Virtual Tour of Chora Monastery (Kariye Museum) with Şerif Yenen

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Virtual Tour of Chora Monastery (Kariye Museum) with Şerif Yenen

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Chora Monastery - Church of the Holy Savior in Chora - Kariye Museum
Well, lockdown measures may not allow you to travel and visit places of interest. However, I will continue bringing some of them to you. My online cultural tour will be in the Chora Church or Kariye Museum this time. The tour is in English. My virtual guided tour will soon be available on KZfaq. You can also ask questions during the tour.
Let me emphasize that this is not in a documentary format, but a guided tour. I will be interpreting and summerising Chora with breathtaking images and videos.
Chora Monastery - Church of the Holy Savior in Chora - Kariye Museum
Kariye Museum is among the top must-see museums in the world. It may well be accepted as the most important Byzantine monument in İstanbul after the Hagia Sophia.
Kariye Museum was originally the center of a Byzantine monastery complex. Only the church section, which was dedicated to Jesus Christ the Savior, has survived. A little after the arrival of the Turks in İstanbul, this building, was converted into a mosque. In 1948 it was made a museum leaving no Islamic element in the building except the mihrap in the apse and the 19th century minaret outside in the corner.
Mosaics
The mosaics depict the lives of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. Background elements and architectural motifs are highlighted to give depth. The scenes are realistic, as if they were taken from real life, with figures correctly proportioned. Jesus has a humanitarian look upon his face. The art of painting in both mosaics and frescoes indicated a new Byzantine art movement which was parallel to the Italian Renaissance started by Giotto (1266-1337).
The mosaics can be divided into 7 sections: the nave panels, the six large dedicatory panels in the inner and outer narthexes, the ancestry of Jesus in the two domes of the inner narthex, the life of the Virgin Mary in the first three bays of the inner narthex, the infancy of Jesus in the lunettes of the outer narthex, the ministry of Jesus on the vaults of the outer narthex and the fourth bay of the inner narthex, and finally, the portraits of the saints on the arches and pilasters of the inner narthex.
The mosaics that give an account of the Virgin’s birth and life are based on Apocryphal (not canonical) Gospel of St. James.
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⭐️ Credits
Producer
Şerif Yenen
Directors
Levent Ayaşlı & Şerif Yenen
Director of Photography
Candan Murat Özcan
Camera
Erdoğan Aktaş
Script
Şerif Yenen
Editor
Levent Ayaşlı
Post-production
XLeventfilms
Production Assistant
Erdoğan Aktaş
Sound
Erdoğan Aktaş
Social Media Marketing
Rovshan Rasulov
Cansu Yılmaz
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@sandiural2425 4 жыл бұрын

This is a beautiful account of Chora. Şerif Bey's voice is so calming, and you almost feel what he describes. Thank you for creating and sharing this for us to enjoy.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sandra

@silvyobenbassat387 4 жыл бұрын

Şerif Üstad, çok başarılı bir anlatım, tebrikler, başarılarının devamını dilerim. Sevgi ve Saygılarımla.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Teşekkür ederim Silvyo bey, bunu sizden duymak ne güzel:)

@Tunc658 4 жыл бұрын

You become voice of the mosaic. Thank you!

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mr Tunç:)

@gokhanolmez2653 4 жыл бұрын

Probably the best explanation of Chora ...

@golnazabaee599 4 жыл бұрын

Agree! It is excellent and I wish I had heard this before visiting Chora.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

@@golnazabaee599 Come back again:)

@TheTVCriticorg 4 жыл бұрын

A wonderful tour by an excellent guide

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robin, it is so good to hear this:)

@worldcitizeng6507 4 жыл бұрын

I hope this will stay on KZfaq, I will share it with all my friends. I learn a lot from this virtual tour. Although I have visited Istanbul 3 times, I didn't get to see this Chora museum, this will be on my list when I visit Istanbul again in the near future. Keep up all the good work, so that the next generation can continue to learn from history. Thank you for this presentation, truly appreciate this.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes, it will stay here. You can share it.

@canancili3234 4 жыл бұрын

You did a great job like Hagia Sophia and Chora Monastery Congratulations

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Canan. See you on another tour.

@jianjinggao7997 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing, thanks a lot.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure.

@jameshargreaves8985 4 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt, one of the best explanations of the chora monastery’s Byzantine art. Thank you!

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot James. I am so glad.

@birolkaynar2764 4 жыл бұрын

wonderful wonderful wonderful !!!

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Birol. You have helped me so much to promote it

@wadud3921 4 жыл бұрын

@serif yenen brilliant work

@frommoon2011 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for such an informative video🙏😊

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure, thanks.

@joanpoole8087 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Serif, I will never forget being there with you several years ago. This tour has not only brought it all back wonderfully, it has added so much more. With many thanks and best wishes, Jo

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joan, I hope you are doing well.

@1907Fener 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the great presentation. Regards

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

It is our pleasure, thanks.

@kemalserdaraslim7405 4 жыл бұрын

Şerifciğim süper olmuş. Ellerine sağlık.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Teşekkür ediyorum Serdarcım, sağolasın:)

@kardeleniremyazici850 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for presenting 👍🏻

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@celentanokan 4 жыл бұрын

Great job

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@ihsangoksen3380 4 жыл бұрын

Dilinize sağlık...

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Teşekkürler.

@rehberfurkanaslan9263 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect, perfect, perfect 😍

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks:)

@beatricegalea9112 2 жыл бұрын

Very meticulously explained video of the Chora Monastery! Thank you for sharing with us this tour guide. Looking forward to more video tours of Turkey .

@SerifYenen 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your beautiful words, Beatrice.

@verak226 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! The best from the best. And so many apocryphal subjects of the mosaics and freskos

@ozgurozkir4781 4 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic work , highly appreciated ,,

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Özgür, I am so glad.

@tinipreda5322 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding! Can't wait to see this marvel.Thanks a lot,effendi!

@SerifYenen 2 жыл бұрын

Actually it is currently closed for restoration. Thanks for your comment.

@tinipreda5322 2 жыл бұрын

@@SerifYenen,Wow... sad to hear that.Do you have any ideea,when it'll be reopen for the crowd?

@flyingk9691 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful tour! Very informative and well done. I am looking forward to the next one

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot:)

@ertegin Күн бұрын

Müthiş video. Çok teşekkür ederiz.

@ebrugermeyan4170 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this informative sesion next time when I am there I will walk through the building replaying this. !!!

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@donweber2492 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for tour. It was so well done. You are the best.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Don:) It is my pleasure.

@pamelaovalle9115 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Your explanation of the mosaics was wonderful and brought to life what was so hard to see during our several visits. Your "tours" on You Tube are so good and so valuable

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pamela:)

@danielasegoloni6171 4 жыл бұрын

thank you so much! It has really been a fantastic occasion to better understand the beauty of Chora.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniela:)

@Katechkak 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! It was very detailed description, interesting to see so many details. Now I would like to visit this place and to see all of that in reality. Was an Easter not far away - Christ is Risen!

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot:)

@cristinaasperti5161 4 жыл бұрын

Such a oleasure to be able to review this wonderful place. Such great exolanations. A wonderful class! Thank you do much! Loiking forward to 'visits' to the mosques that I love so much!! Cheers!

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Cristina:)

@ogulcicek 4 жыл бұрын

Şerif Bey, thank you again for the beautiful tour. Hope to see Kariye Museum as soon as possible.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot.

@tricivenola8164 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, Serif! I too am looking forward to seeing Chora again with new eyes, thanks to you.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Trici, thanks. How are you doing?

@salimerenaslan2273 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent 💯

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@kursatkadircanli9734 Жыл бұрын

Dear Yenen You make really good presentations. Please promote other historical places in this way as well. we expect this

@SerifYenen Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot dear Kürşat, it is nice and important to read your nice comments. I would like to continue with other places. It is a matter of time and finance though.

@sifridbassoon Жыл бұрын

Wonderful videos in this series. I appreciate the lack of other tourists. I have read a lot of literature about Constantinople, but I have never heard such a detailed description of the Chora!

@SerifYenen Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot:)

@z07hz79 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the valuable and clear information. We visited in June 2018 but we learnt a lot more now. Teşekkür ederim 🙏🏼

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure.

@servet6457 4 жыл бұрын

This is a very special museum in terms of the story of Mother Mary. This place is one of the “must see” places in Istanbul. It is unforgetale if you listen the story by “The Master of the Guides “ Serif Yenen. Thank you so much for this great virtual tour which shows the great work and effort behind it.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Servet. I appreciate your comments.

@ErdoganAktas 4 жыл бұрын

Herkese merhaba iyi seyirler. İzledikten sonra video altına yorum yazıp bu videoyu ilgilenebileceğini düşündüğünüz dostlarlarınızla paylaşırsanız seviniriz.

@klitoschatzitheoklitos2323 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work, Mr. Yenen !

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks:)

@irina4830 4 жыл бұрын

Very much interesting and informative presentation, thank you very much for that! Even being there in person one could not see so well all the details that have been shown, so this is a perfect way to introduce a historical site so that the interested people can go and see live one day.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you ırine. You are always welcome.

@newplaceusedbooks3797 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tour of this amazing example of the height of Byzantine artistry. Great music and a great tour guide made this an educational and enjoyable experience.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Lynette.

@ivanaviappiani8704 4 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done! Şerif Bey is super clear and competent. Looking forward to join one of his city tour!!

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I hope so.

@monkeytennis8861 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tour and talk

@SerifYenen 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot:)

@nicholasjohnson8630 4 жыл бұрын

An excellent tour- thank you.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Nicholas:)

@gwenbliss129 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Yenen for explaining the meaning of the images. This was so much better than your typical tour where the tour guide merely tells you who had it commissioned, the date, the artist, but nothing about the PURPOSE. This was excellent.

@SerifYenen Жыл бұрын

Thanks:)

@sayinay90 4 жыл бұрын

Harika😍

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Murad:)

@ramonav.6983 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very interesting!

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks:)

@rishabhpatel357 4 жыл бұрын

Now it is mosque....because of dictatorship. And it is an humiliating for Humanity. I want's that it remains as Museum. Love from India.

@hiitsteo4736 3 жыл бұрын

After watching your video I liked this place very much and I went to visit it recently, but unfortunately it was under construction💔

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you are right. Last year they said it would be converted into a mosque and then it was closed to visitors.

@bornjuly2133 7 ай бұрын

Very Well Done, thanks

@ruhiozdemir3092 2 жыл бұрын

Gerçekten muazzam bir sunum,gerçek bir turunuzda bulunmayı çok isterim.Turizm Rehberliği öğrencisi olarak yayınlarınızdan çok istifade etmekteyim.Teşekkür ederiz.

@SerifYenen 2 жыл бұрын

Teşekkürler, başarılar

@mohansawhney8024 2 жыл бұрын

I am so grateful to you! I was in Istanbul three weeks ago and absolutely wanted to see this church. My frustration was so big when I saw it was closed! Thanks to your beautiful video I could see what I missed! Many thanks!

@SerifYenen 2 жыл бұрын

I am pleased, thanks.

@Sriwijaya888 2 жыл бұрын

Sameee, i was there in the end of may, and found that this church under the maintenance and closed

@ThomasGazis 7 ай бұрын

I am surprised by Mr. Serif Yenen's videos! After having watched and read hundreds of Turkish videos and articles that are deliberately calling monuments like the Chora Monastery, Haghia Sophia etc. "Roman monuments" Mr. Yenen are calling them what they really are: Greek-Byzantine! Mr. Yenen has restored my faith to Turkish people! It represents that part of Turkish people who are open minded, educated and fair, and they respect and honor the Greek Byzantine past of modern Turkey! That's a characteristic of civilized and cultured people that I would like to have a dinner and a raqi with, freely and in a friendly spirit chatting about everything!! P.S. The quality of the mosaics and frescoes is staggering! They seem to be premature Rennaissance high quality artifacts!

@johnnoronha3757 3 жыл бұрын

On this day 8Sept of Nossa Senhora's birth .. it was wonderful to revisit the stunning Chora Church to see Our Lady's story narrated in detail..

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks:)

@johnnoronha3757 3 жыл бұрын

Are there any other Byzantine churches with the Virgins story?

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnnoronha3757 There must be in Cappadocia.

@alankovacik1928 5 ай бұрын

wonderful!

@johnkey979 2 жыл бұрын

Dear fine sir even though I'm not a real big fan of Christianity I think this show is spectacular you do such a fine job of making history relatable to the modern day thank you again

@pilartobala9901 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful explanation! Bendiciones de México 🇲🇽! Alegrías Serif!

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, şerefe!

@jeanphilipe3356 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to congratulate you on the nice and neutral but historical explanation. I am Greek and orthodox only on paper, I am not interested in religion. We are only interested in history, and your explanation, I consider it better and more interesting from you than from a Greek. Congratulations we learnt a lot

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot:)

@XxLIVRAxX 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifuly presented, this channel has earned my subscription.

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Franco:)

@kewzoom6773 3 жыл бұрын

It's really too amazing mosque, which was nicely bestowed us as it's real position now, it must have been liked by lakhs of people.... And thank for human kind make such nice... Heaven place on earth

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

It has not become a mosque. At the moment it is closed. I do not know if they have decided not to convert it into a mosque.

@kewzoom6773 3 жыл бұрын

@@SerifYenen may Allah bless with more success in your give us such depth of knowledge, One thing dear brother I wanna know..... That is there pray going on these day..,?

@SerifYenen 3 жыл бұрын

@@kewzoom6773 no, it is closed

@syedadeelhussain2691 2 жыл бұрын

Turkiye is one of the finest tourist destinations in the world. I love Turkish coffee

@SerifYenen 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment:)

@paulharvey2396 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this gift God bless you amen. Please continue to develop this good work teaching. We need better quality information also about Mosques, and Islamic art and the Ottomans - better quality information to teach us aspects we do not know - the good works of the Ottomans in detail would be welcome.

@bakirmagda 4 жыл бұрын

is still to be presented because i cannot access

@koksalceylan9032 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done but the jingle jangle between is very annoying. For the rest is interesting.

@jjgreek1 3 жыл бұрын

Too bad you’re now covering the treasures with dry wall and curtains

@nazeerpasha2075 3 ай бұрын

Jesus is one of the prophets of Islam. The pristine teachings of Jesus and Moses can be seen in Quran. The locals accepted Islam and used their place of worship as mosque, just like what is happening in most of the European countries.

@vladimir001982 2 жыл бұрын

Serif Bey,when Kariye mosque will be reopen for the visitors?

@SerifYenen 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. As I understand they are trying to finish its restoration. I do not know when it will be open again.

@julietide2253 9 ай бұрын

How is this at all suited to be a mosque and how will they change it to do this? The long closure is very mysterious at the least.

@mustafagokhanozbas1002 4 жыл бұрын

Türkçe altyazı eklenir mi acaba?

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Yakında Türkçe anlatımlısını yapacağız.

@info328 4 жыл бұрын

Now it's a Mosque

@kursatkadircanli9734 Жыл бұрын

Please study before you come to Turkey. This way it will be very enjoyable.

@zhanglin3265 2 жыл бұрын

Why two keys, a silver key and a golden key? I think the ones of Faith may return to Heaven after death, also can turn the world into Heaven before death. I do think so!!

@SerifYenen 2 жыл бұрын

It is possible:)

@technics291 4 жыл бұрын

Is this going to be converted? what about the art?

@SWNerd 4 жыл бұрын

yes it's sadly a mosque now

@mysurubasavaharish9350 3 жыл бұрын

Turkey President Erdogan can build improved replicas of those monuments as Mosques instead of conversion spree!😀

@amomos2000 4 жыл бұрын

A very good presentation , please allow me a couple of corrections as a master iconographer and tourist guide: The Theotokos in the naive is not in the type of Odegetria. The inscription is Η ΧΩΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΧΩΡΗΤΟΥ, a very complicated yet sophisticated name. Also the mosaic of Jesus Christ above the entrance with Metochites is not resembling to an emperor. His garments are the typical red and dark blue ( dual hypostasis of Christ) and the name says Η ΧΩΡΑ ΤΩΝ ΖΩΝΤΩΝ (THE LAND OF THE ALIVE) . Also the name Pantokrator is not relevant grammatically to creator but to the verb κρατώ - Παντοκρατωρ = the One who holds everything (as in universe) that translates in English as almighty Christ. I hope you will appreciate my corrections as they were made in good will and spirit.

@SerifYenen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the valuable input, Constantinos:)

@monkeytennis8861 2 жыл бұрын

Such a master can't spell nave

@Bobomeetworld 4 жыл бұрын

Alhamdulillah..it becomes a Mosque again!

@SWNerd 4 жыл бұрын

how is that good? istanbul has more than enough mosques. plus this is a monument to humanity not just to Christianity

@pzymaris 3 ай бұрын

Regarding the Pantokrator icon, it's not "Pantocreator," and doesn't mean "Creator of the Universe," it is "Pantokrator" and means "All powerful" or "He who rules over all, from " πᾶς"(pas) - All, and "κράτος" (kratos) strength.

@triumphonyoutube3659 4 ай бұрын

масоницпеопхилегетоутоф тхе хцурчцурседисламистицшоре дирт пфу инто ашамен ноно рхтодож хаве но ригхт то го тхере щум го шовеит ёур шитх оле фацешихт ёур ошн тхингсамен!