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| Monastery information | |
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| Other names | Aya Sotiri |
| Site | |
| Location | Tirilye, Turkey |
Batheos Rhyakos Monastery was a Byzantine-era monastery near medieval Trigleia in Bithynia (modern Tirilye in Turkey). It is known locally as Aya Sotiri. [1]
The church of the monastery had an east-west oriented rectangular naos, with a rounded apse in the north part of the east end and a narthex at the west end. [2] The building’s exterior dimensions measured 16 by 9 meters. [3]
In the 1880s, the monastery was described as “neglected,” with only the four walls of the church and some scattered columns remaining. [4] However, In 1910, it seems to have been described as “recently restored.” [5]
When the area was cleared of brush and mapped in 1987, the monastery was in ruins and mostly rubble; then, in 1988, the landowner cleared the area with heavy machinery and built a shed. [6] In 2017, piles of stones from the walls remained. [7]
The monastery is also known as the Monastery of the Transfiguration of Christ the Savior[ citation needed ] (Greek: Μονή Μεταμορφόσεως Σωτήρος Χριστού[ citation needed ] ), the Soteros or Savior Monastery[ citation needed ] (Μονή Σωτήρος[ citation needed ]).
