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The principal Orthodox Christian cathedral of Athens, the Metropolitan Church of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin Mary, is the seat of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and the principal venue for the major religious and civil ceremonies of the modern Greek state. The current building was completed on 21 May 1862 after twenty years of construction and is one of the largest cathedrals built in the post-independence period anywhere in the Balkans. The decision to build a new cathedral in...