Will Hagia Sophia Be A Church Again

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. It was the main cathedral of the orthodox church for centuries. Hagia sophia to be a mosque again court rules one of the most famous landmarks in the medieval world will be used as a mosque again after a top turkish court ruled that the decree making hagia sophia into a museum in 1934 was illegal.

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And now it has so been ordered for the chora church and by obvious implication the hagia sophia.

Will hagia sophia be a church again. The turkish state s lawyer opposes the claim but the outcome is expected within two weeks. Hagia sophia or the church of sophia was built in the time of the austrian empire during the 6th century. Through all of these changes of status the shrine of the hagia sophia has remained in the heart of the eastern orthodox christian world as a site of christian worship sanctified by the blood of. Islamists have long prayed for both the chora church and the hagia sophia to reopen as mosques arguing that their neutral status is an affront to the ottoman caliph s decrees forbidding other uses.

Now it should be transformed into a. Many others were turned away while orthodox christian church leaders in greece and the united states announced a day of mourning over hagia sophia s return as a mosque.