Later History of the Church of St John
In the tenth century, a small chapel decorated with fresco paintings was built to the north of the Church of
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The Cross-Shaped Church of St John
The great church built by Emperor Justinian the Great over the tomb of St John the Theologian was designed in
The Dedicatory Cross and Early Byzantine Decoration
A dedicatory cross can still be seen carved on the steps of one of the columns flanking the entrance to