Side wall and tiled roof of the church beside the street
Image credit: İhsan Deniz Kılıçoğlu, Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Asian side

Saint George Orthodox Church, Çengelköy

Çengelköy Aya Yorgi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfı

A Rum community foundation (vakıf) in Çengelköy.

Official name
Çengelköy Aya Yorgi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfı
District
Çengelköy
Type
Church
Status
Unknown
Founded
1830
Location
Map (OpenStreetMap)

The church is also known as St George Chrysokeramos. The present building was constructed in 1830 on the site of a Byzantine monastery. It was last restored in 1995.

The information on this page is documented by the sources listed at the end.

Sources

  1. Rum Vakıfları Derneği — Vakıflarımız
  2. Σύνδεσμος Υποστήριξης Ρωμαίικων Κοινοτικών Ιδρυμάτων — Τα βακούφια μας
  3. İstanbul ve Çanakkale illerinde faaliyette bulunan Rum Ortodoks ibadethaneleri — Κατάλογος των ιερών λατρευτικών χώρων Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Ίμβρου και Τενέδου
  4. ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ ΤΣΕΓΚΕΛΚΙΟΙ — rumvader.org
  5. Çengelköy Aya Yorgi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfı — rumvader.org
  6. İstanbul Ansiklopedisi (Reşad Ekrem Koçu), vol. 3 – AYİOS YEORYİOS HRİSOKERESMOS RUM ORTODOKS KİLİSESİ — accessed 2026-10; epithet, 1830 building, site of a Byzantine monastery
  7. Wikipedia (it) – Chiesa di San Giorgio Chrysokeramos — accessed 2026-10; corroborates 1830; last restoration 1995
  8. Wikidata Q131539155 — coordinates, queried 2026-10-13

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