Greek fears have also been fuelled by parallels to the 2020 reconversion of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, a UNESCO World Heritage site, into a mosque – a move that was widely condemned in Greece. A ...

As a Greek delegation prepares to arrive in Cairo on Wednesday to resolve tensions over the fate of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Ahram Online examines how the controversy surrounding one ...

They took the Hagia Sophia and turned it into a mosque. “O Lord, help,” one of the Christians wrote on a wall in the city, where it is preserved today. “There is no other name.” ...

Soar over the magnificent Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, in this awe-inspiring aerial journey. This stunning drone footage captures the iconic blend of Byzantine and Ottoman architecture ...

The structure is modeled after the Hagia Sophia, the foremost Orthodox Christian church built in the 4th century in Constantinople, the present-day Istanbul, Turkey.

10. Hagia Sophia (532 – 537 AD, Istanbul, Turkey) Once the largest Christian church for over a thousand years, Hagia Sophia was built under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.

Nonetheless, he made an about-turn in 2020. “My dear nation, the conquest of Istanbul and the conversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque are among the most glorious chapters in Turkish history,” ...

Though Chora is significantly smaller than Hagia Sophia, it is home to some of the best-preserved examples of late-Byzantine art, including mosaics, icons and frescoes, and is considered a UNESCO ...

Istanbul (AsiaNews) - The Turkish government has started extraordinary - and long-term - repair and maintenance work on the former Hagia Sophia basilica in Istanbul, which a few years ago was ...

The Hagia Sophia’s dome and St. Nicholas Church both feature 40 windows and 40 ... Most of the icons were painted at the 1,000-year-old monastic republic and then brought to New York for ...

But on Tuesday, icons depicting heroes of Sept. 11 as well as Christ and the saints watched over a service conducted largely in New Testament Greek.