Theotokos Kyriotissa

[@Theodoros_Kolokotronis]

Excellent video ! A unique, out of many, Byzantine Churches in the City. This building represents one among the few extant examples of a Byzantine Church with domed Greek Cross plan. Simply astonishing.

[@kidmohair8151]

"...and the need for humans [of all faiths] to express themselves...." that was a lovely way to end this video. thank you.

[@karlthepotter4228]

Thank you Robin!

[@tallmikbcroft6937]

Amazing.. thank you for sharing the side chapel.. Interesting about the Latin iconography... What a blessing... I appreciate your sharing it.

[@sotirismitzolis5171]

what happened to the picture of the virgin mary ?

[@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast]

Someone defaced it, we don't know who

[@issith7340]

How hypocritical is that they considered the saint francisco di assisi “drawing “, more valuable than the more ancient and elaborated artworks, , so they took the latin drawing to the museum. Thankfully, they left aline the masterpiece in its original position.

[@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast]

The St Francis fresco had partly fallen down and so was moved to preserve it. The Byzantine mosaics were more firmly in place

[@koksalceylan9032]

The Turks did take very good care of this buildings must say. The Turkish buildings in Greece were all destroyed and burned but the Turks dint do that,why?.

[@TheHistoryofByzantiumPodcast]

In Istanbul many of the largest churches were converted into mosques and therefore preserved. There aren't a lot of other churches across Turkey which survived though