Patriarchal Church of St. George

The Patriarchal Church of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100806015000" title="St. George" href="/topic/us/new-york/new-york-city/staten-island-%28new-york-city%29/st.-george-PLGEO100100806015000.topic">St. George</a> in Istanbul is busy during Holy Week. The patriarchate has been in Istanbul since the beginning of Christianity and remained after the conquest of Byzantium by the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO00000030" title="Turkey" href="/topic/intl/turkey-PLGEO00000030.topic">Ottoman</a> Turks. And it held on, desperately, through the 20th century, as the anti-religious Kemalist secularists ran Turkey.
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( Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune / April 8, 2012 )

The Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul is busy during Holy Week. The patriarchate has been in Istanbul since the beginning of Christianity and remained after the conquest of Byzantium by the Ottoman Turks. And it held on, desperately, through the 20th century, as the anti-religious Kemalist secularists ran Turkey.

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