Bulgarian Church of St. Stephen

The Bulgarian St. Stephen Church, also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church, is a Bulgarian Orthodox church in , , . It is famous for being made of prefabricated cast iron elements in the Neo-Byzantine style.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church building in İstanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Bulgarian Iron Church”, “Bulgarian St. Stephen Church”, and “Sveti Stefan Bulgar Kilisesi”
  • Address: İstanbul, Fatih

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden Horn and Bulgarian Exarchate.

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The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Historic building
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The was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the in 1945 and the Bulgarian Patriarchate was restored in 1953.

College
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or Phanar Roman Orthodox Lyceum, known in Greek as the Great School of the Nation and Patriarchal Academy of Constantinople, is the oldest surviving and most prestigious Greek Orthodox school in , Turkey. is situated 280 metres south of Bulgarian Church of St. Stephen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fener and Hasköy.

Quarter
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, also spelled Phanar, is a quarter midway up the in the district of in , . The Turkish name is derived from the Greek word "phanarion", meaning lantern, streetlight or lamppost; the neighborhood was so called because of a column topped with a lantern which stood here in the Byzantine period and was used as a street light or lighthouse.

Quarter
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is a trading and residential district on the northern bank of the in , , . It includes the neighbourhoods of Keçeci Piri, Piri Paşa, and Halıcıoğlu, and parts of Camiikebir and Sütlüce.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Bulgarian Church of St. Stephen

Latitude
41.03178° or 41° 1′ 54″ north
Longitude
28.94969° or 28° 56′ 59″ east
Open location code
8GHC2WJX+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 175519383
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Wiki­data ID
Q2094950
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Bulgarian Church of St. Stephen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة سيفتي ستيفان البلغارية”
  • Armenian: “Բուլղարական Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի”
  • Bulgarian: “„Свети Стефан“”
  • Bulgarian: “Желязна църква”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Стефан”
  • Catalan: “església de Sant Esteve dels Búlgars”
  • Catalan: “Església de Sant Esteve dels Búlgars”
  • Chinese: “保加利亚圣斯德望堂”
  • Esperanto: “Bulgara Kirko de Sankta Stefano”
  • French: “église bulgare Saint-Étienne d’Istanbul”
  • French: “Église bulgare Saint-Étienne d’Istanbul”
  • German: “Eiserne Kirche”
  • German: “Sankt Stefan”
  • German: “St. Stefan”
  • Greek: “Βουλγαρική εκκλησία του Αγίου Στεφάνου”
  • Italian: “chiesa Bulgara di Santo Stefano”
  • Italian: “Chiesa Bulgara di Santo Stefano”
  • Macedonian: “Црква „Свети Стефан“ - Истанбул”
  • Macedonian: “Црква „Свети Стефан“ Истанбул”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew św. Stefana w Stambule”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew św. Szczepana w Stambule”
  • Polish: “Kościół Świętego Stefana w Stambule”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja Búlgara de Santo Estêvão”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Santo Estêvão dos Búlgaros”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Santo Estêvão”
  • Portuguese: “Sveti Stefan Kilisesi”
  • Russian: “Болгарская церковь Святого Стефана”
  • Serbian: “Гвоздена црква Светог Стефана”
  • Turkish: “Demir Kilise”
  • Turkish: “Sveti Stefan Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Болгарська церква святого Стефана (Туреччина)”
  • Ukrainian: “Болгарська церква святого Стефана”
  • Uzbek: “Avliyo Stefan cherkovi”
  • Western Armenian: “պուլկարական Սուրբ Էթիէն եկեղեցի, Պոլիս”

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