Church of St. Mary of the Mongols
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The Church of St. Mary of the Mongols is a historic Byzantine-era Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul, notable as the only Byzantine church in the city that has remained continuously in Orthodox hands since the Ottoman conquest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Church of St. Mary of the Mongols canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Orthodox church building
ⓘ
Greek Orthodox church ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bloody Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kanlı Kilise NERFINISHED ⓘ Panagia Mouchliotissa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Byzantine architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Byzantine imperial family
ⓘ
Greek Orthodox community of Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Greek Orthodox minority in Turkey ⓘ |
| continuouslyUsedAs | Orthodox church ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| denomination | Greek Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Byzantine frescoes
ⓘ
cross-in-square plan ⓘ domed structure ⓘ iconostasis ⓘ narthex ⓘ |
| heritage | Byzantine ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic monument ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | survived conversion to mosque after 1453 ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fatih district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fener neighborhood NERFINISHED ⓘ Istanbul ⓘ |
| locatedInFormer | Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | European side of Istanbul ⓘ |
| material |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Maria Palaiologina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Golden Horn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | only Byzantine church in Istanbul to remain continuously in Orthodox hands after the Ottoman conquest ⓘ |
| partOf | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectedBy | firmans of Ottoman sultans ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| status | active church ⓘ |
| survived |
Fall of Constantinople
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ Republican era of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Orthodox liturgy
ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ religious services ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.