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Naos
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Chora Church
Indoor Architecture

Periode : between the XIst and the XIVth century
Area related : Istanbul

Open daily excepted thursday

The central doors of the esonarthex lead into the main body of the church, the naos. The largest dome in the church (7.7 m diameter) is above the centre of the naos.

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Two smaller domes flank the modest apse: the northern dome is over the prothesis, which is linked by short passage to the bema; the southern dome is over the diaconicon, which is reached via the parecclesion.
- 1. Koimesis, the Dormition of the Virgin. Before ascending to Heaven, her last sleep. Jesus is holding an infant, symbol of Mary's soul;
- 2. Jesus Christ;
- 3. Theodokos, the Virgin Mary with child.
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