Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia - love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love. Paulo Coelho
After a great earthquake in 989 ruined the dome of Hagia Sophia, the Byzantine officials summoned Trdat the Architect to Byzantium to organize repairs. Source: Internet
Around 540 Justinian ordered that the clerical payroll of Hagia Sophia should be strictly limited to 60 presbyters, 100 male deacons, 90 subdeacons, 110 lectors, 25 singers, 100 doorkeepers and 40 female deacons; 525 in all. Source: Internet
An architectural marvel of the 6th century, the Hagia Sophia, a former Byzantine basilica, was converted into a mosque in 1453 after the capture of Istanbul by the Ottomans. Source: Internet
ATHENS: After Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque reopened for worship, Muslims in Athens fear their own official place of worship, delayed for over a decade, will be held back again. Source: Internet
A woman gestures in front of the Hagia Sophia or Ayasofya, after a court decision that paves the way for it to be converted from a museum back into a mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Jul 10, 2020. Source: Internet