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The Cappadocia region, in modern-day Turkey, was an early site of Christian activity. The Cappadocians advanced the development of early Christian theology, for example the doctrine of the Trinity, [2]: 22 and are highly respected as saints in both Western and Eastern churches.
Göreme became a Christian monastic centre in 300–1200 AD. The Yusuf Koç, Ortahane, Durmus Kadir and Bezirhane churches in Göreme, and houses and churches carved into rocks in the Uzundere, Bağıldere and Zemi Valleys, all evidence Cappadocia as a centre of early Christian learning and are thus a place of pilgrimage.
Jerphanion's books "Une nouvelle province de l'art byzantin, les églises rupestres de Cappadoce" is a work on the churches of Cappadocia that was written following 3 trips to Cappadocia, the first in August 1907, the second and the most important in 1911 (from August 1911 to January 1912) and finally the third in August-September 1912.
The episcopal see of Camuliana is of relatively late origin, since it did not yet exist in the time of Basil the Great 329–379. However, five of its bishops are named in the acts of various councils: a Basilius at the Second Council of Constantinople (553); a Georgios at the Third Council of Constantinople (680); a Theodoros at the Quinisext Council (692); another Georgios at the Second ...
"At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the holy martyrs Lucius the Bishop, Absolom, Lorgius" is a part of the William Blackwood & Sons published English language version of the Roman Breviary, the liturgical book of the rites of the Catholic Church containing hymns, readings, notations, and other religious material. [3]
Saint Leo of Cappadocia was a Christian saint. Leo was an ascetic from Cappadocia whose life and martyrdom is described in John Moschos' "Pratum Spirituale" ("The Spiritual Meadow"). Leo was distinguished by his warm hospitality to all his visitors, whom he considered to be sent by God. He had the habit of saying with an enigmatic smile: "Now I ...
The Cappadocian Greeks (Greek: Έλληνες Καππαδόκες; Turkish: Kapadokyalı Rumlar), [3] or simply Cappadocians, are an ethnic Greek community native to the geographical region of Cappadocia in central-eastern Anatolia; [4] [5] roughly the Nevşehir and Kayseri provinces and their surroundings in modern-day Turkey.
Eventually, the Byzantines regained control over Cappadocia and under their rule Christianity and Christian architecture in Cappadocia entered a golden age. [8] By the eleventh century, roughly three thousand churches had been carved in the rocks. Rock-cut architecture in Monks Valley, Paşabağ, Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of ...