Église Saint-Chrysole de Comines, Byzantine Revival church in Comines, France.

Église Saint-Chrysole de Comines is a church building featuring Byzantine Revival design combined with modern construction methods. The structure displays high vaulted ceilings, a 51-meter tower built from multicolored sand bricks, and carefully crafted decorative elements throughout its interior.

The original church was destroyed during World War I, and architect Maurice Storez designed its reconstruction between 1925 and 1929. The new building employed reinforced concrete technology to create a modern interpretation of Byzantine style.

The church is dedicated to Saint Chrysolius, an Armenian who, by tradition, founded a Christian community at Comines in the 3rd century; beheaded around 303, he is said to have walked to the spot where he had built an altar to Saint Peter before dying. A chapel in the transept is dedicated to him, and a 17th-century epitaph commemorates the grammarian Jean Despautère, who died in 1520.

The church stands on the Grand Place facing the town hall, a short walk from the Lys, which marks the Franco-Belgian border. A large restoration campaign began in 2011 and included excavations that uncovered parts of 15th-century tombs of former lords of Comines. Inside, the octagonal baptistery on the left keeps a grey marble Gothic font rescued from the ruins of the church destroyed in the First World War.

The church was built using reinforced concrete, a technology that was still uncommon in 1925 and rarely used for religious buildings. This choice allowed the architect to create larger open interior spaces without visible supporting columns, which was considered modern and daring at the time.