Syrian Government to Build Replica of Hagia Sophia
Located in modern-day Istanbul, Hagia Sophia was built in 537 as the cathedral of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
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Cardinal Bo: Hagia Sophia’s Conversion Into a Mosque Will ‘Reopen Wounds’
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed a decree July 10 converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque, hours after a court declared that the building’s conversion into a museum in 1934 was illegal.
Hagia Sophia: Greek President Appeals to Pope Francis to Put Pressure on Turkey
The Greek president’s call came after reports that President Erdoğan had invited Pope Francis to be a guest at the July 24 ceremony reopening Hagia Sophia as the Ayasofya Mosque.
Eastern Orthodox Breach: Russian Orthodox Church Splits From Constantinople
“The Russian Orthodox Church doesn’t recognize those decisions and won’t fulfill them,” Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev said in Belarus after a meeting of the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Life for Catholics in Turkey: ‘a Challenge and a Grace’
A Franciscan priest in Istanbul said living the Christian faith amid Muslims ‘demands a purification of the faith.’
