Hagia Sophia

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1. Hagia Sophia - Noun

2. Hagia Sophia - Proper noun

Meaning

a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century

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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

Erdogan declared Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on Friday after a top court ruled the building's conversion to a museum by modern Turkey's founding statesman was illegal. Source: Internet

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