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Balıklı (Zeytinburnu) · Istanbul

Balıklı Monastery (Zoodochos Pege)

Balıklı Meryem Ana Rum Manastırı

Place of worshipLocal favourite

For almost 1,500 years one of the most important pilgrimage sites of Greek Orthodoxy, built around a holy spring with healing reputation; the present church dates from 1835. The tombs of Ecumenical Patriarchs lie outside the church.

Address
Balıklı Sivrikapı Sokak, Zeytinburnu
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Any time · About 40 min
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Good to know

  • It is on Balıklı Sivrikapı Sokak, a few hundred metres outside the land walls near the Silivri Gate.
  • Local Orthodox visit especially on the Friday after Easter and on 14 September.
  • The complex is surrounded by large walled Armenian and Greek cemeteries.

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