Church of St. George of Samatya

Saint George of Samatya or Surp Kevork is an Armenian church in , . The edifice, built between 1866 and 1887, has been erected above the substructure of a Byzantine church and monastery built in the eleventh century.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: Armenian church in Fatih, Istanbul
  • Also known as: “Monastery of Theotokos Peribleptos” and “Surp Kevork Ermeni Kilisesi”
  • Address: İstanbul, Fatih

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque and Church of Saint Menas of Samatya.

Mosque
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is part of a former Eastern Orthodox monastery converted into a by the Ottomans. It is generally believed that the small building belonged to the Byzantine Monastery of Gastria. is situated 160 metres northeast of Church of St. George of Samatya.

Church
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Saint Menas is a Greek Orthodox Church in . The edifice was built in 1833 near an early Christian Martyrion of the fourth or fifth century, possibly dedicated to the saints Carpus and Papylus, and on the site of an ancient church dedicated to Hagios Polykarpos. is situated 190 metres southwest of Church of St. George of Samatya.

Mosque
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is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans, located in , Turkey. The church, as the adjoining monastery, was dedicated to Saint Andrew of Crete, and was named Saint Andrew in Krisei or by-the-Judgment. is situated 410 metres northwest of Church of St. George of Samatya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samatya and Yenikapı.

Quarter
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is a quarter of the district of . It is located along the Marmara Sea, and borders to the west on the neighborhood of .

Quarter
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is a port and a quarter in , , in the metropolitan district of on the side of the Bosphorus, and along the southern shore of the city's historically central peninsula.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Church of St. George of Samatya

Latitude
41.00187° or 41° 0′ 7″ north
Longitude
28.93315° or 28° 55′ 59″ east
Open location code
8GHC2W2M+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5599994986
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­armenian_apostolic
Wiki­data ID
Q5117225
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Church of St. George of Samatya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة سورب كيفورك للأرمن”
  • Armenian: “Սամաթիայի Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի”
  • Armenian: “Սամաթիոյ Սուրբ Գէորգ Եկեղեցի”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի”
  • Catalan: “església de Sant Jordi de Samatya”
  • Catalan: “Església de Sant Jordi de Samatya”
  • Chinese: “聖佐治教堂”
  • Chinese: “薩瑪提亞的聖喬治教堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة سورب كيفورك للارمن”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سورب كيفورك للارمن”
  • French: “église Saint-Georges-de-Samatya”
  • French: “Église Saint-Georges-de-Samatya”
  • Georgian: “სამატიის წმინდა გიორგის ეკლესია”
  • German: “St.-Georgs-Kirche von Samatya”
  • Greek: “Μονὴ τῆς Θεοτòκου τῆς Περιβλὲπτου”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Giorgio di Samatya”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Giorgio di Samatya”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Jerzego”
  • Russian: “Сурб Геворг”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Геворга (Саматья)”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Георгия”
  • Turkish: “Sulu Manastır”
  • Turkish: “Sulu Manastırı”
  • Turkish: “Surp Kevork Kilisesi”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ جارج گرجا گھر ساماتیہ”

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