Church of St. George of Samatya

Church of St. George of Samatya
Սամաթիոյ Սուրբ Գէորգ Եկեղեցի
Surp Kevork
The entrance of the modern church viewed from north
Church of St. George of Samatya Սամաթիոյ Սուրբ Գէորգ Եկեղեցի is located in Istanbul Fatih
Church of St. George of Samatya Սամաթիոյ Սուրբ Գէորգ Եկեղեցի
Church of St. George of Samatya
Սամաթիոյ Սուրբ Գէորգ Եկեղեցի
41°00′07″N 28°55′59″E / 41.00188°N 28.93302°E / 41.00188; 28.93302
LocationSamatya, Istanbul
CountryTurkey
DenominationArmenian Apostolic
History
Founder(s)Romanos III Argyros
DedicationSt. Mary Peribleptos
Cult(s) presentSt. George
Architecture
Architect(s)Bedros Nemtze
Groundbreaking1866
Completed1887

Saint George of Samatya or Surp Kevork (Armenian: Սամաթիոյ Սուրբ Գէորգ Եկեղեցի; Turkish name: Sulu Manastır, meaning: "Water Monastery") is an Armenian church in Istanbul, Turkey.

The edifice, built between 1866 and 1887, has been erected above the substructure of a Byzantine church and monastery built in the eleventh century. The complex, dedicated to St. Mary Peribleptos (Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Θεοτòκου τῆς Περιβλὲπτου, Monì tis Theotókou tis Perivléptou) was one of the most important Greek Orthodox monasteries in Constantinople.[1] After the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1453 it was ceded to the Armenian community in Istanbul, and became for a period the seat of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople.[2]

  1. ^ Janin (1953), p. 227.
  2. ^ Müller-Wiener (1977) pg. 200