The Hagia Sofia, Istanbul
Filed Under (Europe) by admin on 12-12-2008
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Hagia Sophia (Church of) Holy Wisdom, now known as the Ayasofya Museum, a former Eastern Orthodox church into a mosque in 1453 on the islands of Turks and converted into a museum in 1935. It is located in Istanbul, Turkey. It has traditionally been regarded as one of the great historic buildings. His conquest of the empire in the fall of Constantinople is considered one of the greatest tragedies of Christianity in the Greek Orthodox faithful.
The name comes from the Greek names Ἁγία Σοφία, compression Ναός τῆς Ἁγίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Σοφίας, in the sense of “Holy Wisdom of God.” He is also known as Sancta Sophia in Latin and Ayasofya in Turkish. Although sometimes referred to as “Santa Sofia” in English is not the name on behalf of St. Sophia – the Greek word Sophia means “wisdom”.
this church should be opened as a church for the orthodox people not a museum. this is a christian church opened by constantinos the great and it should be a church again not a mosque