Aya Yorgi Greek Monastery / Yücetepe

On the highest hill of Büyükada, the largest and perhaps the most beautiful of the islands of Istanbul, there is Agios Georgios Greek Orthodox Manastin, known as Aya Yorgi among the people. This monastery is named after M.S. In the III. In the III, he takes the grave of the tomb by the Putperes for his Christian belief and today in Palestine, an Anatolian (Kappadocian), Aziz Georgios, an officer in the Roman army. According to the current rumors, the monastery has a past over a thousand years and M.S. In 963, the Byzantine Emperor Nikiforos was built during the Fokas.

The miraculous icon of Aya Yorgi was presented by the women's Manastin of the Empress Irene in Büyükada. In the Golden Seal Edict of the Byzantine Emperor Manuil Komninos dated 1158, the Istanbul Islands and the monasteries here are mentioned and the name codono is mentioned. According to Manuil Gedeon, the 19th century historian, this name is none other than the Monastery of Aya Yorgi Kudunas (Raphinist) in Büyükada.