1681 Eremya Çelebi Kömürciyan's Kadıköy

Mavi Boncuk |

1681 Eremya Çelebi Kömürciyan[1]

Beyond Haydarpaşa lies Kadıköy, also known as Chalcedon[2], or Copper City. It is inhabited by Turks and Greeks. In this area, where the Fourth Council [3]convened, there are holy springs and a church.

Haydarpaşa'nın ötesinde, Halkedon yani Bakır Şehir denen Kadıköy mevcuttur. Burası Türkler ve Rumlarla meskundur. Dördüncü Konsil'in toplandığı bu mahalde ayazmalar ve kilise bulunmaktadır.

[1] Eremya Çelebi Kömürciyan or Eremya Çelebi (May 1637 – July 15, 1695) was a 17th-century Armenian poet, historian, translator and printer.

[2] The earliest dated map of Chalcedon and Cape Moda is Petrus Gyllius' "De Bosporo Thracio Lib. III.” It is an old map drawn based on the written descriptions in his book of 1561. In this map, AD II. It is seen that in the century, Chalcedon had four ports. The first was the port where today's Kadıköy Pier is located, the second was the Khalkedon Port in the form of an estuary entering from the mouth of the Khalkedon (Kurbagali) creek, the third was the Eutrope Port in Kalamış, and the fourth was the Hiera Port on the north side of Fenerbahçe cape. It can be seen on the map that the coastline is quite different from today's. Lastly, there is the Himeros harbor at the point where the Himeros (İbrahimağa) creek empties into the sea, which is protected by a breakwater built against the winds coming from the south, near Haydarpaşa, in the north of Kadıköy bay. Himeros Harbor and the harbor, which is in the Golden Horn at the mouth of the Chalcedon creek, is now filled with alluvium brought by the streams. Today, these areas are known as Haydarpaşa Çayırbaşı and Kuşdili meadows.

[3] The Council of Chalcedon (8 October to 1 November 451) issued the Chalcedonian Definition, which repudiated the notion of a single nature in Christ, and declared that he has two natures in one person and hypostasis.

See Also: https://maviboncuk.blogspot.com/2021/09/chalcedon-spoken-here-history-of-kadkoy.html

Dedicated to Saint Eufemia [*] being a native of Kadıköy, Ayia Efimia Greek Orthodox Church dating from 1694 is located on Mühürdar Street in Osmanağa quarter of Kadıköy district that is one of the most populous districts of the Anatolian side of Istanbul. Ayia Efimia Orthodox Church in a structure with a closed Greek cross plan was expanded by Kadıköy Metropolitan Zaharias II in 1830.

[*] Saint Eufemia/Efimia, who rejected the worship of pagan gods during her time, converted to Christianity. Because of this resistance, she was tortured and killed in 305. Her family later buried her body in a tomb outside Chalcedon, or Kadıköy. When Christianity was officially recognized in Byzantium during the reign of Emperor Constantine I (324-337), her family had a martirion built on the site of her grave. Later, at the ecumenical council of 451, she was declared "protector of the Orthodox world." September 16, the date of her death, is considered her "feast day," and celebrations have been held annually since then.

Kadıköy / Kurbagali Creek/Dere 1936