The blessed Virgin Mary There are 3 main representation of the blessed Virgin Mary in the church. 1.Virgin Mary Odighitria,“the Guide” The greatest treasure that the church possesses is the famous icon of the blessed Virgin Mary Odighitria, “the Guide”. Although its setting is of recent date, the icon has an exceptional history. Later an …
Christmas 2022/2023 when and where From the 25. of November onwards the festive Holy Mass is celebrated Saturday at 18.30. Christmas Vigil24 December 2022at 22:00 Galata Sen Jorj Kilisesi, Eski Bankalar Caddesi (German) at 20:30 Bakırköy Rosaryo Kilisesi, Rüya sokak (Turkish) Christmas Day25 December 2022at 10:00 Galata Sen Jorj Kilisesi, Eski Bankalar Caddesi (German)at 18:30 Sen Piyer Kilisesi, Galata …
Dominicans in Istanbul and the Church of St. Pierre A Conference at the Atatürk Kitaplığı Claudio Monge and Paolo Girardelli will retrace the history of the Dominicans in Istanbul until the building of the Church of Sen Piyer according to the project of Gaspare Fossati.The conference will be moderate by Elçin Macar. Claudio Monge : …
Week 3 Hello everyone!It’s been 2 months now that we are on mission in Istanbul. Here, everything is still going well despite some small adventures from which we always come out alive (don’t worry ;)).Our various missions are going well, including gardening (punctuated by autumn), the library, computers (we are editing videos and creating/posting podcasts) …
Gregory of Nazianzus and the question of the divinity of the Holy Spirit Elif Tokay teaches History of Religions at University of İstanbul. İn 2013 she gained her Phd. at the University of Cardiff with a thesis on arab translations of Gregory of Nazianzus’s homilies. İn 2021 she published the first book in Turkish on Gregory, …
Hello everyone, We are back with new stories to tell you! Our life in Istanbul is still going very well. Our missions are going great. Today we want to introduce you more about our mission in the library. In the convent, there are more than 50,000 books. A part of the library is under construction, …
Week 1 Hi everyone ! We’re Marie (right) and Thaïs (left) and we arrived in Istanbul a week ago. We’re gonna stay here for 3 months helping the Dominican’s community by doing multiples tasks such as : Gardening Rearranging/ cleaning the library Helping for prayers, communication, network,… It’s very exciting ! Moreover, we’re teachers 2 …
Byzantium in Color Polychromy in Bizantine Sculpture Silvia Pedone, a member of Dost-I, is an art historian and Byzantinist. SHe works at the prestigious Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome and carries out his research activity between Italy and Turkey. In 2022 she published the results of an extensive research on the theme of color …
