The Monastery of Pantokrator founded by John II Komnenos and his wife Piroska-Irene is not
only one of the most important and most impressive monastic complexes of the Komnenian age it
is also one of the few to occupy a key position in the life of Constantinople in the
Palaiologan age given that itsmortuary chapel (Heroon) was also the last resting place of many
members of the latter dynasty. The first attempt to chronicle its history based on the texts
known at the time was undertaken by G. Moravscik (1932). Interestwas rekindled by P. Gautier's
critical edition of its Typikon (1971) and more recently by restoration work on its buildings.
