Orta Cami Mosque (
Crimean Tatar: Orta Cami,
Ukrainian
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: Мечеть Орта-Джамі,
Russian: Мечеть Орта-Джами,
Turkish
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: Orta Camii) is one of the oldest
mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
s in
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
. It is situated on the modern day
Lenina Street in the old town of
Bakhchisaray
Bakhchysarai ( crh, Bağçasaray, italic=yes; russian: Бахчисара́й; ua, Бахчисара́й; tr, Bahçesaray) is a town in Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Re ...
.
It used to be the main
Friday prayer
In Islam, Friday prayer or Congregational prayer ( ar, صَلَاة ٱلْجُمُعَة, ') is a prayer ('' ṣalāt'') that Muslims hold every Friday, after noon instead of the Zuhr prayer. Muslims ordinarily pray five times each day according ...
mosque in the capital of
Crimean Khanate. The earliest known mention of it was in 1674, as a ''
ma'ale'' mosque (main mosque of the corresponding district). The mosque was in bad condition and its minaret along with some other small surrounding buildings were completely destroyed until the end of 2012 when its reconstruction started. It is financed by Hajji Enver Umerov - Omer Kirimli family. The reconstruction also involved rebuilding of the minaret from the scratch as well as some minor buildings previously located next to the mosque. Currently, as many years ago, it is once again one of the most important places in
Bakhchisaray
Bakhchysarai ( crh, Bağçasaray, italic=yes; russian: Бахчисара́й; ua, Бахчисара́й; tr, Bahçesaray) is a town in Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Re ...
.
Photos
File:Orta Juma Jami (1674) windows of the second floor, Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine, 2013.JPG, Orta Juma Jami (completed in 1674), Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine. Restored in 2013.
File:Orta Juma Jami (1674), Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine, 2013.JPG, Orta Juma Jami (completed in 1674), Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine. Restored in 2013.
File:Orta Juma Jami (completed in 1674), Bakhchisaray, 2013..JPG, Orta Juma Jami (completed in 1674), Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine. Restored in 2013. View outside of the main Lenina street.
File:Orta Juma Jami (1674), Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine, 2013.JPG, Orta Juma Jami (1674), Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine, 2013.
See also
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Religion in Crimea
The majority of the Crimean population adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, with the Crimean Tatars forming a Sunni Muslim minority, besides smaller Roman Catholic, Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Armenian Apostolic and Jewish minorities.
The ...
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List of mosques in Ukraine
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List of mosques in Russia __NOTOC__
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List of mosques in Europe
References
Mosques in Bakhchysarai
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1674
17th-century mosques
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