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20-841: The oldest Greek dominated neighborhood outside of Greece were probably the Fener in Istanbul , or the Ash Shatibi in Alexandria . In Vienna, for many centuries, the Griechenviertel (Greek quarter) existed in the Innere Stadt (inner town). Later the Greek community moved to other newer quarters. A traditional Austrian restaurant there is called Griechenbeisl (Greek tavern) and a street Griechengasse (Greek lane). Beloiannisz

40-678: A handful of much grander houses. Many have been converted to house cafes, restaurants and tourist accommodation. As elsewhere in the Orthodox world, every 6 January - the Feast of the Epiphany - a ceremony called the Blessing of the Waters take place in which a priest tosses a cross into water and swimmers race to see who can bring it back to shore first. In Istanbul this ceremony is performed by

60-523: A multiple story dwelling, move into the lower floor and rent the upper floors to other Greeks. The largest Greek community in the USA is located in Queens, NY. List of officially designated Greektowns: List of communities with a large concentration of Greek communities: List of historic Greektowns: The following pages provide some history regarding certain Greek communities in the USA. The term Greektown

80-729: A result, the term "Phanar" is sometimes used as a shorthand reference to the Ecumenical Patriarchate , just as "Vatican" is used for the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church . During the Ottoman period, the Greek inhabitants of Fener were called Phanariotes and often served the Sultan in important roles. Wealthy Phanariotes often served as dragomans (translators) or became the governors of provinces in

100-632: Is a village in Fejér county, Hungary. It was founded by Communist Greek refugees who left Greece after the civil war, and was named after Nikos Beloyannis (Beloiannisz is the Hungarian spelling of his name). Yaghdan , is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It has a majority of Greeks. The Alaverdi province in Armenia is mainly inhabited by ethnic Armenians with a minor Greek community that

120-635: Is not widely used in Australia, even in areas with comparatively high levels of Greek concentration. In the 1860s, a shanty town referred to as Greektown was established at Tambaroora near Bathurst in New South Wales. List of communities with a large concentration of Greek communities: The following pages provide some history regarding certain Greek communities in Australia. Many Greeks reside in Wood Green , Harringay and Palmers Green,

140-606: Is served by the T5 tram line which links it with Cibali and the small bus terminal (for buses to Anatolia) at Alibeyköy . The Golden Horn ferry also stops at Fener, linking it to Üsküdar , Karaköy , Kasımpaşa , Balat, Ayvansaray , Hasköy , Sütlüce and Eyüp . After the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, Fener became home to many of the Greeks living in the city. The Patriarchate of Constantinople also moved here and remains here today. As

160-485: The Eyüpsultan district. The terminal had 108 platforms when it was built, but its number was increased to 110 in 2018. On average around 700–800 buses go in and out every day. The management of the bus terminal is done by ISPARK . BELTUR also has a cafe in the terminal. Alibeyköy Cep Bus Terminal is built as a new generation bus terminal. The bus terminal is inspired by airports. Technological systems utilised in

180-617: The Balkans and Greece. Several served as hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1711 and 1821. Fener's most notable attraction is the walled compound that encloses the Patriarchal Church of St. George , home to the patriarch who is still head of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople , one of fifteen to seventeen independent jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church . The current holder of

200-635: The Patriarch who tosses a cross into the Golden Horn to be retrieved by the swimmers. Alibeyk%C3%B6y Cep Bus Terminal Alibeyköy Cep Bus Terminal ( Turkish : Alibeyköy Cep Otogarı ) is Istanbul 's second most used bus terminal, behind Esenler Coach Terminal . The bus terminal was opened in January 2014 and is further away from the city. The terminal is on the European side of Istanbul in

220-593: The compound has been sealed since the then Patriarch was hanged there in 1821 when Greece rebelled against Ottoman suzerainty. Crowds, including visitors from Athens , flock here for the celebration of Greek Orthodox Easter. The Church of St Mary of the Mongols (Panagia Muhliotissa, Theotokos Panagiotussa), inland and uphill from the Patriarchate, is interesting as the one church in Constantinople that

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240-610: The district of Fatih in Istanbul , Turkey . The Turkish name is derived from the Greek word "phanarion" ( Medieval Greek : Φανάριον), meaning lantern, streetlight or lamppost; the neighborhood was so called because of a column topped with a lantern which stood here in the Byzantine period and was used as a street light or lighthouse. Fener was a traditionally Greek neighbourhood during the Ottoman era and its streets still contain many old stone houses and churches dating from Byzantine and Ottoman times. The grand mansions between

260-602: The latter harbouring the largest community of Greek-Cypriots outside Cyprus, resulting in these areas bearing local nicknames whereby the Green is replaced by Greek – as in Greek Lanes and Palmers Greek . Although in recent years, most of London's Greek and Greek-Cypriot population resides in Southgate . Bayswater is also home to a substantial Greek community. The Saint Sophia Cathedral , situated on Moscow Road

280-528: The main road and the shore of the Golden Horn were often used to store wood imported from the Black Sea (Pontos) area; one now houses Istanbul's Women's Library. Their picturesque façades were damaged as a result of street-widening work from the 1930s onwards. Fener is sandwiched between Cibali and Balat on the southern shore of the Golden Horn. The steep hills behind it run up to the Fatih neighbourhood. Fener

300-403: The office is Patriarch Batholomew I. The patriarchate moved here in 1602 but a fire in 1720 destroyed the original basilican church on the site. Another fire in 1941 did further damage to the older buildings in the compound; aside from the church itself and the brick-and-stone library at the end of the garden most of what a visitor sees today is fairly new. The Middle Gate (Orta Kapı) leading into

320-514: The terminal are designed differently from the known classical intercity bus terminals. Vehicle number plate recognition systems of the terminal are controlled 24 hours a day by ultrasonic sensors. In 2021, the first section of the Eminönü-Alibeyköy tram line consisting of 12 stations (Cibali-Alibeyköy Bus Terminal) was opened with a ceremony and the T5 line's test drive was live streamed on Ekrem İmamoğlu 's YouTube channel. There

340-743: Was a student here in the 17th century. Today it has only a tiny number of pupils. A second Greek school in Fener, the Maraşlı Greek Orthodox Primary School, is also an imposing building but no longer has any pupils. Battered remnants of the Sea Walls that used to close Constantinople off from the Golden Horn still skirt Fener. The Ayakapı gate through the walls is believed to have been designed by Mimar Sinan in 1562. The back streets of Fener are full of two and three-storied terraced houses often with cumbas (bay windows) as well as

360-518: Was built in 1882, and is a grade I listed building. List of communities with a large concentration of Greek communities: The following pages provide some history regarding certain Greek communities in the UK. Fener Fener ( Turkish pronunciation: [feˈnæɾ] ; Greek : Φανάρι , romanized :  Phanári ), also spelled Phanar , is a quarter midway up the Golden Horn in

380-591: Was never turned into a mosque, even after the Conquest of Istanbul in 1453. The architect Atik Sinan (not to be confused with the better known Mimar Sinan) is said to have persuaded Sultan Mehmet II to allow it to continue providing services for the Greek population and a copy of the ferman (edict) decreeing this still hangs on the church wall. Near the Church of St Mary of the Mongols is the huge red-brick Phanar Greek Orthodox College . The historian Dimitri Cantemir

400-624: Was once considered the largest in Armenia. The Greeks in Armenia speak the Pontic dialect and they are fluent in both Armenian and Russian. The Madan neighbourhood of Alaverdi used to have a large Greek community during the Soviet period. The following pages provide some history regarding certain Greek communities in Canada. A typical housing pattern found in United States' Greektowns is to buy

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