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Holy Church of Saint Barbara at Argyroupoli
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- Fact 1: The only hard evidence for the original existence of a church on the site is the year 1774, inscribed on a mural icon of St. Barbara, but local tradition claims a church has stood here for over 1,000 years—possibly as old as the nearby Monastery of Daphni, making it one of the most ancient Christian sites in the Athens area.
- Fact 2: The miraculous discovery of the icon of St. Barbara is the stuff of local legend: a shepherd, after ignoring a dream in which St. Barbara asked him to stop using the ruined church as a sheep pen, began losing his sheep daily until two women, guided by the saint in another dream, unearthed the icon—now a revered relic still housed in the church.
- Fact 3: The current church, built in 1904, is a striking three-naved basilica with each nave dedicated to a different saint (St. Barbara, St. Fanourios, and St. Mavra), and its Holy Sanctuary is named 'Euresis' (Discovery) to mark the exact spot where the miraculous icon was found—a unique architectural and spiritual feature not commonly found in Greek churches.