Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.

When Grand Volodymyr of Kyiv, a prince born in the 10th century, sent his emissaries to examine the great religions of his time, they attended the Divine Liturgy at Hagia Sophia in Constantinople ...

Our goal is not to accommodate the liturgy to the world, but to let the liturgy be itself -- a transformative icon of the ordo ... in the great Church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

The ornate interior is made up of nine separate chapels connected by passages and galleries and contains a collection of 400 religious icons, dating from the 16th ... 3.5 million visitors annually.

Authorities in Turkey have sealed off a luxury spa set up by illegally modifying a 1,500-year-old cistern near Hagia Sophia ...

The Hagia Sophia is a super famous building in Istanbul. Officially, at least according to the Turkish government, it is a museum. But it was originally built as a church and then was converted into a ...

A tourist faced unexpected harassment at Hagia Sophia—what happened at Turkey’s iconic site that’s causing international ...

'ICONS of ART' showcases artistic representations of Madonna, Elvis, David Bowie and more The Cornell Art Museum has launched ...

Peel back the layers of this city with visits to the former Constantinople circus site the Hippodrome, the bewitching Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, once the centre of Orthodox ...

What's more, this attraction is not as central and popular as others like the Hagia Sophia, meaning you won't have to rub elbows with lots of tourists while visiting. But remember, like other ...

Istanbul Modern and the Hagia Sophia. One-time rides on any tram line will set you back about 15 Turkish lira (approximately 55 cents). If you have an Istanbulkart card, each tram ride costs 9.90 ...