Explore: Myrelaion (istanbul)

Istanbul, Turkey, is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. The church was known under the Greek name of Myrelaion

Aqueduct Church of Saint Thekla of the Palace of Blachernae Church of Myrelaion Chora Church Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church of the Holy Apostles

907 – Siege of Constantinople (907). 908 – Lips Monastery built. 920 – Myrelaion built. 922 – Battle of Constantinople (922). 941 – Siege of Constantinople

Blue Mosque (popular name for the Sultan Ahmed Mosque) Bodrum Mosque (Myrelaion) Bulgarian St. Stephen Church (also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church)

(Ρωμανούπολις). In Constantinople, he built his palace in the place called Myrelaion, near the Sea of Marmara. Beside it Romanos built a shrine which became

Forerunner by-the-Dome became the Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque. The Church of Myrelaion became the Bodrum Mosque. The Catholic Church of Saint Paul became the

ISBN 3-631-33877-5 C. L. Striker, Kalenderhane in Istanbul (Mainz, 1997). ISBN 3-8053-2026-4 More cross-sections of the Myrelaion, a typical cross-in-square church.

location missing publisher (link) Striker, Cecil L. (1981). The Myrelaion (Bodrum Camii) in Istanbul. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Verzone, P. (1958)

church presents strong analogies with the Bodrum Mosque (the church of Myrelaion). The south church is a square room surmounted by a dome, and surrounded

Varlık Vergisi tax levied on non-Muslim citizens in Turkey and the 1955 Istanbul pogrom against Greek and Armenian Christians. Exact numbers are difficult