Şişli Greek Orthodox Cemetery Explained

Şişli Greek Orthodox Cemetery
Established:1859
Country:Turkey
Location:Şişli, Istanbul
Coordinates:41.0621°N 28.9904°W
Map Type:Turkey Istanbul
Type:Christian Orthodox Cemetery
Findagraveid:2283938

Şişli Greek Orthodox Cemetery (Turkish: Şişli Rum Ortodoks Mezarlığı), 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 52acres, 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".[1]

Selected notable burials

A few of the notables buried here are:

External links and references

Notes and References

  1. http://www.agelastos.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=1772 Agelastos Family Genealogy Pages