Byzantine-Hellenistic Icon Faces Quake Risk Hagia Sophia, a Byzantine marvel with Hellenistic roots, undergoes restoration to ...

ISTANBUL, June 27. /TASS/. Turkish historian and professor Ilber Ortayli has called for restricting tourists and worshippers' access to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (formerly the Church of ...

Founded around AD 548 by order of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, it is home to St. Catherine’s Monastery—one of the world’s oldest continuously operating Christian institutions.

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

One church is being burned every week in the Muslim world in an "alarming" campaign of Christian persecution, a British charity has warned. More than 85,000 Christians were targeted in the last year ...

Curtains cover Christian frescoes inside Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque during the afternoon prayer in Istanbul, Turkey, July 26, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] Thousands of faithful made their way into Istanbul's ...

Soar over the magnificent Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, in this awe-inspiring aerial journey. This stunning drone footage ...

A view of the 1486-year-old Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, undergoing the largest and most comprehensive restoration process in history, in Istanbul, Turkiye on April 14, 2025. ‘Our goal is to ...

Hagia Sophia, with a history of 1,500 years hosting different religions, will now be reconverted from a museum into a mosque. This recent shift after a Turkish court decree has sparked extensive ...

BBC explorer Simon Reeve has hailed a certain cosmopolitan city as his favourite global destination, one that resonates with historical and cultural significance. Simon, who has travelled to over ...

The top-ranked Crusaders escaped with a 1-0 win over the underdog Eagles Tuesday at Holland Christian, sending Unity Christian to its fourth consecutive state championship game. More Grand Rapids ...

The San Francisco 49ers might have a Christian McCaffrey problem. McCaffrey has dealt with many injuries throughout his career, but fortunately, has come back from them in a big way for the 49ers ...