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The monastery, which was carved into a large rock church, is the most important structure of the Gümüşler Monastery, which has survived well preserved and is one of the largest monasteries in the Cappadocia region, is the church located in the north of the complex. There are two burial niches to the north of the northern cross arm of the closed Greek cross planned church with four free supports, and two entrance spaces with barrel vaults to the west of the naos.
At the top of the pictures in three stripes on the main apse, there is Jesus on the Throne, two angels on the right, the symbols of the Gospel writers and the Virgin Mary and the apostles in the Desis scene, and the images of church fathers such as Basil the Great from Kayseri, Gregorios from Nysa, Gregorios from Nazians on the bottom strip. .
The Annunciation to Mary, the Nativity of Jesus and the Presentation to the Temple, and the figures of John the Baptist and St. Stephanos on the northern arm must have come from a second artist. The figures of Mary and child Jesus on the south of the entrance door from the inner narthex to the naos and the archangels Gabriel and Mikael on both sides belong to the third artist.
Source:
https://nigde.ktb.gov.tr/TR-74360/gumusler-manastiri.html
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