Şişli Greek Orthodox Cemetery (), also known as Şişli Eastern Orthodox Cemetery, is a Christian cemetery in Istanbul, Turkey. The burial ground is the final resting place of people professing the Orthodox faith in Istanbul. The cemetery is located in Şişli district of Istanbul just across the Cevahir Mall.
History and description The cemetery was founded in 1859, and consists mostly of Greek graves as well as other Orthodox nationalities and ethnoreligious groups such as Russians, Serbians, Bulgarians, Arab and Turkish/Turkic Christians. The burial ground occupies , and since its opening,a total of roughly 85,000 individuals have been interred at the site with 3–4 burials taking place weekly.
Cemetery chapel The funerary church is referred to as Metamorphosis ("Our Lord Saviour´s Transfiguration"). The inscription says that the church was erected in 1888 at the expense of Schilizzi Stephanovik's sons "in eternal memory of their parents".Agelastos Family Genealogy Pages – Headstones, Schilizzi Church, Sisli Constantinople Cemetery
Selected notable burials A few of the notables buried here are: Eleni Fotiadou (1921–2001), photojournalist Anastasia Georgiadou (1891–1939), singer known as "Deniz Kızı Eftalya" Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (1839–1893) Georgios Zariphis (1810–1884), prominent Greek Ottoman banker and financier
External links and references
Agelastos Family Genealogy Pages – Sisli Greek Orthodox Cemetery