Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church

About Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church

Church building in İstanbul, Turkey

Hagia Triada (Holy Trinity) is a Greek Orthodox church in the Katip Celebi neighbourhood of Beyoglu in Istanbul, on Meselik Street at the southern edge of Taksim Square, under the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The building was erected in 1880 and is the largest Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul today; it still serves the city's Greek community, with a parish of about 150, and is used for services daily. The church is distinguished by its large dome, twin bell towers and neoclassical facade with Baroque touches, in striking contrast to the modern Taksim Mosque beside it, so that the two buildings now share the skyline of the square's southern edge. A small walled garden surrounds it and gives a rare calm amid the bustle of Taksim and Istiklal Avenue. The church was damaged and looted during the September 1955 riots directed against Istanbul's Greek minority, but survived an attempt to set it on fire; it was later restored with a donation from the industrialist Panagiotis Angelopoulos and reopened on 23 March 2003 in the presence of Patriarch Bartholomew I and representatives of Greece, France and Germany.

Where:

Istanbul, Türkiye