Through My Lens: Agios Konstantinos

For the Third Sunday of Lent, I’m posting a photo of the church of Agios Konstantinos. This small chapel was built almost two hundred years ago on the ruins of the castle built by Venetian traders back in the fifteenth century. Its location at the highest point of the Chora, about 250 metres above sea level, makes it the best spot for a panoramic view over Serifos.

Agios Konstantinos (Saint Constantine), also known as Constantine the Great, was Emperor of Rome from 306 to 337 CE, founder of Constantinople (now called Istanbul), and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He is credited with stopping the persecution of Christians and making the Christian faith the dominant religion of the Roman Empire.