Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey...
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The Hagia Sophia (Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, Holy Wisdom) is a church located in Thessaloniki, Greece. With its current structure dating from the 7th century,...
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41°00′12″N 39°41′46″E / 41.00333°N 39.69611°E / 41.00333; 39.69611 Hagia Sophia (Greek: Αγία Σοφία, meaning 'the Holy Wisdom'; Turkish: Ayasofya) is...
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There are at least two runic inscriptions in Hagia Sophia's marble parapets. They may have been engraved by members of the Varangian Guard in Constantinople...
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Look up Hagia Sophia or Aya Sofya in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hagia Sophia is a mosque and former church in Istanbul, Turkey. Hagia Sophia or Saint...
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Hagia Sophia mosque (lit. 'the Holy Wisdom'; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Turkish: Ayasofya) in İznik (Nicaea) in Bursa Province...
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The Little Hagia Sophia mosque (Turkish: Küçük Ayasofya Camii), formerly the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Ancient Greek: Ἐκκλησία τῶν Ἁγίων Σεργίου...
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Byzantine architecture (section Hagia Sophia)
the Parthenon is the most impressive monument for Classical religion, Hagia Sophia remained the iconic church for Christianity. The temples of these two...
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original name of the stadium, Agia Sophia, named after the Byzantine-built former Orthodox cathedral Hagia Sophia, was picked in order to commemorate...
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The Church of Hagia Sophia (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía, lit. 'Holy Wisdom' Greek pronunciation: [aˈʝia soˈfia]) or Holy Wisdom...
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which emperors devoted to God's attributes, together with Hagia Sophia (Wisdom) and Hagia Dynamis. The building reputedly stands on the site of a pre-Christian...
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Wisdom (Ἁγία Σοφία; Hagía Sophía) can refer either to Jesus Christ the Word of God (as in the dedication of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople)...
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The city became famous for its architectural masterpieces, such as Hagia Sophia, the cathedral of the Eastern Orthodox Church, which served as the seat...
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others for the next few centuries. As a contemporary structure of the Hagia Sophia church in Constantinople, the Saint Sofia Church, with the cross design...
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Brontochion Monastery, the Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Mosque), and Panagia Hodegetria (Fethiye Mosque) churches in Laconia. The Hagia Sophia (Bey Mosque) in Drama...
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However, it is the Hagia Sophia that fully conveys the period of Constantinople as a city without parallel in Christendom. The Hagia Sophia, topped by a dome...
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Religion in Turkey (section Hagia Sophia conversion)
Hagia Sophia museum decree". Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020. "Turkey's Erdogan says Hagia Sophia becomes...
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Nicaea (section Hagia Sophia church)
Church of Hagia Sophia", Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor, Foundation of the Hellenic World, retrieved 20 September 2014. St. Sophia Museum...
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Elpidophoros of America (section Hagia Sophia)
Hagia Sophia - From the Archdiocese - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America". www.goarch.org. Retrieved 30 July 2020. "US House Passes Hagia Sophia Amendment...
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Omphalion (section Hagia Sophia)
compare the omphalos of Delphi. One of the most intriguing features of Hagia Sophia is a marble section of the floor known as the Omphalos. The Omphalos...
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refugees in the Hagia Sophia were slaughtered and the women raped. George Sphrantzes says that people of both genders were raped inside Hagia Sophia. According...
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Isidore of Miletus (category Hagia Sophia)
other) that Emperor Justinian I commissioned to design the cathedral Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from 532 to 537. He was born c. 475 AD. The creation...
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Murad III (category Burials at Hagia Sophia)
Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque) - possibly with Safiye Sultan; Fahriye Sultan (died in 1656, buried in Murad III Mausoleum, Hagia Sophia Mosque), - possibly...
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Gli (category Burials at Hagia Sophia)
November 2020) was a cat from Istanbul best known for living in the Hagia Sophia, for which she became an Internet celebrity, grabbing the attention of...
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Church would symbolically replace the Hagia Sophia, after which it was modelled, and become a "New Hagia Sophia". In May 2021, the entire Vračar plateau...
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prayers at Hagia Sophia museum reverted to mosque". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2021. "Presidential Decree on the opening of Hagia Sophia to worship...
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The Church of Hagia Sophia (Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía, lit. 'Holy Wisdom' Greek pronunciation: [aˈʝia soˈfia]) or Holy Wisdom is a Byzantine...
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Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) was built in Constantinople under Emperor Justinian I. Beginning with subsequent Byzantine architecture, Hagia Sophia became the...
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The Hagia Sophia Hurrem Sultan Bathhouse (Turkish: Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hamamı, aka Hagia Sophia Haseki Bathhouse (Ayasofya Haseki Hamamı) and Haseki...
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Church of Hagia Sophia or Holy Wisdom (Greek: Ναός Αγίας Σοφίας) is a 10th-century Byzantine church in the town of Drama, Greece. Hagia Sophia is the oldest...
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