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.

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Label Occurrences
Church of St. Mary of the Mongols canonical 1

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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

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Fatih district contains Church of St. Mary of the Mongols