St. Jean Church

The Saint John's Church is a historical rock-carved church in Cappadocia, Turkey.

Photo: Kpisimon, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Orthodox
Description: Gülşehir
Also known as: “Karschiklisse”, “Saint John’s Church, Gülşehir”, “St. John”, “St. John Church”, and “Taxiarchenkirche”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Açıksaray.

Açıksaray

Church

Photo: Kpisimon, CC BY 3.0.

Açıksaray is a church, which is situated 2½ km east of St. Jean Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gülşehir and Çat.

Gülşehir

Town

Photo: Katpatuka, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gülşehir, formerly Aravissos and Arapsun, ancient Zoropassos, is a town in Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, in the vicinity of the Fairy Chimney valley of Göreme.

Çat

Village

Çat is a town in the Nevşehir District, Nevşehir Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,031. Çat is situated 7 km south of St. Jean Church.

Eğrikuyu

Village

Photo: Görkem Yavuz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eğrikuyu is a village, which is situated 9 km west of St. Jean Church.

St. Jean Church

Categories: cave church, archaeological site, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
Location: Gülşehir District, Nevşehir Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude

38.74071° or 38° 44′ 27″ north

Longitude

34.63474° or 34° 38′ 5″ east

Open location code

8GCPPJRM+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=orthodox

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Georgian to Turkish—“St. Jean Church” goes by many names.

Georgian: “გულშეჰირის წმინდა იოანეს ეკლესია”
German: “Johanneskirche”
Hungarian: “János-templom”
Hungarian: “Karşı Kilise”
Portuguese: “Igreja de São João Batista”
Spanish: “iglesia de San Juan Bautista”
Spanish: “Iglesia de San Juan Bautista”
Turkish: “Karşı Kilise”

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