Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Hagios Gregorios Theologos Church in Cappadocia
View through CrossRef
Hagios Gregorios Theologos church is the one of the most important monument of Gelveri, a small town in the region of Cappadocia which is one of the first settlement areas in Anatolia, in central Turkey. The church is dedicated to Gregory the Theologian who is the Cappadocian father of the church in the fourth century.
The building consists of three distinct phases of construction: the apse, the naos with a narthex west of it, and the parekklesion, north of the naos. Hagios Gregorios Theologos church was suffered important interventions after the date he’s erected in 385. The building was used till the migration in 1924 and then was converted to a mosque.
Situated in a region known with his rock-cut architecture, the building differs with his construction of masonry and maintain tradition of built architecture. It distinguished by the qualified use of the harder volcanic stone. In this paper, the planning and the structure analysis of Hagios Gregorios Theologos church is aimed to be presented.
Title: Hagios Gregorios Theologos Church in Cappadocia
Description:
Hagios Gregorios Theologos church is the one of the most important monument of Gelveri, a small town in the region of Cappadocia which is one of the first settlement areas in Anatolia, in central Turkey.
The church is dedicated to Gregory the Theologian who is the Cappadocian father of the church in the fourth century.
The building consists of three distinct phases of construction: the apse, the naos with a narthex west of it, and the parekklesion, north of the naos.
Hagios Gregorios Theologos church was suffered important interventions after the date he’s erected in 385.
The building was used till the migration in 1924 and then was converted to a mosque.
Situated in a region known with his rock-cut architecture, the building differs with his construction of masonry and maintain tradition of built architecture.
It distinguished by the qualified use of the harder volcanic stone.
In this paper, the planning and the structure analysis of Hagios Gregorios Theologos church is aimed to be presented.
Related Results
Middelalderlige kirkelader i Danmark
Middelalderlige kirkelader i Danmark
Medieval Church Barns in DenmarkThe subject of this article is medieval church barns within the area of present-day Denmark. A church barn (or tithe barn) is a building erected nea...
AN ADVENTURE TOURISM STORY IN THE BRANDING PROCESS: HOT AIR BALLOON MANAGEMENT SUCCESSES IN CAPPADOCIA
AN ADVENTURE TOURISM STORY IN THE BRANDING PROCESS: HOT AIR BALLOON MANAGEMENT SUCCESSES IN CAPPADOCIA
Purpose- Adventure tourism has gained significant popularity in recent years, and its effective branding has become crucial for destinations to attract visitors. This research pape...
First Christian Church in Transcaucasia
First Christian Church in Transcaucasia
In the southern regions of Iran (Persia), Zoroastrianism was represented by numerous temples and pantheons of gods, while in the Northern provinces, fire worship retained its early...
Leadership Strategy for Sustaining Mission-Focused Vision in Years Seven to Ten of Crosswalk Fellowship
Leadership Strategy for Sustaining Mission-Focused Vision in Years Seven to Ten of Crosswalk Fellowship
Problem In January 2007, my wife and I led a core team of passionate Christian believers to start Crosswalk Fellowship as a parachute church plant. The plant was a part of the loc...
Physician and miracle worker. The cult of Saint Sampson the Xenodochos and his images in eastern Orthodox medieval painting
Physician and miracle worker. The cult of Saint Sampson the Xenodochos and his images in eastern Orthodox medieval painting
Saint Sampson, whose feast is celebrated on June 27, was depicted among holy
physicians. However, his images were not frequent. He was usually
accompanied with Saint Mokios (...
A Strategy To Increase Spiritual Maturity by Practicing Spiritual Disciplines at Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church in Houston, Texas
A Strategy To Increase Spiritual Maturity by Practicing Spiritual Disciplines at Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church in Houston, Texas
Problem Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church has been a pillar in the Third Ward community of Houston since the 1900s. Berean has two distinctions. It is the only Seventh-day Adven...
Building Up The Body Of Christ: A Study In Church Revitalization Leading To Church Growth
Building Up The Body Of Christ: A Study In Church Revitalization Leading To Church Growth
One of the most urgent concerns of the Church in the latter part of the twentieth century is to arouse Church members to their responsibility of ministering to each other and of mi...
Gereja Visioner Panggilan Memuridkan “Bangsa”
Gereja Visioner Panggilan Memuridkan “Bangsa”
A visionary church is the dream of every pastor and church congregation, but in the current reality the church is not doing what it wants and expected so that the visionary church...