Saint Paraskevi Orthodox Church, Büyükdere
Büyükdere Aya Paraşkevi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfı
A Rum community foundation (vakıf) in Büyükdere.
- Official name
- Büyükdere Aya Paraşkevi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfı
- District
- Büyükdere
- Type
- Church
- Status
- Unknown
- Location
- Map (OpenStreetMap)
The church stands in a large walled courtyard near the Büyükdere ferry pier and belongs to the Metropolis of Derkoi. The present masonry church was built on the site of an earlier one that had been destroyed by fire. R. E. Koçu’s İstanbul Ansiklopedisi dates it to 1831, while during the restoration work of December 2013 the date 1830 was found on a stone of the façade.
It is a rectangular basilica with a narthex, nave, gallery, sanctuary and a semicircular apse, built of cut stone and brick. In the mid-20th century the church had no bell tower and its bell hung from a tree in the courtyard. The courtyard also contains a clergy house, administrative buildings, a cemetery and a holy spring (agiasma).
The information on this page is documented by the sources listed at the end.
Sources
- Rum Vakıfları Derneği — Vakıflarımız
- Σύνδεσμος Υποστήριξης Ρωμαίικων Κοινοτικών Ιδρυμάτων — Τα βακούφια μας
- İstanbul ve Çanakkale illerinde faaliyette bulunan Rum Ortodoks ibadethaneleri — Κατάλογος των ιερών λατρευτικών χώρων Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Ίμβρου και Τενέδου
- KOINTHTA AΓΙΑΣ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗΣ ΒΑΘΥΡΡΥΑΚΟΣ — rumvader.org
- Büyükdere Aya Paraşkevi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfı — rumvader.org
- AYİA PARASKEVİ RUM ORTODOKS KİLİSESİ — İstanbul Ansiklopedisi (R. E. Koçu), vol. 3, p. 1551 — 1831, earlier church destroyed by fire, courtyard and bell (description c. 1960)
- Agia Paraskevi Church, Büyükdere — Wikipedia (en) — 1830 stone found in 2013, architecture, courtyard buildings; accessed 2026-10
- Ιερά Μητρόπολις Δέρκων — Βικιπαίδεια (el) — jurisdiction (Metropolis of Derkoi)
- Wikidata Q124518227 — coordinates
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