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Zeyrek mosque
You may ask what the connection between Christ Pantokrator and Molla Zeyrek is? I'm sure that everyone knows who Jesus Christ is. But I think that not many people have heard of Molla Zeyrek.
The second biggest surviving Byzantine religious structure in Istanbul, the Christ Pantokrator church, is what connects these two people. That's because this historical building is the Molla Zeyrek mosque now.
But ...
It's almost impossible to talk about Byzantine churches in Istanbul. After the conquest of Constantinople 571 years ago, Ottomans converted almost all Christian Orthodox religious temples into mosques. The only Byzantine church that still retains its original function is the Panagia Mouchliotissa church in Fener. I went to see this church, unfortunately it was closed. But I'm not too bothered because, when ...
