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Situated
between the Karanlik (Dark) Church and the Carikli Church, the Chapel
of St. Catherine has a free-cross nave and narthex. The central bay is
covered by a dome and the cross arms are barrel-vaulted. Its apse is closed
by a templon. The narthex has nine floor graves and two arcosolia (burial
niches).
Only in the nave of the chapel are some decorations with figures. The pendentives
are decorated with carvings. The
Chapel of St. Catherine, built by a donor named Anna, dates back to the
11th century.
Scenes:
Deesis in the apse with the templon, below are Doctors of the Church (Gregory,
Basil the Great and John Chrysostom), on the south wall of the northern
arm is St. George, opposite St. Theodore, St. Catherine and other panels
of saints.
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