Changes After Construction
For the present masonry building, the former structure was demolished in 1841, and the new building was completed in 1843.
In the construction of 1841–1843, the layout of the building was reestablished as a 19th-century intervention.
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The church belongs to the Latin Catholic Church.
The building has also been known by the names “St. Peter and St. Paul Church” and “San Pietro.”
The building is in the neoclassical style.
The building is 35 meters long; its width ranges between 8 and 10 meters; its height is 14 meters.
The wall behind the high altar is associated with the remains of the Galata walls from the Genoese period.
A polychrome carved wooden statue of the Virgin Mary sent from Genoa in 1856 is kept in the church.
The “Odighitria (Virgin Mary the Guide)” icon, which survived the fire of 1731, is kept in the church.
