Church-Mosque of Vefa Vefa Kilise Camii | |
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![]() The mosque (right) and the exonarthex (left) viewed from the south. | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
Year consecrated | shortly after 1453 |
Location | |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Geographic coordinates | 41°0′59″N 28°57′37″E / 41.01639°N 28.96028°E |
Architecture | |
Type | church with cross-in-square plan |
Style | Middle Byzantine - Comnenian |
Completed | 10th - 11th century |
Specifications | |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Materials | brick, stone |
Church-Mosque of Vefa (Turkish: Vefa Kilise Camii, meaning "the church mosque of Vefa", to distinguish it from the other kilise camiler of Istanbul: also known as Molla Gürani Camii after the name of his founder) is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque by the Ottomans in Istanbul. The church was possibly dedicated to Hagios Theodoros (St. Theodore,[1][2] in Greek: Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ἑν τὰ Καρβουνάρια), but this dedication is far from certain.[3] The complex represents one of the most important examples of Comnenian and Palaiologan architecture of Constantinople.[4]