The Mudanya Greek Orthodox Church (Mudanya Ayios Yeoryios Church) is a cut-stone structure located in the center of Mudanya. Today, it serves as a cultural venue under the name Uğur Mumcu Cultural Center.
The exact date of the building’s construction has not been determined. In his handwritten notes, Dr. John Covel—an English clergyman and scholar who visited Mudanya in December 1676—noted that it was the largest and most beautiful church in the town at that time.1 This record indicates that the building was actively used in the late 17th century.
On the northern facade of the building, in the lintel of the third window from the west among the middle rows, a seven-line inscription dated 1834 states that Iordanes, son of Anastas, donated carved stone to the church and that gratitude is expressed to him for this. A document dated 1853 in the Ottoman archives contains a record of repairs to the church, which appears to have been rebuilt in 1834.2 The church was rebuilt between 1902 and 1903.
The church, a rectangular structure oriented east-west, lost its function as a place of worship after the Greeks left Mudanya as a result of the 1923 Population Exchange; it was used as a military warehouse until the 1950s and later as a municipal movie theater.
After being registered as a protected immovable cultural asset in 1993, the building was restored by the Mudanya Municipality and opened to the public as the Uğur Mumcu Cultural Center. It entered the restoration process in 2026.3
