Turkey has created a digital twin of Hagia Sophia, in order to rebuild it if it gets destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake ...

In a divided world, sacred spaces like Al Aqsa and Babri Masjid, which have raised nationalistic fervour, should have endured ...

A Brief History of Hagia Sophia Constructed between 532 and 537 AD under the orders of Emperor Justinian I, Hagia Sophia was originally built as a cathedral and served as the central church of the ...

Frescoes of the ancient Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia in Trabzon, Turkey. It is now a museum, formerly Greek Orthodox church which was converted into a mosque Hagia Sophia mosque in Trabzon, Turkey ...

Further reading: The reconquest of Hagia Sophia? The conversions of Hagia Sophia and the former Chora church into mosques, while highly controversial, have generally been interpreted by observers ...

“I want to stress that Hagia Sophia turned into a mosque from a museum, not from a church,” he said ...

During the course of their fact-finding journey the prince’s men had occasion to attend a Eucharistic celebration in the great Church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. They were overcome with awe.

So, he sent trusted representatives to request missionaries and to witness the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the beautiful Church of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) in Constantinople (Istanbul today).

Holy Wisdom'), officially the Hagia Sophia Holy Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi)[3] and formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia,[4] is a Late Antique place of worship in Istanbul, ...