Hieria

Hieria (Greek Ίερεία and today Kadıköy district of Istanbul ) was a suburb of Constantinople Opel on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. The city was located east of Chalcedon on a small peninsula on the coast of the Marmara Sea. Emperor Justinian I built here a palace with a harbor and a church dedicated to St. Mary. The Emperor Heraclius resided in Hieria, as well as Basil I, who built a chapel for the prophet Elijah. Due to its status as imperial summer residence Hieria was often place of triumphs after successful wars in the east.

Emperor Constantine V convened a council in 754 Hieria that the worship of icons condemned (see Byzantine iconoclasm ) and the Church Father John of Damascus ( † 749 ) posthumously declared a heretic. At the Second Council of Nicaea, it was declared invalid.

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• Place in the province of İstanbul
• Byzantine city
• History of Istanbul
• Geography (Istanbul)