Aya Yorgi, Aghios Gheorghios, is the Rum (Greek) Orthodox church on Yücetepe Hill (or The Hill of Aya Yorgi) on Büyükada. On the 23rd of July and the 24th of September, thousands of people – Christians and Muslims, natives and foreigners – climb up the hill to Aya Yorgi, tie rags to the trees and bushes as a tradition along the way to the church, leave offerings of olive oil, light a candle and pray.
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People walking up the hill with bare feet are believed to become half pilgrim.
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