Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, Stavrodromion

The Church of Saints Constantine and Helen has been repaired and restored by the Commercial Bank of Greece and was reconsecrated on the saints feast-day, 21 May 1999.
This, too, is a large and richly embellished church. Completed in 1861, the ceremony of Thyranoixia, the Opening of the Portals, was held on 9 April of that year.
The Aghiasma of the church is at Kasimpasa and lies in a vegetable garden belonging to private owners. Manouil Gedeon mentions that its feast used to be held on 26 July and that on that day the parish priest would bless all visitors.
The keys of the Aghiasma are kept by a Muslim neighbour who obligingly opens it to pilgrims.

Ismini Kapandai
Churches in Constantinople
Nikos Ghinis – Constantinos Stratos