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  Worldvisitguide > Places > Chora Church > Indoor Architecture > Parecclesion
Parecclesion
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Chora Church
Indoor Architecture

Periode : approx. between 1320 and 1321
Area related : Istanbul

Open daily excepted thursday

To the right of the esonarthex, doors open into the side chapel, or parecclesion. The parecclesion was used as a mortuary chapel for family burials and memorials. The second largest dome (4.5 m diameter) in the church graces the centre of the roof of the parecclesion.

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A small passageway links the parecclesion directly into the naos, and off this passage can be found a small oratory and a storeroom. The parecclesion is covered in frescoes :
- 1. Anastasis, the Resurrection. Christ, who had just broken down the gates of hell, is standing in the middle and pulling Adam and Eve out of their tombs. Behind Adam stand John the Baptist, David, and Solomon. Others are righteous kings
- 2. Second coming of Christ, the last judgment. Jesus is enthroned and on both sides the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist (this trio is also called the Deesis)
- 3. Virgin and Child
- 4. Heavenly Court of Angels
- 5. Two panels of Moses.
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