Monastery of Gastria

May 11, 2010 02:14 by haci
Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque (Turkish: Sancaktar Hayrettin Camii; also Sancaktar Hayrettin Mescidi, where Mescit is the Turkish word for a small mosque, or Sancaktar Mescidi) is part of a former Eastern Orthodox monastery converted into a mosque by the Ottomans. It is generally believed that the small... [More]