Originally, the parish was a Byzantine settlement. The original church was the main Roman Pagan Temple. The temple stood at the site of the present church. As it originated during the Byzantine era, the liturgy kept being celebrated in Byzantine rite for many years after. The church had been rebuilt several times throughout the centuries to accommodate more people and due to heavy maintenance. The parish priest of St. George was one of the local people taken prisoners by the Ottoman invasion in the 1551.