of culture together with the adjacent Bogomil cemetery, whose large stone crosses date from the 10th century. In 2011 the party Rainbow reported that a stone with a Slavic inscription had been stolen from the church wall.
The church is a cemetery church of the Voden, Pella and Moglena diocese. Its walls carry a Slavic inscription, and in 2011 the party Rainbow reported that vandals stole a stone bearing it from the church wall. Beside the church lie the large stone crosses of a 10th-century Bogomil cemetery, carved with symbols and inscriptions.
The church stands in the town of Ildžievo (Chalkidona), in the Pella regional unit between Thessaloniki and Giannitsa. The Bogomil cemetery with its stone crosses lies beside the church, and both were declared protected monuments in 1988. The ground is uneven, so watch your step among the crosses; the largest reaches two metres.
The churchyard holds a Bogomil cemetery from the 10th century, with large stone crosses up to 2 m high bearing carved symbols and inscriptions. In 2011 the party Vinogi reported that vandals had stolen a stone from the church wall because it carried a Slavic inscription.
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