ABSTRACT
The Rotonda, a Roman building located in the centre of Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki, has recently been the site of a bitter contest between the Bishopric of Thessaloniki and the Ninth Ephoria (Superintendence) of Byzantine Antiquities. In early 1995 the Ministry of Culture ruled that the Rotonda could be used for religious services three times per year. The church rejected this decision as a violation of the freedom to worship and took its case to the Greek Supreme Court1 (Symvoúlio Epikrateías) in early 1995. At the time of writing the Supreme Court still has not returned a verdict.
