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Agacalti
Church
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Kokar
Church
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Yilanli
Church
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Sumbullu
Church
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St.George
Church
The plan of this church is cruciform, the arms of which
are barrel-vaulted, and has a dome and three apses. The
main apse and the southern apse are collapsed. Entrance
to the church is by this collapsed main apse. It is also
known as the church of St Daniel, due to the picture of
St Daniel on the wall opposite the entrance. Red, gray
and yellow were used on a white background to decorate
the church. The vault of the north arm of the cross is
covered in various motifs. This church belongs to the
Pre-Iconoclastic period or between 9th and 11th
centuries.
Scenes: Annunciation,
Visitation, Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, Flight into Egypt, Baptism,
Koimesis (Falling Asleep of Mother Mary),Daniel among the Lions; on the dome are
Ascension and portraits of saints.
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