Zeyrek Mosque

Zeyrek Mosque
Greek: Μονή του Παντοκράτορος Χριστού
Turkish: Zeyrek Camii
The mosque viewed from north east. From left to right, one can see the apses of the Church of Christ Pantocrator, the Imperial Chapel and the Church of the Theotokos Eleousa.
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Year consecratedShortly after 1453
Location
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Zeyrek Mosque is located in Istanbul Fatih
Zeyrek Mosque
Location in the Fatih district of Istanbul
Geographic coordinates41°1′11″N 28°57′26″E / 41.01972°N 28.95722°E / 41.01972; 28.95722
Architecture
TypeChurch with cross-in-square plan
StyleMiddle Byzantine - Comnenian
GroundbreakingBetween 1118 and 1124
CompletedBefore 1136
MaterialsBrick
Part ofHistoric Areas of Istanbul
CriteriaCultural: i, ii, iii, iv
Reference356
Inscription1985 (9th Session)

Zeyrek Mosque (Turkish: Zeyrek Camii) or the Monastery of the Pantokrator (Greek: Μονή του Παντοκράτορος Χριστού; Turkish: Pantokrator Manastırı), is a large mosque on the Fazilet Street in the Zeyrek district of Fatih in Istanbul, overlooking the Golden Horn. It is made up of two former Byzantine churches and a chapel joined together and represents the best example of Middle Byzantine architecture in Constantinople. After Hagia Sophia, it is the largest Byzantine religious edifice still standing in Istanbul. [1]

It is less than 1 km to the southeast of Eski Imaret Mosque, another Byzantine church that was turned into a mosque.

East of the complex is an Ottoman Konak which has been restored and opened as a restaurant and tea garden called Zeyrekhane.

  1. ^ "Monastery of Christ Pantokrator". The Byzantine Legacy. Retrieved 2022-07-07.