'Theotokos the Benefactress') was a monastery in the European suburbs of the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, established in 1049 and surviving until the 13th century.
The monastery was founded in 1049, when a certain Paul retired to his estate, located some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the walls of Constantinople, and settled there as a monk.
Timothy managed to accumulate sufficient funds to build a new church and larger cells, and in c. 1055 he issued the monastery with new regulations in the form of two charters (typika): one for the rules of daily life, and one for its liturgy.
[1] According to the typikon, the monastery also included a hospice for travellers, and had a dependency (metochion) within Constantinople.
[1] One of the main benefactors of the monastery was the Serbian prince and archbishop Saint Sava, who visited it often between 1196 and 1235.