Church-Mosque of Vefa - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Church-Mosque of Vefa - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Church-Mosque of Vefa (, meaning "the church mosque of Vefa", to distinguish it from the other kilise camiler of Istanbul: also known as Molla Gürani Camii after the name of his founder) is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans in Istanbul. The church was possibly dedicated to Hagios Theodoros (St. Theodore,To which of the many saints bearing the name Theodore the church was dedicated is not clear. He could be either St. Theodore Tyro, (from Greek ὀ τήρων, mean. "the conscript") or St. Theodore Stratelates ("the general"). A joint dedication could also have been possible. Van Millingen (1912), p. 245Janin (1953), p. 155 in ), but this dedication is far from certain.Mathews (1976), p. 386. The complex represents one of the most important examples of Comnenian and Palaiologan architecture of Constantinople.Van Millingen (1912), p. 246. Read more on Wikipedia
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