Among the many small country churches around Ossi, St Antony of Briai is the only one which remains in good condition and available for use. Several restorations have meant the almost complete reconstruction of the missing parts of the church with non-original materials, thereby slowing down the decay.
Dedicated to St Antony of Egypt, it was built after 1150 as a defence for the medieval village of Briai (or Briave, or Bere), which ceased to exist in the early 1600s. It is situated around 10km from Ossi on the border with Florinas near a Roman necropolis (used until C3rd). The two villages share the responsibility for the administration of the church, though, for historical motives, the latter holds the jurisdiction.

The church, an essential visit for planimetry and architectural features, owes its beauty to its very simplicity.






The building, in ashlars of local sandstone, has a facade and sides decorated simply by a line of hanging arches around the whole perimeter line.

On the main facade there are an architrave door and a cruciform light, while the entrance on the south side is covered by a semicircular arch which leads into an architrave and which shows traces of two ceramic decorations. The inside is a single nave with wood covering and the apse shows the common characteristics of the period.
The statue of the Saint is kept in the parish of Florinas.
The feast, celebrated on 17th January, is organised together with the inhabitants of Ossi and Florinas.