UNESCO warns Turkey: Converting Hagia Sophia into mosque is unlawful
"UNESCO has been investigating the issue regarding the conversion of Hagia Sophia into an Islamic mosque since Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ...
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Tag: Orthodoxy
UNESCO put the brakes on Erdogan: Hagia Sophia is a World Cultural Monument
The telephone communication of Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias, during his stay in Paris, with the Director-General of ...
Why the Orthodox primates remain silent about Hagia Sophia
Recently, once again, the issue of the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque has been added to the Greek-Turkish ...
Associated Press: Position of Archbishop of America on Holy Communion is more realistic
One of the largest news agencies in the world attempts to shed light on some aspects of the debate regarding ...
The Fall of Constantinople: The dreadful day 29 May 1453
When, at the age of twenty-one, Mehmed II (1451-1481) sat on the throne of the Ottoman Sultans his first thoughts ...
The Muslim Friday prayer will not take place tomorrow in the square in front of Hagia Sophia
Head of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs Ali Erbas has changed his schedule and will not hold tomorrow's Muslim prayer ...
IAO: Pandemic was a serious ordeal especially for Christians
"The pandemic was a serious ordeal for the world. Especially for the Christians that this year we were forced to ...
Divine Liturgy at Metropolitan Cathedral in Chisinau
Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral Square on the 6th Sunday after ...
Differences with Western Church in clerical marriage and sanctity of the icons
The Doctor of Theology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sotirios Kollias, told us about his research on ...
Orthodox Church celebrates Easter with optimism in time of coronavirus (video)
We celebrated Easter in a very different way this year. The churches were closed and the faithful were not allowed ...
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