Church of St. George

The Patriarchal Cathedral Church of St. George is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral located in , , formerly Constantinople. Since about 1600, it has been the seat of the whose leader is regarded…
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: Principal Greek Orthodox cathedral and the formal seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, in İstanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Ecumenical Patriarchal Church”, “Kathedrikós Naos tou Georgiou Agíou”, “Patriarchal Church of Saint George”, “St. George at the Phanar”, “St. George’s Cathedral, Istanbul”, “The All-Venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George”, and “The Phanar Church”
  • Address: İstanbul, Fatih

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Golden Horn and Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

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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.

Office
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The is one of the fifteen to seventeen autocephalous churches that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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 210 metres west of Church of St. George.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fener and Unkapanı.

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.

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is a quarter.

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is part of the district of in , and lies inside what was once the old walled city of Constantinople. It lies roughly northwest of the eastern section of the Aqueduct of Valens, and is rich in monuments, both Byzantine and Ottoman.

Church of St. George

Latitude
41.02912° or 41° 1′ 45″ north
Longitude
28.9519° or 28° 57′ 7″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Church of St. George” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس جرجس”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Георги”
  • Catalan: “Catedral patriarcal de Sant Jordi”
  • Chinese: “君士坦丁堡聖佐治教堂”
  • Chinese: “圣乔治主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “圣乔治座堂”
  • Chinese: “圣乔治教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖喬治教堂”
  • Czech: “Chrám svatého Jiří”
  • Dutch: “Church of St. George”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس جرجس”
  • Estonian: “İstanbuli Püha Jüri katedraal”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-Georges d’Istanbul”
  • French: “église Saint-Georges d’Istanbul”
  • German: “Georgskathedrale”
  • Greek: “Άγιος Γεώργιος του Φαναρίου”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός ναός του Αγίου Γεωργίου”
  • Greek: “Πάνσεπτος Πατριαρχικός Ναός Αγίου Γεωργίου”
  • Greek: “Πάνσεπτος Πατριαρχικός Ναός”
  • Greek: “Πατριαρχικός Ναός Αγίου Γεωργίου”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת גאורגיוס הקדוש”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja St. George”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Santo Georgius, Istanbul”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di San Giorgio”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di San Giorgio”
  • Japanese: “聖ゲオルギオス大聖堂”
  • Korean: “성 게오르기오스 성당”
  • Korean: “성 요르고스 성당”
  • Korean: “이스탄불 성 게오르기오스 성당”
  • Macedonian: “Црква „Св. Ѓорѓи“ - Истанбул”
  • Macedonian: “Црква „Свети Ѓорѓи“ - Истанбул”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew św. Jerzego w Stambule”
  • Polish: “Katedra św. Jerzego w Stambule”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Jerzego w Stambule”
  • Portuguese: “Aya Yorgi”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica patriarcal de São Jorge”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de São Jorge”
  • Portuguese: “Hagios Georgios”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Jorge”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja Patriarcal de São Jorge”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Patriarhală Ortodoxă „Sfântul Gheorghe””
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Sfântul Gheorghe din Fanar”
  • Russian: “Собор Св. Георгия”
  • Russian: “Собор Святого Георгия”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Георгия”
  • Serbian: “Црква Светог Ђорђа у Истанбулу”
  • Serbian: “Црква Светог Ђорђа у Цариграду”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de San Jorge”
  • Spanish: “Catedral patriarcal de San Jorge”
  • Spanish: “Catedral Patriarcal de San Jorge”
  • Swahili: “Kanisa la St. George”
  • Swedish: “Helige Georgios kyrka, Istanbul”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Georgios kyrka, Istanbul”
  • Turkish: “Aya Yorgi Patrikhane Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Георгіївський собор”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Святого Юрія”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ جارج کیتھیڈرل، استنبول”
  • Uzbek: “Avliyo Georgiy sobori”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Joariskatedraal (Istanbûl)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Joariskatedraal”
  • Yue Chinese: “君士坦丁堡聖佐治教堂”

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