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ANGELS

ANGELS

Apostles

APOSTLES

Christmas

CHRISTMAS

Churches and Cathedrals

CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS

Clergy

CLERGY

Compendium Jesus Christ

COMPENDIUM JESUS CHRIST

Cult Objects and Reliquaries

CULT OBJECTS AND RELIQUARIES

Eucharist

EUCHARIST

Mary Magdalen

MARY MAGDALEN

Mary, Mother of Christ

MARY, MOTHER OF CHRIST

Orthodox

ORTHODOX

Passion of Jesus Christ

PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST

Prayer, Worship and Rituals

PRAYER, WORSHIP AND RITUALS

Saints

SAINTS

The Gospels, Acts of the Apostles etc. (New Testament)

THE GOSPELS, ACTS OF THE APOSTLES ETC. (NEW TESTAMENT)

Trinity

TRINITY

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An angel carries heaven in form of a snail. Sun and moon are inside the translucent snail-shell. From the paracclesion.
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An angel carries heaven in form of a snail. Sun and moon are inside the...

Resurrection of the young man of Nain. From the paracclesion.
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Resurrection of the young man of Nain. From the paracclesion.

Fresco of the Anastasis from the paracclesion: Christ, descended into limbo, pulls Adam and Eve from their graves. John Baptist stands next to Christ, behind Adam. Under Jesus' feet the gates of hell and the guard of Hades handcuffed and bound.
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Fresco of the Anastasis from the paracclesion: Christ, descended into l...

Presentation in the temple,from the apse of Kalenderhane-mosque.Simeon,having seen the infant Jesus and recognized him as the Messiah,can now die in peace"Nunc dimittis" 6th CE
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Presentation in the temple,from the apse of Kalenderhane-mosque.Sime...

Christ Pantokrator, from the apse of Fethiye Camii (the former St.Mary Pammacaristos church).
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Christ Pantokrator, from the apse of Fethiye Camii (the former St.Mary Pamm...

Christ surrounded by prophets, from the cupola of Fethiye Camii, St.Mary Pammacaristos church.
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Christ surrounded by prophets, from the cupola of Fethiye Camii, St.Mary P...

Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Justinian (527-565) over a 4th ct. basilica.Minarets were added when the church became a mosque after the Turkish conquest in 1453.Painted-over mosaics were restored under sultan Abdul Mecit in 1847. Hagia Sophia was the seat of the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (also known as Byzanz or Istanbul) and a principal setting for Byzantine imperial ceremonies. In this church the coronation of emperor Alexios IV Angelo took place on August 1 1203.
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Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) church and mosque, now museum. Built under Jus...

Buttresses on the south side were added to Hagia Sophia church when earthquakes damaged the central cupola in the 14th century.
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Buttresses on the south side were added to Hagia Sophia church when earthquakes...

West facade of Hagia-Sophia church, now a museum. Built under Emperor Justinian (525-567) over two earlier basilicas, columns of which are in the fore- ground. Turned mosque after the Turkish conquest 1453, President Atatuerk made Hagia Sophia a museum in 1935.
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West facade of Hagia-Sophia church, now a museum. Built under Emperor Just...

Madonna and child, flanked by Emperor Justinian, (527-565),left, with the model of Hagia Sophia and inscription "Justinian,famous king"; and Constantine I (280-337) with the model of Byzantium and the inscrip- tion "Constantine,among the saints, great king".
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Madonna and child, flanked by Emperor Justinian, (527-565),left, with the...

Christ enthroned, blessing. In the medallion left Saint Mary, right the archangel Gabriel. The kneeling figure Emperor Leo VI (886-912).Tympanon in the narthex,above the "Emperor's door", one of the nine doors leading from the narthex into the church proper.
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Christ enthroned, blessing. In the medallion left Saint Mary, right the ar...

Interior of Hagia Sophia.The cupola is 55 m high,and measures 31 m across.The green columns come from the harbour gymnasium in Ephesos,the red porphiry columns from the temple of Jupiter in Baalbek.Columns have byzantine capitals,some bear the initials of Justinian.
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Interior of Hagia Sophia.The cupola is 55 m high,and measures 31 m across.The gr...