The Blue Mosque

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

More of Istanbul

lunch at the restaurant beside the ancient Christian church.
Ceiling icon in the church.

The Eastern rite's conception of Christ in glory,
 not in suffering as in the Western church.

Maddonna and other.

Courtyard of the Blue Mosque

Inside the Blue Mosque

A covered head in the Blue Mosque

Others in the Mosque -- mainly tourists like ourselves at this point though a large gathering had been here just previously for the noon prayers.

The famous antique stained glass windows that have given the Western name of the Blue Mosque to this building.

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A gentle man selling slippers and hats to tourists outside the Orthodox church.
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