On this day, the main church of Christ the Savior was consecrated in Pantokrator monastery in Constantinople, c. 1118. The monastery is located in the Fatih district of Istanbul, between the Golden Horn on the north, the Sea of Marmora on the south, the wall of Emperor Theodosius II (401–450) on the west, and Bosporus Strait on the east. The Komnenian century (1081–1185) was the last period of solid autocratic rule of the Eastern Roman Empire, which ended with the lynching of Andronikos I by a Constantinopolitan mob in 1185. This monastery serves as a vivid monument to this dynasty’s legacy. Regarding its other significant contributions, it is sufficient to say that during the period of the military and economic reforms under the Komnenoi, Aristenos, Zonaras, and Balsamon produced their scholia on the canons, which have since become an integral part of the Tradition of the Orthodox Church. The monastery had a funerary chapel for the members of the Komnenoi family. Part of the monastery’s mission was to maintain a top-notch hospital for the sick of all social backgrounds. The imperial family provided the funds for everything, and Emperor John II wrote the monastery’s Typikon. This regulation entitled each monk to a three-course meal on Saturdays and Sundays cooked with oil of: 1) fresh vegetables, 2) dried vegetables, and 3) seafood, along with a pint of wine. In 1204, the monastery was robbed by Crusaders. After the union of Ferrara–Florence in 1439, Gennadios Scholarios, a brother of the monastery and the future first patriarch under the Ottomans, preached here against the "Latins." What remains of the monastery is now known as Zeyrek Mosque. Source Sergei Ivanov, V Poiskakh Konstantinopolia: putevoditel’ po vizantiiskomu Stambulu. [In Search of Constaninople: A Guidebook for Byzantine Istanbul] Moscow 2020. | 
