It s hard to imagine Christianity without the Nicene Creed Seventeen hundred years ago, what became the defining statement of ...

The decision sparked condemnation from Western governments, Russia and Christian leaders ... to stress that Hagia Sophia turned into a mosque from a museum, not from a church,” he said ...

The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...

Once the largest Christian church for over a thousand years, Hagia Sophia was built under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Over time, it has served as a Greek Orthodox cathedral, a Roman ...

Tourists flock en masse to the Hagia Sophia for its stunning architecture, glorious interior views and historical significance. Built between 532 and 537, the building was a church for nearly a ...

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According to legend, after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453, three Venetian ships fled the city filled with various relics to avoid their capture by the Turks, but the third which ...