Metropolitanate of Tourkia
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The Metropolitanate of Tourkia was an Eastern Orthodox diocese in the Medieval Hungary, during the 11th and 12th centuries. Its name was derived from the term Tourkia, used in the Byzantine Empire as
Ruins of 10th-century Christian church in Alba Iulia, Romania. There are theories that it served as seat of the Metropolitanate of Tourkia, which was established under the reign of Gyula II
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB
Gyula II
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Zombor, also referred to as Gyula II or Gylas, was a Hungarian tribal leader in the middle of the 10th century. He visited Constantinople, where he was baptized in 952 with the baptismal name of Steph
Father of Gyula II depicted in the Chronica Hungarorum as the Third Captain among the seven chieftains of the Hungarians
