거룩한 사도들의 교회(Church of the Holy Apostles, Istanbul), Fatih Camii, Mosque of the Conqueror

 

 

Church of the Holy Apostles 536-550AD, An image from a Vatican Codex of 1162 believed to be a representation of the Church of the Holy Apostles   (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles)

 

Meister der Predigten des Mönchs Johannes Kokkinobaphos  

(출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles_(Constantinople)) 

 

The Church of the Holy Apostles (Greek: Ἅγιοι Ἀπόστολοι, Agioi Apostoloi; Turkish: Havariyyun), also known as the Imperial Polyándreion (imperial cemetery), was an Eastern Orthodox church in Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The first structure dates to the 4th century, though future emperors would add to and improve on the space. It was second in size and importance only to the Hagia Sophia among the great churches of the capital. The original church of the Holy Apostles was dedicated in about 330 by Constantine the Great, the founder of Constantinople, the new capital of the Roman Empire. The church was unfinished when Constantine died in 337, and it was brought to completion by his son and successor Constantius II, who buried his father's remains there. The church was dedicated to the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, and it was the Emperor's intention to gather relics of all the Apostles in the church. In the event, only relics of Saint Andrew, Saint Luke and Saint Timothy (the latter two not strictly apostles) were acquired, and in later centuries it came to be assumed that the church was dedicated to these three only. When Constantinople fell to the Ottomans in 1453, the Holy Apostles briefly became the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church. Three years later the edifice, which was in a dilapidated state, was abandoned by the Patriarch, and in 1461 it was demolished by the Ottomans to make way for the Fatih Mosque.

 

An icon of the Holy Apostles, after whom the church is named.

(출처-http://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles_(Constantinople))

 

The return of the relics of St. John Chrysostom to the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople

(출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles)

 

Porphyry sarcophagi of Byzantine emperors on display outside the Istanbul Archaeology Museums.

(출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles)

 

Fatih Mosque       (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

the Church of the Holy Apostles. Today, its location on the highest hill inside the Theodosian Walls is occupied by Sultan Mehmet II’s Fatih Camii, or Mosque of the Conqueror.

 

Aerial view of the Fatih Mosque and the surrounding Külliye    (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatih_Mosque,_Istanbul)

 

Aerial view of the Fatih Mosque     (출처-http://www.visit2istanbul.com/conquerors-mosque-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque       (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

Fatih Mosque       (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

Fatih Mosque       (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

Fatih Mosque       (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

Fatih Mosque       (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

Fatih Camii, or Mosque of the Conqueror   

(출처-http://fromthegardenintothecity.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/the-church-of-the-holy-apostles/)

 

Fatih Mosque       (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

Fatih Mosque       (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

Fatih Mosque           (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatih_Mosque,_Istanbul)

 

Appearance of the Fatih Mosque before the earthquake, painted in 1559   (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatih_Mosque,_Istanbul)

 

Fatih Mosque 1880-1893      (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque) 

 

Fatih Mosque 1880-1893      (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

 Historical photo taken between 1888-1910    (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatih_Mosque,_Istanbul)

 

Artur Nikodem Fathie Djami in Istanbul  (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

 The Fatih Mosque Dome Outside      (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatih_Mosque,_Istanbul)

 

Fatih Mosque           (출처-https://www.flickr.com/photos/gencalioglu/7616672502/in/photostream/)

 

Fatih Mosque           (출처-https://www.flickr.com/photos/gencalioglu/7606494494/in/photostream/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  (출처-http://istanbul.for91days.com/2013/05/14/the-carsamba-market-and-the-fatih-camii/)

 

Fatih Mosque  Interior     (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

Fatih Camii (Conqueror's Mosque - Interior)  (출처-https://www.flickr.com/photos/gencalioglu/7606172756/in/photostream/)

 

Fatih Mosque Interior      (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

Fatih Mosque Interior      (출처-http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fatih_Mosque)

 

The Fatih Mosque Dome      (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatih_Mosque,_Istanbul)

 

<Sultan Mehmed II >

 

The tomb of Mehmed II (d.1481) in Fatih, Istanbul     (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II)

 

Mehmed the Conqueror and Fatih Sultan Mehmed (30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), was an Ottoman sultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to May 1481. At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire. Mehmed continued his conquests in Anatolia with its reunification, and in Southeast Europe as far west as Bosnia. Being a highly regarded conqueror and caliph of Islam, Mehmed is considered a hero in modern-day Turkey and the Muslim world. Among other things, Istanbul's Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, Fatih University, Fatih College and Fatih Mosque are named after him.

 

Sultan Mehmed II in 1479. Portrait by Italian painter Gentile Bellini     (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II)

 

Accession of Mehmed II in Edirne, 1451   (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II)

 

A bas-relief of Mehmed the Conqueror in Yevpatoria, Ukraine  (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II)

 

Mehmed II's ahidnâme to the Catholic monks of the recently conquered Bosnia issued in 1463,

granting them full religious freedom and protection   (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II)

 

Sultan Mehmed II's entry into Constantinople, painting by Fausto Zonaro (1854-1929)

(출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II)

 

Ottoman miniature of the Siege of Belgrade, 1456     (출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II)

 

Roumeli Hissar Castle built by the Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452, before he conquered Constantinople

(출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II)

 

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge over the Bosporus Straits in Istanbul was built in the 20th century

(출처-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_II)