English: The inscription on the entrance of the former Greek-Orthodox church of Saint Helen (now Aya Elenia Müzesi) in Sille.
Dated 12 February 1833, it is written in Karamanli Turkish (a form of Turkish written with Greek script).
Transcription into Latin script:
327: tarihinde bu serrif (şerif) ekklisemizi (kilisemizi) Agia Eleni Mihail Arhangelos ismine kurdu temeli /
hale ekklisiamizin (kilisemizin) üçüncü tamiri /
Şefketlu Sultan Mahmud efendimiz ihsan eyleti emri /
Epitropos Zarraf Xa (Hacı) Ilia oldu tekmil nazırı /
Mihail Arhangelos'un sefaatiilan (şefaatı ile) Hak Taale /
imdat edenlere ve zahmet çekenlere vere eciri.
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