Sacred Destinations Destinations Turkey Istanbul Kariye Camii (St. Savior in Chora) Kariye Camii (St. Savior in Chora) Photos 26568 × share full URL share short URL embed link code photo 37 of 84 Previous | Next Esonarthex Mosaics: Deesis Mosaic in the esonarthex of the Deesis, which shows the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist (absent here) interceding with Christ. Below is a patron, Maria Palaiologina. Credit: Jerzy Kociatkiewicz / www.kociak.org