After visiting St. John's, Jerry and I made our way through narrow little streets back down towards the city center. From a distance we could see another old and larger building and per the map, we believed it to be St. Sophia's church. We met some older folks as we walked down, Serbian couple in their 50's. The old man told me in Serbian, "Sveti Sophia, prima!" Translated it meant, "St. Sophia, the first!" It is the first known Christian church in the area, dated to the first century, BC.

We came to the church from the back, by-passing the tourist area. You can see the building is roughly 3 stories tall. We entered on the first floor and found the cieling to be high and arched enough to account for the middle floor. There was a door inside the covered area with an ancient fresco painted above it. On the floor were marble remnents from the archeological dig at the classical theatre.

As I was setting up the camera, Jerry inspected the area and discovered holes in the rock ceiling. Through the holes and painted on the side walls of the hidden second floor were more fresco. I felt like we had "discovered" the paintings hidden for centuries.