Istanbul Kariye or Chora Church by Dick Osseman

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One of some pictures from an earlier visit I keep because people may have linked to them.

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V. Rev. Alexander Kile		30-Sep-2008 04:03
There are three more hierarchs the 1st on the right is St. Cyrillus of Alexandria and the two on the left I do not see the picture clear.

V. Rev. Alexander Kile		30-Sep-2008 04:00
This icon of Resurrection is calld " Descend to the hades" is depicted from the events described in the Apocrypha Gospels. It has became inthe Eastern orthodox Church the banner of Resurrection and the victory over Death of jesus Christ. Hades= Kingdom of death, which was put to an end with Christs' descend and freeing of all righteous souls from Adam and Eve till the rubber who was crucified on the Cross and repented and asked that Christ to remember him in His kingdom, according the Gospel and Apocrypha Gospel writings. This is the original and the earliest Descent to the Hades depicted in the Christian History of iconography and art.

Celica		03-May-2008 21:00
The three saints on the right are the so-called Three Hierarchs, that is, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom

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