Hagia Sofia Update

The conversion of hagia sophia into a mosque will disappoint millions of christians around the world and hagia sophia which due to its sacredness is a vital center where east is embraced with the west will fracture these two worlds more so at a time when the afflicted and suffered mankind due to the deadly pandemic of the new coronavirus is in need of unity and common orientation bartholomew argued. Turkish president recep tayyip erdogan is scheduled to join hundreds of worshipers friday july 24 2020 for the first muslim prayers at the hagia sophia in 86 years weeks after a controversial high court ruling paved the way for the landmark monument to be turned. Islamist erdogan is reversing all that.

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Hagia sophia was as of 2014 update the second most visited museum in turkey attracting almost 3 3 million visitors annually.

Hagia sofia update. 0 0 0. The hagia sophia was the center of orthodox christendom and modern turkey was based on atatuerks reforms which established turkey as one of those rare islamic countries with a secular constitution. According to data released by the ministry of culture and tourism hagia sophia was turkey s most visited tourist attraction in 2015and 2019. Photo by afp neighboring turkey and greece have traded barbs over the disputed conversion into a mosque of the unesco world heritage site of hagia sophia in istanbul a day after friday prayers were held in the medieval spot.

Visitors walk inside the byzantine era hagia sophia in the historic sultanahmet district of istanbul friday oct. Imam ali erbaş held the first friday sermon in the hagia sophia since it was reverted back into a mosque. Today s hagia sophia was completed and inaugurated in by emperor justinian the great in 537. A man raises his arms as people gather outside hagia sophia in istanbul to attend the friday prayers july 24 2020.

It was the first sermon given in the hagia sophia since turkey s president recep tayyip erdogan turned it back into a mosque. It is for both historic and sacred reasons that voices are protesting the islamization of the holy site. Declaring the hagia sophia was an important part of that. The magnificent mosaics some of the finest in the world were completed later in the sixth century.

Imam ali erbas delivered his sermon with a sword in hand representing the conquering sword of mohammed. Istanbul july 10 reuters president tayyip erdogan declared istanbul s hagia sophia a mosque on friday with the first muslim prayers to begin in two weeks after a top court ruled the ancient. Erdogan signs decree converting hagia sophia into mosque update 3 by reuters news service july 10 2020 july 10 2020 0 2050. Istanbul reuters thousands of turks gathered near hagia sophia early on friday for the first prayers there since president tayyip erdogan declared the monument revered by christians and.