Tag: Hagia Sophia
Turkey Demolishes Bursa Greek Orthodox Church
Photo - www.greecehighdefinition.com OCP News Service - 7/9/2020 Constantinople-Turkey: The St. Georgios Greek Orthodox Church, also known as the “Hagia Sophia of Bursa,” was demolished ... Read More
The Chora Orthodox Church in Turkey Converted to Mosque
Pic -Wiki OCP News Service - 22/8/2020 Constantinople - Turkey: Following the conversion of Hagia Sophia last month, the radical Turkish President Erdogan has issued ... Read More
‘A Better Time for Unity Than Today?’ – Personal Reflections on Hagia Sophia and Orthodox Unity
Menetasnot Desta – (Chief Administrator – OCP Amharic Service) - OCP Articles - OCP News Service - 25/7/2020 The recent decades have been absolutely bad ... Read More
Day of Mourning for Hagia Sophia
Northeast American Diocese of the Indian Orthodox Malankara Church - 24/7/2020 The Indian Orthodox Malankara Church joins the world in protesting the decision to make ... Read More
Statement of Russian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod Concerning Decision of Turkish Authorities to Change Status of Hagia Sophia
http://www.patriarchia.ru/ Patriarchia - 19/7/2020 At its session held on July 16-17, 2020, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted a statement concerning the ... Read More
Letter from Patriarch John X of Antioch to the Ecumenical Patriarch on Hagia Sophia
The Antioch Patriarchate - 16/7/2020 His Beatitude Patriarch John X, in a letter to the Ecumenical Patriarch: “We are dismayed by the recent decision of ... Read More
Statement by Catholicos-Moopan Marthoma Paulose II on Hagia Sophia
OVS Online - The Indian Orthodox Malankara Church - 14/7/2020 Kottayam-Kerala-India: A Statement by His Holiness Marthoma Marthoma Paulose II (Catholicos on the Apostolic Throne ... Read More
Bishop Photios: Hagia Sophia
https://pixabay.com/ Church of Serbia - 11/7/2020 Hagia Sophia Hagia Sophia became a mosque, before the eyes and ears of the whole world sitting in the ... Read More
UNESCO Regrets the Conversion of Hagia Sophia
UNESCO - 11/7/2020 Statement on Hagia Sophia by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Hagia Sophia: UNESCO deeply regrets the decision of the ... Read More
State Department to Turkey: Respect Hagia Sophia’s Tradition and Complex History
GREGORY PAPPAS - PappasPost- June 2016 Turkey has come under fire from Greece for allowing daily Ramadan prayers inside Hagia Sophia, a United Nations World Heritage ... Read More
Secrets of the Hagia Sophia – Healing Powers, Mysterious Mosaics and Holy Relics
STEVE ANDREWS - http://www.ancient-origins.net/ - May 2015 The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has a very long history. It has survived earthquakes, religious power struggles, and has ... Read More
The Last Divine Liturgy in St. Sophia – Constantinople
May 2015 - http://www.londinoupolis.blogspot.co.uk/ Many, even Orthodox, even Greeks, believe that the last Divine Liturgy in St. Sophia, in Constantinople, was celebrated on the 29 May ... Read More
The taste of vinegar
Bishop Makarios of Kenya - May 2015 - Orthodox Mission Fraternity The more the soul of man is deprived of material goods, the more God ... Read More
The first Orthodox church in 100 years to be built in Warsaw—will Resemble Hagia Sophia
10/2/15 Construction of a new Orthodox church in the Polish capital of Warsaw will start in April 2015, reports PoloNews. In the last hundred years, ... Read More
Wall crumbles around Sophia Cathedral of Kiev
October - November 2014 A part of the wall of the “Sophia of Kiev” National Preserve (the main component of which is the Hagia Sophia ... Read More
Calls for prayers in Hagia Sophia raise concerns
May 2014 ISTANBUL — Numerous supporters of controversial imam Fethullah Gülen recently started a campaign on Twitter calling for the Hagia Sophia to be reopened ... Read More
TURKISH PRIME-MINISTER TO PERFORM NAMAZ AT HAGIA SOPHIA CHURCH
Istanbul - May 2014The current Turkish prime-minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is considering the possibility of Muslim prayer at Hagia Sophia Church in Istanbul (Constantinople), reports ... Read More
Turkish Byzantinist Believes True Cross “Hidden” in Hagia Sophia
19/4/14 As reported in the Turkish newspaper Sabah, Radi Dikici, one of Turkey's most eminent Byzantinists <among his books are Bizans İmparatorluğu Tarihi (History of the Byzantine Empire), Şu ... Read More
Ecumenical Patriarch: “Hagia Sophia should not be turned into a Mosque
Abed Alloush - 9/3/14 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has expressed strong opposition to the potential conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque. He was speaking during ... Read More
Greek Archbishop of America: ‘Hagia Sophia Must Not Become a Mosque’
Abed Alloush - 21/12/13 Archbishop of America, Demetrios, expressed his deep concern over the statements of turning Hagia Sophia of Istanbul into a Muslim mosque. In a ... Read More
The great church
Dean Kalimniou- 12/12/13 "Solomon, I have surpassed you." Emperor Justinian One of my chief sources of pride derives from the fact that my family's origins ... Read More