Holy Church of Saint George in Yeniköy — Metochion of the Holy Sepulchre
Kuddusü Şerif Rum Patrikhanesine Bağlı Yeniköy Aya Yorgi Kilisesi ve Manastırı Vakfı
A Rum community foundation (vakıf) in Yeniköy.
- Official name
- Kuddusü Şerif Rum Patrikhanesine Bağlı Yeniköy Aya Yorgi Kilisesi ve Manastırı Vakfı
- District
- Yeniköy
- Type
- Church
- Status
- Unknown
- Founded
- 1851
- Location
- Map (OpenStreetMap)
The Church of Saint George the Trophy-bearer in Yeniköy is a metochion (dependency) of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It stands between Simitçi Salih and Valide Çeşmesi streets. According to the inscription above the entrance, the present church was built from its foundations in 1851 at the expense of the Holy Sepulchre. Patriarch Cyril II of Jerusalem, who died while staying in Istanbul, is buried in the narthex; his tomb inscription is dated 18 August 1877.
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
- ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ ΝΕΟΧΩΡΙΟΥ — rumvader.org
- Kuddusü Şerif Rum Patrikhanesine Bağlı Yeniköy Aya Yorgi Kilisesi ve Manastırı Vakfı — rumvader.org
- AYİOS YEORYİOS RUM ORTODOKS KİLİSESİ (Yeniköy) — İstanbul Ansiklopedisi (R. E. Koçu), vol. 3, p. 1598 — location, door inscription (1851, funded by the Holy Sepulchre), burial of Cyril II
- Στο Μετόχι του Παναγίου Τάφου στo Nιχώρι και στο Μέγα Ρεύμα ο Μητροπολίτης Δέρκων — Orthodoxia News Agency — 2021-11-08; metochion of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, dedication to Saint George the Trophy-bearer
- OpenStreetMap node 9048312717 — coordinates
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