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Tag: Hagia Sophia
The General Directorate of Institutions which is under the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, announced a tender for the construction of toilets inside Hagia Sophia, Ethnos reported. Two years ago Turkish…
Joe Biden- former vice president of the United States, now the Democratic presidential nominee- reiterated his long-standing commitment to Greece and Greek-Americans. In an announcement titled ‘Joe Biden’s vision for Greek Americans…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden’s call on Turkey to reverse the decision on Hagia Sophia, during his speech at the Rotunda Monument in Thessaloniki on Wednesday…
Democratic Presidential Candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden, stated that the US (more specifically the Trump administration) must press Turkey to refrain from any further provocative actions in the region…
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announced it is petitioning the United Nations experts to hold Turkey accountable “for its deliberate policies to erase the cultural heritage of Orthodox Christians.” This petition…
The founding ceremony of the symbolic Hagia Sophia, which will be a miniature and replica of the historic church in Constantinople that was turned into a mosque earlier this year, took place…
By Uzay Bulut Much of the international community has been shocked by the news concerning Turkey’s conversion of two historic Hagia Sophia churches into mosques in Istanbul and Trabzon. The famous Hagia…
Constantinos Patralis “But it’s a UNESCO heritage site!!” What a strange way to begin this conversation, rarely does one ask a question, make a statement or a comment even. It’s somehow unavoidable…
“It is a fact that we were hurt by the conversion of Hagia Sophia and Chora Church into mosques,” said His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew from the Monastery of Panagia Faneromeni…
Last week, AHEPA Supreme President George G. Horiates led a contingent of Ahepans who participated at a protest held at the Embassy of Turkey in Washington, DC. The peaceful protest took an…
The conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque has been hit with a new drama. Some 3,000 people are believed to have been infected with the coronavirus during the ceremony of Hagia…
A poll has found that Greeks are more willing to go to war with Turkey, compared to Turks willing to go to war with Greece. Kapa Research analyzed several issues relating to…
Muslims in Athens fear their own official place of worship that is due to open could be delayed in retaliation for the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, Turkey’s Daily Sabah…
News has broken that the Muezzin of Hagia Sophia suddenly died on Sunday. A Muezzin is one appointed to lead and recite the Islamic call to prayer, and Osman Aslan who was…
A flag of an Islamic extremist terrorist organisation inside Hagia Sophia, has been filmed and published on social media. “Afghan Taliban flag was raised in HagiaSophia, Turkey by pro-Taliban activists,” said Noor…
After initially praising Turkey’s conversion of Hagia Sophia, Iran has once again congratulated the country for the conversion of what was first a Christian Cathedral into an Islamic mosque. Ali Akbar Velayati,…
On Tuesday, 28 July, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios paid a visit to Government House in Sydney at the invitation of the Governor of NSW, Her Excellency the Hon. Margaret Beazley. Mrs Beazley…
In an interview with Greek television station MEGA, Armenia’s Foreign Affairs Minister said that Turkey has violated Hagia Sophia, a symbol for harmony, tolerance and dialogue. The former permanent representative of Armenia…
The Syrian government has announced that it will build a replica of the Hagia Sophia, according to Lebanon’s Al-Modon media. This in opposition to the Turkish regime’s conversion of Hagia Sophia into…