Formerly: Pantokrator Monastery
Native name: Zeyrek Camii
Zeyrek Mosque is a mosque consisting of two former Eastern Orthodox churches and a chapel. The buildings have the most typical example of architecture of the Byzantine middle period. It is located between Ibadethane Street, a back street of Atatturk Street on the direction of Fatih, and Ibadethane Arkasi Street. The large structure of the mosque dates back to 12th century. Byzantine Emperor John II Comnenus (1118-1143) and his wife, Empress Irene built a monastery on the forth hill of the city overlooking the Golden Horn between 1118 and 1124, that was consisting of a church, a hospital and a library, and dedicated it to Christ Pantokrator, hence the name of the monastery was called Pantokrator. After the death of his wife sho...
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