Holy Ascension Orthodox Church, Samatya
Samatya Aya Analipsiz Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfı
A Rum community foundation (vakıf) in Samatya.
- Official name
- Samatya Aya Analipsiz Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfı
- District
- Samatya
- Type
- Church
- Status
- Active
- Founded
- 1832
- Location
- Map (OpenStreetMap)
The German traveller Stephan Gerlach records that in 1578 he visited a church on this site. The earlier church burned in 1782, and the present building was built in its place in 1832.
It is a three-aisled basilica; the aisles are separated by six wooden columns with Ionic capitals. The church stands in a large courtyard, with the holy spring (ayazma) of the Ascension to the east and the bell tower to the north-east.
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 ΑΝΑΛΗΨΕΩΣ ΥΨΩΜΑΘΕΙΩΝ — rumvader.org
- Samatya Aya Analipsiz Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfı — rumvader.org
- Samatya Analipsis Rum Kilisesi — TAS İstanbul (archived 2016), citing Eva Şarlak, Yüz İstanbul Kilisesi — fire of 1782, new building 1832; plan, columns, courtyard, ayazma and bell tower
- Samatya Aya Analipsiz Kilisesi — Vikipedi (tr) — Gerlach's visit in 1578; administered by the foundation; revision of 2026-10-09
- Πατριαρχική χοροστασία για την εορτή της Αναλήψεως του Κυρίου στον φερώνυμο Ναό των Υψωμαθείων — Orthodoxia News Agency — 2026-05-22; feast-day Divine Liturgy on 21 May 2026 (status)
- Wikidata Q31188693 — coordinates; inception 1832
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