Saint Prophet Elias Orthodox Church, Üsküdar
Üsküdar Profiti İlya Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi ve Mektebi Vakfı
A Rum community foundation (vakıf) in Üsküdar.
- Official name
- Üsküdar Profiti İlya Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi ve Mektebi Vakfı
- District
- Üsküdar
- Type
- Church
- Status
- Unknown
- Founded
- 1804
- Location
- Map (OpenStreetMap)
The Church of the Prophet Elias stands on Hacı Murat Sokağı, in the Muratreis neighbourhood of Üsküdar, and belongs to the Metropolis of Chalcedon. The present church was built in 1804 and repaired in 1831, 1851 and 1997; a Greek marble inscription above the door to the nave records the 1804 construction and the 1831 repair.
It is a three-aisled masonry basilica with two rows of eight columns, set in a walled courtyard, and together with its large garden it is among the largest Greek Orthodox churches in Istanbul. The church’s holy spring (ayazma) is thought to predate 1804 and was repaired in 1945. The community also had a Prophet Elias school.
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 ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗ ΗΛΙΑ ΣΚΟΥΤΑΡΕΩΣ — rumvader.org
- Üsküdar Profiti İlya Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi ve Mektebi Vakfı — rumvader.org
- Sami Patacı & Ergün Laflı, 'Üsküdar Kiliseleri / Churches in Üsküdar', Arkeoloji ve Sanat 157 (2018), pp. 147–162 — peer-reviewed; location, 1804 construction, repairs, inscription, architecture, holy spring, jurisdiction, school
- Wikidata Q131539150 — Profiti İlya Kilisesi — coordinates (consistent with OSM node 5618892734 at Hacı Murat Sokağı 10)
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