In 537 A.D., the Hagia Sophia was originally built to become the world’s largest cathedral under the Greek Orthodox Christian Church. It was considered one of the finest architectural monuments ...

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has stood as a testament to resilience, surviving empires, earthquakes, and shifting roles as a ...

According to the story, this “holy mortar” mix was duly created and the cracks in the Christian church fixed. “These legends and myths surrounding Hagia Sophia bind people to it; they ...

The Hagia Sophia was founded as a Christian church in the sixth century, was converted into a mosque in the 15th century and became a state-run museum in 1934. Now it should be transformed into a ...

"Like all our mosques, the doors of Hagia Sophia will be wide open ... home to the world's largest Orthodox Christian community, and the leader of the Catholic Church. "My thoughts go to Istanbul.

Both the Chora Church and Hagia Sophia are 4th-century Byzantine constructions. They spent nearly a millennium as Christian holy sites before being converted to mosques by the Ottomans after their ...