Agios Georgios Arperas — Attraction in Tersefanou

I've visited the place many times. Unfortunately, the church is always locked. The advice to pick the key at the nearby farmer's house does not really help. Which farmer's house? The farmer behind the church has big dogs running freely around.

The chapel was built by the Dragoman Christofakis Konstantinou in 1745 and has a fresco depicting himself and his family as founders, as well as many icons signed by the painter Ioannikios.

The "Dragoman" was a diplomatic translator as liaison between a western country and the Ottoman Empire. He usually spoke French, Arabic, Turkish and Farsi. He had big political influence.

[Example see picture: Amédée Jaubert was Napoleon's "favourite orientalist adviser and dragoman". He accompanied the Persian envoy Mirza Mohammed Reza Qazvini at Finckenstein Palace to meet with Napoleon on 27 April 1807 for the Treaty of Finckenstein. Source:...

We are on a 'find all Agios Georgios churches tour' the church is interesting, but was closed when we were there. Still nice to walk around, and you can get infos on the web site. Worth having a...

We love the place. You can find the key in the nearby farmer's house - it's on a nail...