Church of St. Mary of the Mongols
Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα
The tower of the church viewed from south
Church of St. Mary of the Mongols Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα is located in Istanbul Fatih
Church of St. Mary of the Mongols Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα
Church of St. Mary of the Mongols
Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα
Location in the Fatih district of Istanbul
41°01′47″N 28°56′56″E / 41.029722°N 28.948889°E / 41.029722; 28.948889
LocationFener, Istanbul
CountryTurkey
DenominationGreek Orthodox
History
FoundedBeginning of 7th century
Founder(s)Sopatra / Maria Palaiologina
DedicationTheotókos Panaghiótissa
Cult(s) presentSaint Mary
Architecture
StyleByzantine Architecture
CompletedShortly after 1281

Saint Mary of the Mongols (full name in Greek: Θεοτόκος Παναγιώτισσα (pr. Theotókos Panaghiótissa, lit. "All-Holy Theotokos") or Παναγία Μουχλιώτισσα (pr. Panaghía Muchliótissa); Turkish name: Kanlı Kilise (meaning: Bloody Church), is an Eastern Orthodox church in Istanbul. It is the only surviving[1] Byzantine church of Constantinople that has never been converted to a mosque, always remaining open to the Greek Orthodox Church.

  1. ^ After the Conquest the Greeks were allowed to keep another small church, named Saint George of the Cypresses, but it wholly burned down (together with the trees surrounding it) during the great fire of Samatya in 1782. The church was then rebuilt in 1832 on a much larger scale. Mamboury (1953), p. 221.
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