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Fatih, Turkey

Church of St. George

Fatih, Turkey

Church of St. George
Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis from Santorini, Greece · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

No longer standing

Demolished or destroyed.

The Patriarchal Cathedral Church of St. George, known in Turkish as Aya Yorgi Kilisesi, is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey, formerly Constantinople. Since about 1600 it has been the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, whose leader is regarded as first among equals in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The building is Neoclassical in style and constructed of brick.

Movement

Built
Type
Eastern Orthodox cathedral
Materials
brick
Place
Fatih, Turkey

This building on


Location

41.02909, 28.95182