All Churches in Corfu

Dating roughly from the year 1000, this is one of the oldest surviving monuments of the middle Byzantine period on the island, and the only one built in the cross-shaped, inscribed, domed style. The church is dedicated to Jason and Sosipater, two disciples of St Paul who introduced the Christian faith to Corfu. Their graves, with pieces of their Holy Read more...

The wealth and variety of cultures of the people who have lived and still live on this island have left in Corfu Town the imprints of its past and present inhabitants. The Synagogue in the old Jewish Quarter (the Evraiki), bombed by German incendiaries in the Second World War. The older of the two existing. Greek (vecchia), reconstructed after the Read more...

The wealth and variety of cultures of the people who have lived and still live on this island have left in Corfu Town the imprints of its past and present inhabitants. The Anglican Church in the Porta Remunda housed in a secular 19th c. building. Read more...

Owned by a fraternity (bakers guild). Renovated in the 19th c. Restructured, based on plans of corfiot architect I. Chronis (1860). Read more...

One of the largest churches of Corfu. Anglican church for English soldiers. Built based on the plans of Antony Emmet (engineer of the royal army). Three-aisled basilica, divided by a double row of cast iron pillars which supported a loft extending along the three sides of the building in the shape of the Greek letter Π. The initial interior structure Read more...

The Catholic Cathedral, better known to locals as the Duomo, is dedicated to Saints Giacomo and Cristoforo. It was built in the 1400s on the Town Hall Square, and dedicated as a cathedral in 1633. It has not ceased since then to provide spiritual aid to Corfiot Catholics, and any Catholic visitors to the island. In 1658 the church was Read more...

Catholic monastery, with a large land property. Inaugurated in 1394. Three-aisled timber-roofed basilica with gothic arches. The tower-like belfry, altered by later lean-tos at its base, and a small part of the facade with relief carvings survived the bombardments of 1943 Read more...

One of the first Cathedrals of the Great Deans. With a peripheral exonarthex. Extended vertically and horizontally westwards from 1757 to 1760 (belfry repair 1784, demolition 1804, reconstruction 1807). Some of its icons were painted by E, Tzane Bountalis and G. Chrisoloras (17th and 18th c.) Read more...

Built by the Monk Nikodimos. Was the parish of Corfiot Epirots. Owned by fraternities (Furriers and goldsmiths guilds). Three-aisled timber-roofed basilica. Restructured (vertical extension) in 1832, based on plans of the corfiot architect I. Chronis. The wooden iconostasis was reconstructed in 1875 by Neapolitan technicians. The ourania was painted by N. Koutoulis (18th c.) Read more...

The Holy Relic of St Spyridon, patron saint of Corfu, reposes in a 19th-century wrought-silver reliquary, set in a side chapel to the right of the Sanctuary. The church, erected in 1589, is in itself one of the town’s most important post-Byzantine monuments, and possesses priceless treasures and votive offerings. Christian Orthodox faithful from all continents arrive here to pay Read more...