Medikion Monastery
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Architectural styles | Byzantine architecture |
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Function | Monastery |
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ID | 2184023 |
About Medikion Monastery
The Monastery of Saint Sergios of Medikion, commonly simply known as the Medikion monastery, and later as the Monastery of the Holy Fathers is a ruined Byzantine-era monastery near modern Tirilye in Turkey. It is best known for the role its founders played in opposing Byzantine Iconoclasm.