Religious Services

Thessaloniki has been a multicultural city, with many communities and cultures. Christian Greeks, Jews, Armenians, Chinese, Catholics, Evangelicals and Muslims are all groups that each embrace their own faith and have set up places of worship in the city. Apart from the orthodox churches which are all over the city in every municipality and neighborhood (some of the most important are presented in the monuments section), there are also other religious places of worship in the city:

Armenian orthodox church

Located near the YMCA square the Armenian church was founded at 1903 and is the work of the Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli

The Catholic Church

The Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1897, also designed by the architect Vitaliano Poselli, on Frangon Street, which was once the center of the European (Frankish) district.

The Evangelical Churches of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki has two Evangelical churches. One – and better known – is located in the center of the city, on Paleon Patron Germanou Street. The least known is the Evangelical church located behind the workers’ residences of Finikas and belongs to the Municipality of Pylea.

The Jewish Synagogues of Thessaloniki

The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki has a very long history, interconnected with that of the city. Today, in Thessaloniki we find three synagogues for the worship needs of the community.

1. The Monastery Synagogue, located on Syngrou Street, was founded with a donation from Inda Aroesti and was dedicated to the memory of her husband Isaac.
2. The Yad Lezikaron Synagogue was inaugurated in 1984 and is dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust victims. It is located on Vasileos Herakliou Street.
3. The Saul Modiano Synagogue at the Saul Modiano Nursing Home, for the worship needs of the elderly and sick.

The place of prayer of the Muslim community

Thessaloniki, as a multicultural city, has a significant portion of Muslims, who as a small community still lack an official place of prayer. This need is covered by the Educational Cultural Association of Muslims of Macedonia-Thrace, which has formed a place of prayer in the city, in the area of Panagia Faneromeni.

The Chinatown Chinese Church

The Chinese community has not been in Thessaloniki for many years. Their population in the city currently exceeds 2,000. In the area opposite the Courts, in the block that includes Aesop, Tantalou and Prometheus streets, the first Chinese shops were set up and the neighborhood was transformed into a small Chinatown. In this neighborhood, on Sunday morning, at a large hall on the fourth floor of a building in Aesop operates a church of the doctrine of the Evangelists.