Aya Kiryaki Church

Shines like a diamond in the middle of ruins

Aya Kiryaki Church is located in Kumkapı, İstanbul. The place is surrounded by old buildings and one building in ruins which made me sad because of 2 reasons. Being left as a ruin is already not nice ...

Worth to see it

This Orthodox Church is located at the Kumkapı district of Fatih Town in İstanbul.İt had several damages with various earthquakes&fires and after the works completed by local people at the beginning o...

St. Kirtoaque Church

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The Church of St. Kirtoaque is built at the end of 19v at the place of the burned Byzantine Basilica of 16v. It belongs to the Greek Orthodox Church. Permanent services in the temple do not pass, it opens its doors p ...

Hard place

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Most often the gate of the courtyard and the church itself is closed, but one day (on Sunday) managed to get inside. Unfortunately, Batyushka does not speak Russian or English) but put candles and make a small mzdu ...

Hidden Church

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I lived in Istanbul in a hotel, from the windows of my room, the view of this church was opened. The next day when I arrived, I tried to reach it. But it turned out not to be that easy. The Church of St. Kiriaki is hidden ...