| Church-Mosque of Vefa Vefa Kilise Camii | |
|---|---|
 The mosque (right) and the exonarthex (left) viewed from the south. | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Year consecrated | shortly after 1453 |
| Location | |
| Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
  Location in the Fatih district of Istanbul | |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°0′59″N 28°57′37″E / 41.01639°N 28.96028°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | church with cross-in-square plan |
| Style | Middle Byzantine - Comnenian |
| Completed | 10th - 11th century |
| Specifications | |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
| Materials | brick, stone |
Church-Mosque of Vefa (Turkish: Vefa Kilise Camii, meaning "the church mosque of Vefa", to distinguish it from the other kilise camiler of Istanbul: also known as Molla Gürani Camii after the name of his founder) is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans in Istanbul. The church was possibly dedicated to Hagios Theodoros (St. Theodore,[1][2] in Greek: Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ἑν τὰ Καρβουνάρια), but this dedication is far from certain.[3] The complex represents one of the most important examples of Comnenian and Palaiologan architecture of Constantinople.[4]
- ^ To which of the many saints bearing the name Theodore the church was dedicated is not clear. He could be either St. Theodore Tyro, (from Greek ὀ τήρων, mean. "the conscript") or St. Theodore Stratelates ("the general"). A joint dedication could also have been possible. Van Millingen (1912), p. 245
- ^ Janin (1953), p. 155
- ^ Mathews (1976), p. 386.
- ^ Van Millingen (1912), p. 246.