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Photographer’s Note

Aya Tekla underground church in Silifke,Mersin,Turkey.

i couldnt have a chance to see inside but i am impressed of its story.

Aya Tekla is the first female saint in
Christianity,student of St.Paul who is one of the apostles of Jesus.She was very impressed of St.Paul and spent her life to spread Christianity to around and its believed that she spent her last years in this cave church and lost there...
Now after her loss,people made it church, as it is important for the religion.
i ll update if i find further information,and i ve just heard some festivals are made in Netherlands for the sake of her..i would like to hear about it..

leyla

ocskaymarci, jlbrthnn, nisko, HaBeMa, temmel, scobert, gbeli, etlerl has marked this note useful

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HaBeMa (1326) 2007-05-09 16:09

Selam Leyla;açıklama notun ile beraber çok başarılı bir tanıtım,burnumuzun dibindeki güzelliklerden sayende haberimiz oluyor,tebrikler...
Habema.
:-]

dokadak (11492) 2007-05-09 16:20

Merhaba Leyla,

Ortadaki kim? :) Sen degilsin dimi :) Hos bir kompozisyon, degisik bir paylasim... tebrikler

hasan

temmel (3036) 2007-05-10 6:39

Merhaba Leyla:)
Thanks for sharing this photo.
Regards, Linda

St. Tekla was an early convert to Christianity who broke off her engagement to devote herself to God. Her vengeful fiancé tried to kill her by various means, all of which were thwarted by divine intervention. The legend tells us that she hid in a grotto in the cliff around which a convent was built.

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inanuc (0) 2007-05-10 8:22

merhaba LEYLA . gözlerden kaçabilecek bu detayı başarılı yansıtmışsın . mütevazi ve farklı bir çalışma . tebrikederim .
selamlar
İNAN ...

scobert (5333) 2007-05-10 11:53

Hello Leyla,
An excellent photo with a very good job by you of only including the essential elements and not zooming out and adding non-essential details. You have a great photographer's eye. How old is this church and this ornate door anyway? Well done!
Regards,
Stan

nisko (2461) 2007-05-10 12:22

merhaba leyla!
very plesant place and note!good focus on this nice door!thanks for sharing..
best regards
thodoris

gbeli (2026) 2007-05-10 13:28

I didn't know the story of Aya Tekla althought io live in a christian country.
As a photo is nice too
TFS
Regards

jlynx (11380) 2007-05-11 7:07

Hello Leyla,
Usually is not the profitable initiation of such symmetry to the picture, but does not refer this some seizures which inherently of such symmetry demand. The symmetry of this picture very it answers to me. Possible that I would show a little more the wall which creates the good atmosphere for the main theme. Tincture and the quality of photo very nice, please.
Best regards from Poznan,
Jurek

batalay (21185) 2007-05-12 7:49

Merhaba Leyla,

Oldukca basit, fakat sahane (Simple, elegant) kare. Perspektif, renkler, netlik harika! Notta bol malumatli. Amerikada daha dindar olan arkadaslarima bu resmi göndermek istiyorum, St. Tekla'yi ilk defa isitiyorum. Sizin o taraflarda Antakya (Antioch) vardir, o da dünyanin en eski kilisesi. (Belkin ondan evvel kurulan kiliseler olabilir, fakat bu kalanlarin en eskisiymis.)

Siz galiba Mersin/Adana tarafinda oturuyorsunuz. Benim yakin arkadasim vardir, Osman Faruk Logoglu, Princeton Üniversitesin'de beraber doktora talebesiydik. Yillarca sonra Washington'a Büyük Elçi olarak tayin olmustu. Iki yil evel maalesef Ankara'ya döndü.

Selam ve saygilar,
Bülent

jlbrthnn (38867) 2007-05-15 11:28

Hello Dear Leyla,
Your photo interest me because the subject, but how old is the church? Your note is very interesting. The photo is well realized with a good framing. Bravo leyla.
Cordially
Joël

ocskaymarci (2510) 2007-05-15 16:28

Nice photo with great lights, I also like the colours!
TFS!
Marci