St. Nicholas Church, Kavala
The Church of Saint Nicholas () of Kavala is a Greek Orthodox Church in the town of Kavala, in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. It was built during Ottoman period as Ibrahim Pasha Mosque () before it was converted into a church in modern times.

History 
The building was erected in 1530 during the Ottoman rule of Macedonia as an Islamic mosque, perhaps on the site of a pre-existing Christian church, by Ibrahim Pasha, vizier to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, and it was the largest mosque in Kavala.

In the 1920s the mosque was converted into a church for Christian worship, dedicated to Saint Nicholas; the bell-tower was built upon the base of the destroyed minaret. On the eastern side of the church there is a mural depicting the arrival of Apostle Paul in the port.

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See also 

 Islam in Greece
 List of mosques in Greece
 List of former mosques in Greece
 Conversion of mosques into non-Islamic places of worship

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Ottoman mosques in Greece
Former mosques in Greece
Churches converted from mosques
Buildings and structures in Kavala
Mosque buildings with domes
16th-century mosques
16th-century architecture in Greece
Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire
Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Greece
Churches in Greece