Orkhomenos - Panagia of Skrípou Church

(Local Name: Panayía tou Skrípou) Immediately east of the ancient site of Orkhomenós is the church of the Panayía of Skrípou, which according to an inscription in the apse was built by a high Imperial official called Leon in 873/874 on the site of an earlier fifth century church. This church is important as being the earliest example of a domed cruciform church in Greece. The walls contain many architectural fragments from ancient buildings.