The church in the village of Akpınar in the Yağlıdere district, known as the Kırkharman or the Akpınar church, was registered by decision of the regional conservation board in Trabzon dated 3 July 2003.
It is a basilica of three aisles. The ceiling is divided into three sections and built as a barrel vault in masonry stone, with semicircular arches strengthening the covering. Four piers, their capitals worked in the Ionic manner, carry the upper part of the building.
What the provincial directorate points to, besides its age, is where it stands: on the Silk Road.
Getting there
- Access
- Within the bounds of Akpınar village in the Yağlıdere district of Giresun; city transport reaches it.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Giresun as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 7.2 °C in February to 23.4 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in October (163 mm) and lightest in May (69 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
