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ÅžiÅŸli Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Şişli Greek Orthodox Cemetery (), also known as ''Şişli Eastern Orthodox Cemetery'', is a Christian cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey. The burial ground is the final resting place of people professing the Orthodox faith in Istanbul. The cemetery is located in Şişli district of Istanbul just across the Cevahir Mall. History and description The cemetery was founded in 1859, and consists mostly of Greek graves as well as other Orthodox nationalities and ethnoreligious groups such as Russians, Serbians, Bulgarians, Arab and Turkish/Turkic Christians. The burial ground occupies , and since its opening,a total of roughly 85,000 individuals have been interred at the site with 3–4 burials taking place weekly. Cemetery chapel The funerary church is referred to as Metamorphosis (" Our Lord Saviour´s Transfiguration"). The inscription says that the church was erected in 1888 at the expense of Schilizzi Stephanovik's sons "in eternal memory of their parents".
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Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west. Turkey is home to over 85 million people; most are ethnic Turkish people, Turks, while ethnic Kurds in Turkey, Kurds are the Minorities in Turkey, largest ethnic minority. Officially Secularism in Turkey, a secular state, Turkey has Islam in Turkey, a Muslim-majority population. Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Istanbul is its largest city and economic center. Other major cities include İzmir, Bursa, and Antalya. First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to List of ancient peoples of Anatolia, various ancient peoples. The Hattians ...
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Eleni Küreman
Eleni Fotiadou Küreman (née Eleni Fotiadou , 192116 July 2001) was Turkey's first professional female photojournalist. She began her career with the American news agency Associated Press in Turkey and went on to work for numerous newspapers and magazines, including ''Vakit'', ''Son Posta'', ''Yeni Şafak'', ''Son Dakika'' and ''Yeni Gün.'' She specialized in sports photography and later worked as a crime reporter. Early life Eleni Fotiadou was born into a wealthy family in the Cihangir neighborhood of Beyoğlu district in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1921. There is some variance amongst sources on her year of birth, with some suggesting 1923. Her father, Stavro, a merchant, and her mother, Sofya, were both Ottoman Greeks. She had a sister Keti (Çapanoğlu after marriage), a year older than her. Her father died when she was four years old leading her mother to return to her former occupation as seamstress. She finished middle school at Lycée Français Sainte Pulchérie Istanbul, and ...
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Russian Diaspora In Turkey
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Religious Buildings And Structures Completed In 1859
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Greeks In Istanbul
Throughout most of its history, Istanbul has ranked among the largest cities in the world. By 500 Common Era, CE, Constantinople had somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000 people, edging out its predecessor, Rome, for List of largest cities throughout history, world's largest city. Constantinople jostled with other major historical cities, such as Baghdad, Chang'an, Kaifeng and Merv for the position of List of largest cities throughout history, world's most populous city until the 12th century. It never returned to being the world's largest, but remained List of largest European cities in history, Europe's largest city from 1500 to 1750, when it was surpassed by London. The Turkish Statistical Institute estimates that the population of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality was 15,701,602 at the end of 2024, hosting of the country's population. Then about 97–98% of the inhabitants of the metropolitan municipality were within city limits, up from 89% in 2007 and 61% in 1980. 64.9 ...
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Greek Orthodoxy In Turkey
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Eastern Orthodox Cemeteries In Turkey
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Cemeteries In Istanbul
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek language, Greek ) implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Ancient Rome, Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, a columbarium, a niche, or another edifice. In Western world, Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to culture, cultural practices and religion, religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often inclu ...
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Greeks
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Georgios Zariphis
Georgios Y. Zariphis (, ; 1810 – 28 March 1884), also known as Yorgo Zarifi, was a prominent Ottoman Greek banker and financier. He was also well known as a prominent benefactor of his time. Zariphis met Sultan Abdul Hamid II when the latter was a shahzade with a low expectation of ascending to the throne. The prince, having financial troubles, called on the expertise of Zariphis to manage his personal wealth. After Abdul Hamid II became sultan, he continued to utilize Zarifi's advisory services during the First Constitutional Era. Living at the time when the Ottoman Empire was in great financial distress and had declared bankruptcy, Zariphis was one of the Galata bankers who was involved in the Empire's debt raising. He was involved in setting up the Düyun-u Umumiye (Office of Public Debt) in 1881 that oversaw tax collection and debt payments of the Ottoman Empire. Zariphis also sponsored the foundation of Greek language schools, which were named Zariphia after schools: li ...
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Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi
Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (many spellings; ; 1839–1893) was an Ottoman-born Greek banker in London and Paris, and later a steamship owner in Constantinople. He was also the acting Italian consul in Calcutta for some time starting in 1864, and an amateur composer. Life Demetrius was born in Constantinople to Zannis Stefanovich Schilizzi (1806–1888), one of the Schilizzi merchant and shipping family originally from Chios, and Eleni Vouro. The Schilizzi family was one of the trading dynasties that arose after the 1822 Chios massacre of the Greek War of Independence. Demetrius' uncle J. S. Schilizzi (1805–1892) was in the Black Sea grain trade at Livorno, and founded a London branch in 1837. Demetrius Schilizzi began his banking career in Paris. In 1871 Demetrius Schilizzi was living in Surrey Gardens, Hyde Park, London, with J. S. Schilizzi. In 1873 the London firm Schilizzi & Co. was restructured, with J. S. Schilizzi retaining the name, and Demetrius and two other family ...
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Anastasia Georgiadou
Anastasia (from ) is a feminine given name of Greek and Slavic origin, derived from the Greek word (), meaning "resurrection". It is a popular name in Eastern Europe. Origin The name Anastasia originated during the early days of Christianity and was given to many Greek girls born in December and around Easter. It was established as the female form (Greek: ) of the male name Anastasius (Greek: ''Anastasios'' ), and has the meaning of "she/he of the resurrection". It is the name of several early saints; including Anastasia of Sirmium, a central saint from the 3rd century who is commemorated during the first Mass on Christmas Dawn each year according to the traditional calendar of the Catholic Church and on December 22 according to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Slavic diminutives include Nastya, Nastia or Nastja (Serbian, Slovenian) as well as various hypocoristics: Nastenka, Nastyusha, Nastyona, Nastasia, Nastunja. Popularity Anastasia is a very popular name for girls, ...
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