Ever since the reversion of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque, the Muslim call to prayer has been resounding from its minarets.Originally built as a Christian Orthodox church and serving that ...

Hagia Sophia Declared a Mosque Hours After Court Ruling Ayasofya Mosque, as it is known in Turkish, will now fall under the supervision of the government’s religious directorate.

Built nearly 1,500 years ago, Hagia Sophia was the first cathedral in the Roman Empire. After a thousand years, the Ottomans converted the structure into a mosque following the sack of Constantinople.

Bigger and better The current Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century when Constantinople — as Istanbul was then called — was the heart of the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire that ...

The government of Syria plans to build a replica of Hagia Sophia, with support from Russia, as a protest against Turkey’s decision to turn the famous former Byzantine cathedral back into a mosque.

Although it no longer functions as a church, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, once the patriarchal basilica of the Archdiocese of Constantinople, is enough to knock one’s shoes off.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconverted the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul's most celebrated Byzantine buildings, into a mosque on Friday, a month after opening the famed Hagia Sophia ...

Art History Heavy Machinery Reportedly Cracked the Hagia Sophia’s Marble Floors Into Pieces, Raising Concerns About Its Preservation In 2020, the Byzantine-era building was turned back into a ...

Last Friday, the Turkish Council of State overturned the 1934 ruling that had allowed Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s soaring cathedral-turned-mosque, to be converted into a museum. Minutes later ...

Hagia Sophia was in constant use until the sacking of the city in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks. It was then that Mehmed II and his troops captured Constantinople and began to promote Islam.

While Turkey’s president has made moves to close the museum at the former Christian basilica Hagia Sophia and revert it to a mosque, the Patriarch of Constantinople has said the massive site ...

Bigger and better The current Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century when Constantinople — as Istanbul was then called — was the heart of the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire that ...