Hagia Sophia remains the symbolic center of Greek Orthodoxy even centuries after its fall to the Ottomans and conversion to a ...

Dr. Hasan Fırat Diker, of the Hagia Sophia Science Council, said they’ve studied Hagia Sophia’s underground structures for ...

A claim persists that Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia went from church to mosque not through conquest but through a generous sultan’s magnanimity and that it was not usurpation but a fair-and ...

ISTANBUL, Dec 23 (KNA) -- Hagia Sophia mosque is a world-level historic and cultural landmark symbolizing a historic period stretching for more than 1,400 years since its construction as a cathedral ...

Hagia Sophia was a cathedral for nearly 1,000 years before being converted into a mosque in 1453 and a museum in 1935. Diyanet said in a statement on Tuesday that the Christian icons in Hagia ...

The Hagia Sophia served as the home of the Eastern Orthodox Church for nearly 900 years, barring a brief period in the 13th Century when it was a Catholic cathedral under control of European ...

A woman wrapped in a Turkish national flag gestures outside the Hagia Sophia museum The world-famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul - originally founded as a cathedral - has been turned back into ...

The grant opening of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), which became the center of Eastern Orthodox Christianity for nearly a millennium, was held on December 27, 537 AD. It was ...

Hagia Sophia mosque is a world-level historic and cultural landmark symbolizing a historic period stretching for more than 1,500 years since its construction as a cathedral in the sixth century.

Tourists flock en masse to the Hagia Sophia for its stunning architecture, glorious interior views and historical significance. Built between 532 and 537, the building was a church for nearly a ...

Trump’s Sentence ‘Doesn’t Matter,’ but the Conviction Does Nothing in Trump’s Sentencing Matters The Anti-Iran Coalition Takes Shape I rubbed my eyes in disbelief seeing a wall plaque at ...