To the north-east of Lemnos and approximately 25 km from the island’s capital, in the village of Repanidi, lies the cemeterial church of Agios Georgios. In front of the temple, in 1928, a new, larger temple was built, also dedicated to Agios Georgios, that is currently the settlement’s main church.
The church of Agios Georgios in Repanidi is a characteristic example of the post-Byzantine architecture of Lemnos and belongs to the three-aisled, wooden-roofed basilica. It measures 19m x 12m and consists of the Sanctuary, the main temple and the gynaikonitis [women’s quarter]. The once coated temple has simple facades, and it is made of reconstructed dry-stone wall from local volcanic rock that is visible nowadays. It has irregular cornerstones on its four vertical edges and is covered by a more modern pitched roof. Externally, on the east side, three semicircular niches protrude, the Sanctuary niche in the center, and the niches of the Prothesis and the Pulpit on both sides.
In the interior, at the Sanctuary area, at the center of the east wall, the semicircular Altar is located and on both sides two lesser ones, found in the Prothesis and the Pulpit spaces. At the center, one may find the Holy Altar with its sculpted wooden ciborium. The Sanctuary is separated from the rest of the church with a wooden ciborium of exquisite technique, while the main church area bears two longitudinal, arched colonnades consisting of coated wooden columns with Corinthian-style plaster capitals, that divide the area into three aisles.