Turkish hospitality raises the bar high in Istanbul

Edit Star Telegram 09 Sep 2015
A city of multiethnic influences and cuisine. Ancient mosaics and early Byzantine paintings in Chora Church. Cobblestone streets and red tapestries contrast with padlocks and chain-link fences ... ....

Mystical, melancholy Istanbul

Edit Atlanta Journal 08 Sep 2015
I become addicted to streets such as Istiklal in the New District that surprise with unique shops, public art, a hidden church — or simply a merchant’s imaginative window display of color and texture. I tour the ancient Chora Church where the mosaics and frescoes are considered some of the most important surviving examples of early Byzantine painting....

10 of the best ways to enjoy Istanbul on a budget

Edit The Guardian 25 Aug 2015
Action is centred around the Yeldeğirmeni Art Center, formerly the French-built Notre Dame du Rosaire church ... The once-grand suburb of Balat was home to Istanbul’s Greek and Jewish populations, and ancient places of worship such as the Chora church and Ahrida synagogue remain ... of Jerusalem Orthodox Church (the shop owner at no 48 holds the key)....

Ethiopia: holy days and highland rock churches

Edit The Daily Telegraph 03 Apr 2015
Bet Giyorgis Church, Lalibela Photo ... We had been to Lalibela – one of the most celebrated stops on the so-called northern circuit of the Ethiopian Highlands – to see its stone churches ... A rock-cut church at Lalibela ... Here is a country with incredible cultural riches, including religious art that to me in its sublime colour and creativity matches the Byzantine churches of Ravenna and the Chora Church of Istanbul....

Istanbul city guide: essential sights, and where to eat, drink and stay

Edit The Guardian 08 Nov 2014
What to do. Istanbulite tours ... You can plump for a walking tour or be chauffeured around ... Kilic Ali Pasa Hamami ... Chora church. Although Istanbul is laden with Byzantine monuments, this small church in the Fatih district is the most exquisite, with its mosaics and frescoes depicting the lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary. The church has been rebuilt many times and restoration is still under way ... Vintage shopping in Çukurcuma ... Naif ... ....

Site for Greek church near WTC gets blessing

Edit Yahoo Daily News 18 Oct 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of members of New York's Greek Orthodox community attended a blessing ceremony Saturday for a new church near ground zero in Lower Manhattan that will replace a house of worship that was destroyed in the Sept ... The church chose him for the project after he submitted a plan that drew inspiration from two Byzantine shrines in IstanbulHagia Sophia and the Church of the Holy Savior in Chora....

Top role took former foreign minister Bob Carr on journey of a lifetime

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 23 Jan 2014
In Turkey, for example, Mr Carr walked Istanbul's famous spice bazaar and made visits to the Byzantine-era Chora Church, the majestic New Mosque, the Blue ......
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