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History

A little bit more about the church… In this church, six small marble columns support the elegant cupola while two angels mount a guard of honor; one of them represents “Justice” (the Old Testament, the one who holds the sword) and the other one “God’s Love” (the one who holds the cross). On each side …

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New Temple

Construction of The New Temple The Friars of the order of Preachers, commonly known in England as the Black friars due to the black cape worn over their white robe, came to Istanbul (Constantinople), in the first half of the 13th century and established themselves in Galata, where they built the church of St. Paul. …

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Mary

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 …

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Christmas 2022/2023

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 …

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Dominican Order

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 : …

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Blog part 3

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) …

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Blog part 2

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, …

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Travel blog

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 …

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