The church of the monastery was  officially dedicated to the Virgin Mary, but due to Maria's association with it, it became popularly known as the "Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols".
Maria herself was never canonized.

The Church is called by the Turks "the Church of Blood" (Kanli Kilise), as the building saw violent combat during the capture of Constantinople by the Turks.
The Church is the only one in Constantinople to have never been converted to a mosque, following an order by Mehmet the Conqueror.
It is located in Tevkii Cafer Mektebi Sok, in the quarter of Fener.

There is a surviving mosaic portrait of Maria, from the narthex at the Chora Monastery (she appears as a nun, with an inscription with her monastic name of Melania), in the lower right hand corner of the Deesis scene.
The church of the monastery was  officially dedicated to the Virgin Mary, but due to Maria's association with it, it became popularly known as the "Church of Saint Mary of the Mongols". Maria herself was never canonized.
The Church is called by the Turks "the Church of Blood" (Kanli Kilise), as the building saw violent combat during the capture of Constantinople by the Turks. The Church is the only one in Constantinople to have never been converted to a mosque, following an order by Mehmet the Conqueror. It is located in Tevkii Cafer Mektebi Sok, in the quarter of Fener.
There is a surviving mosaic portrait of Maria, from the narthex at the Chora Monastery (she appears as a nun, with an inscription with her monastic name of Melania), in the lower right hand corner of the Deesis scene.
Maria Palaiologina