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Saint Paraskevi Orthodox Church, Tarabya

Tarabya Aya Paraşkevi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi ve Mektebi Vakfı

A Rum community foundation (vakıf) in Tarabya.

Official name
Tarabya Aya Paraşkevi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi ve Mektebi Vakfı
District
Tarabya
Type
Church
Status
Active
Location
Map (OpenStreetMap)

The church of St Paraskevi in Tarabya is today the metropolitan church of the Metropolis of Derkoi. It is a masonry building on a cross plan, with a central dome and a tiled roof. It has a marble iconostasis with carved floral decoration, and its wooden bell tower dates from 1947. On 25 and 26 July 2026 the festal Vespers and the Divine Liturgy for the feast of St Paraskevi were celebrated in the church.

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 ΑΓΙΑΣ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΣΧΟΛΗΣ ΘΕΡΑΠΕΙΩΝ — rumvader.org
  5. Tarabya Aya Paraşkevi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi ve Mektebi Vakfı — rumvader.org
  6. Η εορτή της Αγίας Παρασκευής στην Ιερά Μητρόπολη Δέρκων — Orthodoxia News Agency — metropolitan church of Therapia; feast-day services 25–26 July 2026 (2026-07-28)
  7. Ayia Paraskevi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi (Tarabya) — İstanbul Ansiklopedisi (Reşad Ekrem Koçu), vol. 3 — masonry cross-plan building with dome and tiled roof; marble iconostasis; wooden bell tower of 1947
  8. OpenStreetMap node 9104296117 — coordinates; accessed 2026-10-13

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