Tag: World Council of Churches

Hagia Sophia was first built as an Orthodox Christian cathedral before it’s conversion into a mosque following the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul in 1453. It became a museum in 1934, and is now classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Turning Hagia Sophia back to mosque evokes ‘grief, dismay’: World Council of Churches

Hagia Sophia became museum in 1934, and is now classified as UNESCO…

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