Church of Agios Vlasios of Dafni

The Holy Church of Agios Vlasios is located in the village of Dafni in the Municipality of Ilida near Amaliada. This is the katholicon of a small post-Byzantine monastery that was a metochion of the Docheiariou Monastery of Mount Athos. The erection date of the church can be placed in the 17th c. The katholicon belongs to the cross-in-square church of the contracted type with a polygonal dome and preserves interesting morphological decorative elements. Internally, part of its mural decoration is still preserved. The church has now been converted into a chapel and is open every year on the 11th of February when it celebrates.

Copyediting: Ephorate of Antiquities of Ilia