Phocas, Bishop of Sinope
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Hieromartyr Phocas was born in the city of Sinope in northern Anatolia. His life and legend may have been a fusion of three men with the same name: a Phocas of Antioch, Phocas, Bishop of Sinope, and P
Saint Phocas of Sinope, traditionally shown with a book and a paddle.
Sinop, Turkey
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Sinop is a city on the isthmus of İnce Burun and on the Boztepe Peninsula, near Cape Sinope which is situated on the northernmost edge of the Turkish side of the Black Sea coast, in the ancient region
Phocas, Bishop of Sinope
…Hieromartyr Phocas (Greek: Φωκάς) was born in the city of Sinope in northern Anatolia. His life and legend may have been a fusion of three men with the same name: a Phocas of Antioch, Phocas, Bishop of Sinope, and…
Sinop Overview 2009
Sinop old city on an Ottoman era postcard.
A seaside view of Sinope
Sinop Palace of Justice.