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Exonarthex
Exonarthex
Narthex extérieur
Section 2 on 4

Chora Church
Indoor Architecture

approx. between 1320 and 1321

Relationship with : Jésus-Christ
Area related : Istanbul

Open daily excepted thursday

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The exonarthex (or outer narthex) is the first part of the church that one enters. It is a transverse corridor, 4 m wide and 23 m long, which is partially open on its eastern length into the parallel esonarthex.
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The southern end of the exonarthex opens out through the esonarthex forming a western ante-chamber to the parecclesion. The mosaics that decorate the exonarthex include:
- 1. Joseph's dream and journey to Bethlehem
- 2. Enrollment for taxation
- 3. Nativity, birth of Christ
- 4. Journey of the Magi
- 5. Inquiry of King Herod
- 6. Flight into Egypt
- 7. Two frescoes of the massacres ordered by King Herod
- 8. Mothers mourning for their children
- 9. Flight of Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
- 10. Joseph dreaming, return of the holy family from Egypt to Nazareth
- 11. Christ taken to Jerusalem for the Passover
- 12. John the Baptist bearing witness to Christ
- 13. Miracle
- 14. Three more Miracles
- 15. Jesus Christ
- 16. Virgin and Angels praying.
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