Church of the Acheiropoietos (Thessaloniki)
The Church of the Acheiropoietos is one of the oldest church in Thessaloniki. It was built in the 5th century.
After Ottoman conquest of the city in 1430, the Acheiropoietos was converted into a mosque, and had been used until the release of Tessaloniki in 1912.
It was used as the shelter for refugees during the First World War, the church was restored to the Christian Church in 1930.
The church is included in the World Heritage Site, "Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika", registered in 1988.
