The church of Hagia Sophia (literally “Holy Wisdom”) in Constantinople, now Istanbul, was first dedicated…
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A 30 cm stone that had come off a wall inside the Hagia Sophia in…
“The issue of Hagia Sophia and the Chora Monastery is on the agenda of all…
Turkey: Hagia Sophia “Mosque” in Nicaea/Iznik By Uzay Bulut Much of the international community has…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday commemorated the first anniversary of the reopening of…
Strong concern about the consequences of the conversion of Hagia Sophia and the Chora Church…
Deputy FM at Greece-Russia History Year launch: Greece expects Russian support on Hagia Sophia issue
The Greece-Russia History Year was officially launched with the signing of joint minutes at the…
“Those in Turkey who are bothered by prayers in Hagia Sophia, let them go to…
Two of the most important Christian churches in the world, the church of St. Peter in Rome and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, are known to have some very impressive crypts and catacombs and so it is not surprising that a similar “underworld system” might exist under Hagia Sophia.
A group of U.S. lawmakers published a letter on Thursday calling on the U.S. Commission on International…
Hagia Sophia was one of several great churches originally built by Constantine, the first Christian emperor and founder of the city of Constantinople. For almost 1,000 years Hagia Sophia remained the largest Greek Orthodox Christian church in the world.
Referred to as one of the darkest days in Greek history, the Fall of Constantinople took place on May 29, 1453, a battle that was part of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars (1265-1453).
Turkey illuminated Hagia Sophia – a former Byzantine church that was turned into a mosque…
The Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) in collaboration with OrthPhoto.net have organised a photography contest…
For eight years, Greek restorer Venizelos Gavrilakis and his colleagues have preserved artifacts, icons, frescos…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with the Special Adviser to the Director-General of UNESCO, Mounir Bouchenaki…
A provocative statement by the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill during a TV interview he gave…
With 2020 finished, what is it exactly that Greeks searched for the most on Wikipedia?…
Wikipedia’s most-read pages in 2020 is like holding up an ‘encyclopedic mirror’ to the year…
There is a new diplomatic campaign by Athens that extends from the Mediterranean to India.…