Changes

Following the Byzantine style of the day, the masonry structure of the church uses a cloisonne cloisonné style look on the exterior in which the patterns alternate with the use of bricks and stones. The church is built in the form of a domed octagon with narrow three -sided apses[[apse]]s.

During the restoration of the church in the nineteenth century , the Byzantine interior was restyled in the fashion of nineteenth -century Russian church interiors. The remains of some of the original mural paintings of [[Christ]], St. [[Apostle Stephen the Protomartyr|Stephen]], and St. [[John the Forerunner]] are evident on the southern wall. [[w:Kufic|Kufic ]] pattern elements, imitating old Arabic writing, are embedded as small ceramic plates in a frieze across the northern and eastern walls.

*[http://www.athensinfoguide.com/wtschurches/sotiralykodimou.htm Churches in Athens: Sotira Lykodimou]

*[http://eng.palomnic.org/heritages/mission/ History Of of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem]