Tag: Hagia Sophia
Greece angered over Turkish Deputy PM’s Hagia Sophia remarks
November 2013 The Greek Foreign Ministry has reacted angrily over a possible conversion of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Museum into a mosque following statements from Turkish ... Read More
Hagia Sophia mosque conversion under fire
ISTANBUL - 5/9/13 The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate released a statement criticizing the possible reconversion of the Hagia ... Read More
Haghia Sophia: The First Great Martyr of Christian Art and Architecture, by Nikolaos Manginas
Istanbul, Turkey 9/2/2013 It all started with the Church of Haghia Sophia in Nicaea. Then Haghia Sophia in Trabzon. Both of these glorious Byzantine churches ... Read More
Christendom’s Greatest Cathedral to Become a Mosque
Raymond Ibrahim - 21/6/13 While unrest in Turkey continues to capture attention, more subtle and more telling events concerning the Islamification of Turkey—and not just at ... Read More
Concerns Grow Over Converting Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Church Into a Mosque
21/6/13 JNS.org - Amid fears in Turkey of the Islamist policies of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, concerns are growing over a government commission to convert the ... Read More
Avramopoulos on Hagia Sophia’s Renovation
Margarita Papantoniou - 23/3/13 “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring both the developments concerning Hagia Sophia of Istanbul and the reversal of the Turkish ... Read More
Orthodox patriarch opposes plan to make Hagia Sophia a mosque
22/2/13 Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has staked out his opposition to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Once the patriarchal basilica of ... Read More
Nicaean Church of Hagia Sophia began functioning as a mosque
3/8/2012 Historic Church of St. Sophia in Nicaea (modern Iznik, Turkey), where in 787, held the Seventh Ecumenical Council, began to function as a mosque, ... Read More
Muslims in Turkey demand conversion of renowned Christian church site to a mosque
By: Nicola Menzie Christian Post 14/6/2012 Thousands of Muslims in Turkey, preparing to celebrate the Ottoman conquest of the country 500 years ago, are demanding ... Read More
The genocide of Armenians seized 1.5 million, Steve Jobs said, when in Istanbul
21/12/2011 Turkish tour guide Asil Tuncer disclosed some facts about the visit of the Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs to Turkey five years ago. When ... Read More
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul may become Mosque
A. Tagiyeva 1/11/2011 Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, which was earlier a Patriarchal Orthodox Cathedral and later a mosque, and now a museum, may once again ... Read More
New Books from Serbian Press
CLICK HERE TO ORDER COPIES Charalambos P. Stathakis: The Hagia Sophia Dear reader, as you run like the rest of us along the dizzy main ... Read More
Pangalos: Hagia Sophia belongs to neither Greeks nor Turks
20/9/2010 Greek Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos has clearly expressed his objection to attempts to hold a Greek Orthodox Liturgy at the former basilica of ... Read More
Liturgy at Hagia Sophia plan stirs Tension
17/9/2010 A group of Greek Americans and Greeks are planning to arrive in İstanbul today for a religious service at the Hagia Sophia, a former ... Read More
Archbishop George in Białystok
05.09.2010 Polish Orthodox Church From Thursday on an official visit to Poland paid archbishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas George. On Sunday hierarch of the ... Read More