Sille is an important center of the early Christian period, when cultures lived together in harmony which has a special meaning for Anatolian civilizations. Helena, the mother of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine, stopped by Konya on her way to Jerusalem for pilgrimage in 327 CE and saw the carved temples of the early Christians here, and decided to build a temple in Sille for the Christians. Church of Agia Eleni has survived to the present day after undergoing repairs for centuries. A repair inscription in Karamanli Turkish on the interior gate of the church gives information about the history of the church. This inscription is dated 1833. On the same inscription, there is another three-lin...