Annunciation of the Mother of God, Vapheochorion

A very short distance from Bebeki and overlooking one of the narrowest reaches of the Bosphorus, Vapheochorion (Boyacikioy) was till a few years ago a small Greek settlement. The Church of the Annunciation was erected in 1834 and renovated in 1925.

Considering the former community was made up mostly of working people, the size of this triple-aisled basilica with its pitched roof and that there were two small schools in Vapheochorion (a seven-form school and a five-form girls' school and a kinder garden) rather surprise the visitor.

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