The Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos is located in the center of the town of Limni,[2] which belongs to the municipality of Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna in the prefecture of Euboea.

For example, a cloth antimensium of the Archbishop of Chalcis, Kallinikos Kampanis (dated 1871), a Russian epitaph from the end of the 19th century, a handwritten leather-bound music book from 1746, Theo and Holy Gospel from 1754, etc.

On the hill "Panagia", which is located north of today's Limni, the inhabitants of Elymnion built, between the 9th and 10th centuries, their first parish church and dedicated it to the Nativity of the Virgin.

The same thing happened with the inhabitants of Elymnios, who left the hills "Kastrias" and "Panagia" to settle,[4] now permanently, on the coastal part where the Limni is today.

This temple will cover the needs of the inhabitants until July 1823, when it is destroyed by the Turks, while the Limni itself suffered general destruction from the troops of Yusuf Berkoftsali Pasha, who invaded Northern Euboea.

At the same time, the Limni will increase in population due to its maritime development and agricultural exploitation, which it experienced, as a result of which the urgent need to build a new and larger parish church will appear, in order to serve the needs of its flock.

Among the first to rush to contribute financially to the construction of the church were the captains and ship owners of the town, making their first appearance in the social life of Limni as an organized professional class.