Nobody is clearly mentioning in this video that this masterpiece of a church was built by the people that were living for 1000 years in Constantinople / Asia Minor/ Anatolia (in the geographical area that is corresponding to modern Turkey). That people were the Greek-Byzantines!
@@khaldrago911 that's the most common excuse "dude" of the Turkish nationalists, to draw attention elsewhere! The main issue here is that there was the Byzantine empire (in Asia Minor / Anatolia), a predominantly Greek empire with an ultra - advanced civilization and then, from the 11th century on, a nomadic Turkic people that was far less civilized than the Byzantines and quite belligerent, arrived in Anatolia, started invading the Byzantine territory, slaughtering the people and usurping their cities, their lands etc.
@@ThomasGazis Bruh, that comment is chauvinistic in the extreme. The greeks weren’t “ultra advanced” at the time, otherwise they wouldn’t have got their butts kicked the way they did. Anyhow, it ain’t just the Turks who did it. We pretty much committed a genocide on the native Americans and planted our flag on the land. The Russians and the Ukrainians are where the Scythians, Huns and Mongolia were. The Aussies extirpated the aborigines, etc, etc. You have to move on dude - ain’t no use cryin’ over spilled milk..
@@ThomasGazis Even if you don't want to see the truth, Anatolian Hatti Luwians were the country of people like Lydia. They assimilated and started speaking Greek. Turks built more historical monuments in Anatolia and Istanbul than the Greeks. Byzantine sources and surrounding sources do not mention that the Turks killed people. Stop spreading lies. At the same time, the Orthodox Patriarchate declared the Turks the saviors of Orthodoxy. The "civilized Greeks" destroyed all the historical Turkish structures in the Balkans and massacred the Turks and other Muslims. If there is a nation called Greeks today and Greek historical structures remain in place, this is due to the tolerance of the Turks.
@@KhanTonyukuk You have "capsized" reality to such an extent that I don't know if it makes any sense addressing your comment. I will answer it though, because truth should be told and blatant lies should not prevail! Anyone can freely read online and learn that the Turks were a marauding people that in the 11th century descended in Anatolia, coming from the Altay plateau in Mongolia! They started then invading the Greek-Byzantine territory of Anatolia / Asia Minor (what now is modern Turkey) conquering ever more land. How do you think the Turks managed to conquer ever more Byzantine land? By being very friendly and by offering gifts to the Greek Byzantines? Of course not! They were slaughtering every single Greek-Byzantine that was resisting their invasion, and they were usurping their lands, cities, and properties! You wrote that: "The "civilized Greeks" destroyed all the historical Turkish structures (in Greece) and massacred the Turks!" Wow!!! How bad the Greeks are! You fail to mention though that the Turks had previously invaded the millennia old land of Greece, slaughtering many Greeks and usurping their lands., properties, and cities! Ultimately, the Turks occupied Greece for almost 400 years, oppressing the Greeks and turning them into 2nd category citizens! What did you expect then the Greeks to do, after 400 whole years of Turkish occupation and oppression, when they finally rebelled in 1821 and started kicking the Turks out of Greece? Give them love and throw them flowers???
12:06 no, it was still the Roman Empire until its final collapse in 1453. It was NEVER known as “Byzantine” until some German historian in the 17th century coined that term to legitimize the Holy Roman Empire.
True, but this doesnt legitimize the fake claim of Turks saying that "if it was Roman, then they weren't Greeks", which is an absurd claim, that indicates that being Roman has something to do with ethnicity, which hasnt. Eastern Roman Empire is called like that to highlight the cultural shift that happened as Greek became the standard language, and Christianity became the standard religion as well. Calling it Roman, while correct, could create confusions.
@@SteveGaudi1976 You forget the part where "Greek" is a synonym with the word "Hellene". Hellene was the word that was used by ancient (and modern) Greeks themselves. lts just the evolution of English and latin language that brought the term "Greek" into existence. That's why Greece's official name is "Hellenic republic". So arguing about the origin of the English word "Greek" is not the point here. We are talking about the degree to which Byzantine Empire is connected with ancient Greeks/aka Hellenes.
Same sort of danger from earthquakes would also apply to St Peters in Rome and many of the other domed churches in that city. Rome too is subject to earthquakes - in about the ninth century a vast temple, now part of the Forum ruins, was destroyed by an earthquake and as recently as about 15 years ago a city not far away was badly damaged by an earthquake (L'Aquila).A major quake in Rome would have absolutely catastrophic consequences to the historic architecture of that city!
How on earth did they build it at that time ? What machines did they have ? And it required a very very intricate understanding of architecture and geometry and physics and what not to make structures like this!
What a despicable comment. The secular Turkish state created by a criminal and very suspiciously corrupt person like Ataturk is absolutely travesty. Its beautiful as mosques and is perfect as such
@@kyledawson4535the Christians were defeated so it was converted to a mosque, as mosques in Spain were converted to churches. Get over it, its a beautiful mosque
@artemisqueen2 they should have never went to Spain nor to Constantinople. Just like they should have never went to Jerusalem. Yet built lies like saying they were always there.
Rome and the Vatican were always about power and control and to much lesser extent about Christ teachings which was at its core enlightening and developing the soul.
There is two types of theft. When something of value is stolen from you or when you lose sight of upcoming events to happen. The foresight! You are stolen both ways. Only you are in a position to determine what is stolen from you and how much pain it caused you!
Theft is of two types. When something of value is being stolen from us or you loose foresight. Both are two types of stealing. Allah gives something to you and take it back. Woh dey kar cheen leta hai. Woh har cheez pur qadir hai. You can not retain it unless Allah allows it.
No matter how many times they are going to sacrilege “Hagia Sophia” by converting it into a mosque, for the whole Christian world and especially in the hearts of the Greeks, it will always be the Grand “Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Constantinople”, the Holy Seat of our formidable Byzantine Empire.
Only in God’s will, it may be functional again my friend. However, within our souls, it has never stopped being the Grand Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Constantinople.
Hoca hanım, Ayasofya'yı o harcı tuğladan fazla ve desteksiz kemerle anlayacaksak biz yanmışız. Çocukları önce sanat okuluna ve mühendisliğe gönderin. Basit dersler için Ayasofya'yı kullanmak epey bir lüks !
Christians always want to take fame when it wasn’t even built by “Christians”. The Divine Feminine “Sophia” will always be Mother Goddess energy not the divine masculine.
When I visited this building, I was struck with awe. It seemed to represent all of mankind, and so I wasn’t in the least put off by the representations both Christian and Islamic. By contrast, Saint peters basilica in Rome seemed almost too perfect, quite unlike the state of mankind, and therefore not representative the way the Hagia Sophia is.
Macedonia? There isn't a country with such a name. Macedonia is a region in Greece for millennia. The Turkish scientists collaborate with the Skopjan scientists. The narrator can say Northern Macedonia or Skopje. The latter choice is even better because Skopje people are not genetically proven to be descendants of the Ancient Macedonians. I hope everyone gets that message once and for all.
They could develop a VR-system that allows the visitor to experience the wonders of the building in different periods, maybe even populate it in a then-typical way.
Sinan the great was born and baptized an Armenian Christian….Joseph. What a great man, and so sad he had to convert to become the blessing that he was.
@@Samirustem Sinan looked like an Ape? He looks handsome and accomplished in every visage available. Wow, so does Kim Kardashian, or Cher? Both are Armenian. you sound envious, or guilty…a Turk maybe? Leave your mother's basement and get a job.
That much of that early greek.bezintine christian imagery of our king ,father and good shepard Jesus-christ might be loosely based upon the true imagery of Saint Paul and not only that of the islamic king and profit Mohamed and Jesus-christ of Bethlehem Nazareth isreal and not that of saint john
@@ibrahimabdurazag4527 There is very much truth in the comment. What muslims did in the regions and countries that they invaded was not kind at all. There are the famous edicts by Omar which were applied to the Christians in Syria, Iraq, Egypt and the surrounding regions which forbade Christians to renew of to construct Churches. The Hemayon edict which was enforced against the Christians of Egypt forbade them from changing a toilet in a church without a formal approval let alone building new churches. The oppression continues in Egypt specially when they buy a land to build a church, the permission is hindered, a land is bought just next to the church land and a permission is given to build a mosque next to the church then the permission to Christians is given that is if it is given. Such oppressive acts and other against Egyptian Christians do not make news neither in western nor arab media
@@EissaraI don't see how this gibberish you just wrote supports the original comment in any way shape or form. Christians being rightfully humiliated by paying the jizyah and being restricted from certain things is irrelevant to this
If Istanbul had been conquered by another empire, Hagia Sophia, which is a very old structure today, might not have survived to this day. Why? Because the architect Sinan made it so strong that it has withstood so many earthquakes for centuries and continues to do so. Instead of blaming the Ottomans, you should thank them.
Funny things are the Umayyad Caliphs under Omer converted and Transformed many Pantheons constructed under emperor Hadrian and Aurelian in to Mosques in Syria … Arabs do not have any architecture on their own , Arabs borrowed and copied from Roman architectures 100%.
Don't care about the rubbish at the very end.. It's perfect that it is now restored back to it's religious duty as a mosque. Still tourists can visit and see it from inside like all cathedrals and mosques around the world... Do you know any cathedral converted into being a museum only? NO.. so cut the crap.
it was turned into a museum for a reason. There are several mosques nearby that do not get even a quarter attendance. They did not need another one. It was reconverted to a mosque on the anniversary of the fall of the city in order to stoke radical Islamic support for Erdogan. None of the sites you mentioned were once different religious sites on land once belonging to different people. And equating damage done centuries ago to damage that is happening now daily to the site, as if to say it’s ok. is just mind boggling. So it’s ok that worshippers are destroying the site now? Did you see the door that was recently destroyed? Your position on this matter not only lacks context, it lacks understanding. I’d encourage you to research the history of the area. It should have stayed a museum.
Yes of course, that's what your Turkish nationalistic, anti-Greek sentiment dictates, to obsfucate the truth that Byzantium was predominantly Greek Byzantine!
Becouse there never was a Byzantine empire. The Byzantines is an invention of a German "historian" back in the early 16th century. The reason for this I'd so that the German commonwealth could call themselves the Holly Roman Empire. Still, history books speak that Rome was destroyed by the Visegoths. This is partially true. The city was destroyed. The western Roman empire was in shambles, but not the Easter Romans. Before Constantinople was called Constantinople, it was called Neo Roma.
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The eastern half of the Roman empire was considered Greek no matter any nationalistic agenda you have may have. I deferred to the schism to show the differences in the Latin and Greek half of the Empire. Ethnicities you are eluding to did not exist then and the inhabitants of Byzantium before and after the building of Constantinople were considered Greeks, and this included areas now in the balkans who took on a Slavic identity. In fact historians like Ernle Bradford have made the case that without the sacking of the city by the Latins against their Greek counterparts you would not have had the balkanisation of the Greek half of the Empire. I’d encourage you to stick to facts instead of trying to change history to fit a narrative. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
When islamic tribes invaded the region from arabia, asia minor and other places, they did not have any architecture. They were taught by people under their rule and they also forced people to do work for them in addition to confiscating Cathedrals and Churches which they converted to mosques while they destroyed others. Even in Constantinople (Istanbul presently) Christian engineers were commissioned (or forced) to build mosques. Mimar Sinan whom the Turks consider to be a genius in architecture was also of Christian roots.
Only settled people build monuments. Nomads do not. The reasons are obvious. Dwelling structures or places of worship conform to the socio economic system of a people. There is nothing great or marvellous of either way of life. This Marxist and socio Darwinian nonsense of cultural advancement are pure flying in the face of reality. Time to wake up. But we won’t. Pity. Remains war and mutual hatred of each other.
The genius of 6th century architecture and construction techniques revealed by 21st century science. A brilliant documentary...
This building is one of the world's wonders. There are more than just 7.
It’s not a world wonder😂
What I wouldn't give to be able to see it in person ❤️😟😢
Agreed !
I saved my pennies for 20 years with this goal specifically. It did not disappoint
It is absolutely spellbounding in person. I hope you get to see it.
A sentiment I've shared so much! It is a dream of mine to go see this monument to Christ!
It was a wonderful documentary about Hajia Sophia ( divine wisdom)
Its Agia sophia. Get a Greek language book and learn to pronounce it.
Nobody is clearly mentioning in this video that this masterpiece of a church was built by the people that were living for 1000 years in Constantinople / Asia Minor/ Anatolia (in the geographical area that is corresponding to modern Turkey). That people were the Greek-Byzantines!
Empires come and go dude. The Hatti had an empire in that very same area millennia before the greeks.
@@khaldrago911 that's the most common excuse "dude" of the Turkish nationalists, to draw attention elsewhere!
The main issue here is that there was the Byzantine empire (in Asia Minor / Anatolia), a predominantly Greek empire with an ultra - advanced civilization and then, from the 11th century on, a nomadic Turkic people that was far less civilized than the Byzantines and quite belligerent, arrived in Anatolia, started invading the Byzantine territory, slaughtering the people and usurping their cities, their lands etc.
@@ThomasGazis Bruh, that comment is chauvinistic in the extreme. The greeks weren’t “ultra advanced” at the time, otherwise they wouldn’t have got their butts kicked the way they did.
Anyhow, it ain’t just the Turks who did it. We pretty much committed a genocide on the native Americans and planted our flag on the land. The Russians and the Ukrainians are where the Scythians, Huns and Mongolia were. The Aussies extirpated the aborigines, etc, etc.
You have to move on dude - ain’t no use cryin’ over spilled milk..
@@ThomasGazis Even if you don't want to see the truth, Anatolian Hatti Luwians were the country of people like Lydia. They assimilated and started speaking Greek. Turks built more historical monuments in Anatolia and Istanbul than the Greeks. Byzantine sources and surrounding sources do not mention that the Turks killed people. Stop spreading lies. At the same time, the Orthodox Patriarchate declared the Turks the saviors of Orthodoxy. The "civilized Greeks" destroyed all the historical Turkish structures in the Balkans and massacred the Turks and other Muslims. If there is a nation called Greeks today and Greek historical structures remain in place, this is due to the tolerance of the Turks.
@@KhanTonyukuk You have "capsized" reality to such an extent that I don't know if it makes any sense addressing your comment. I will answer it though, because truth should be told and blatant lies should not prevail!
Anyone can freely read online and learn that the Turks were a marauding people that in the 11th century descended in Anatolia, coming from the Altay plateau in Mongolia! They started then invading the Greek-Byzantine territory of Anatolia / Asia Minor (what now is modern Turkey) conquering ever more land.
How do you think the Turks managed to conquer ever more Byzantine land? By being very friendly and by offering gifts to the Greek Byzantines? Of course not! They were slaughtering every single Greek-Byzantine that was resisting their invasion, and they were usurping their lands, cities, and properties!
You wrote that: "The "civilized Greeks" destroyed all the historical Turkish structures (in Greece) and massacred the Turks!" Wow!!! How bad the Greeks are! You fail to mention though that the Turks had previously invaded the millennia old land of Greece, slaughtering many Greeks and usurping their lands., properties, and cities! Ultimately, the Turks occupied Greece for almost 400 years, oppressing the Greeks and turning them into 2nd category citizens!
What did you expect then the Greeks to do, after 400 whole years of Turkish occupation and oppression, when they finally rebelled in 1821 and started kicking the Turks out of Greece? Give them love and throw them flowers???
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Thank you so much for your support ! ☺
Thank you for your work on this beautiful historical church.
12:06 no, it was still the Roman Empire until its final collapse in 1453. It was NEVER known as “Byzantine” until some German historian in the 17th century coined that term to legitimize the Holy Roman Empire.
Exactly especially when that hre thing was neither roman holy or even an empire
True, but this doesnt legitimize the fake claim of Turks saying that "if it was Roman, then they weren't Greeks", which is an absurd claim, that indicates that being Roman has something to do with ethnicity, which hasnt.
Eastern Roman Empire is called like that to highlight the cultural shift that happened as Greek became the standard language, and Christianity became the standard religion as well.
Calling it Roman, while correct, could create confusions.
the Byzantines were called Greeks by the Westerners since the 9th century ac- the Byzantines acquired a full greek identity after the 10th century ac
@@SteveGaudi1976 You forget the part where "Greek" is a synonym with the word "Hellene". Hellene was the word that was used by ancient (and modern) Greeks themselves. lts just the evolution of English and latin language that brought the term "Greek" into existence. That's why Greece's official name is "Hellenic republic". So arguing about the origin of the English word "Greek" is not the point here. We are talking about the degree to which Byzantine Empire is connected with ancient Greeks/aka Hellenes.
@@stelios5314 agreed on the word 'Hellene'
Beautiful church👍👍👍
A very good documentary which was diluted towards the end with the obsession with mosaics !
This documentary make me just wow 💕
What a beautiful church ⛪️
Same sort of danger from earthquakes would also apply to St Peters in Rome and many of the other domed churches in that city. Rome too is subject to earthquakes - in about the ninth century a vast temple, now part of the Forum ruins, was destroyed by an earthquake and as recently as about 15 years ago a city not far away was badly damaged by an earthquake (L'Aquila).A major quake in Rome would have absolutely catastrophic consequences to the historic architecture of that city!
So so Beautiful ❤❤❤❤
No cranes, no trucks, no computers. Amazing.
No Muslims either, until ….
How on earth did they build it at that time ? What machines did they have ? And it required a very very intricate understanding of architecture and geometry and physics and what not to make structures like this!
A tragic insult to the secular Turkish state in converting a magnificent museum into a mosque
is secular Turkish state a thing?
It was originally a Orthodox Church before being invaded and forcefully converted into a 🕌
What a despicable comment. The secular Turkish state created by a criminal and very suspiciously corrupt person like Ataturk is absolutely travesty. Its beautiful as mosques and is perfect as such
@@kyledawson4535the Christians were defeated so it was converted to a mosque, as mosques in Spain were converted to churches. Get over it, its a beautiful mosque
@artemisqueen2 they should have never went to Spain nor to Constantinople. Just like they should have never went to Jerusalem. Yet built lies like saying they were always there.
Amazing work
I want to go to Ravenna on my next trip to Italy
❤🥲🥲🥲Thank you for sharing 😢
Dankeschön .
1:19:15 Yes, Rembrandt should be removed, especially if it was deliberately painted as a disrespectful statement of power to erase the past.
Very good documentary, but TOO MANY adverts😮
Good Episode 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
Rome and the Vatican were always about power and control and to much lesser extent about Christ teachings which was at its core enlightening and developing the soul.
I've heard they even found some Norse Graffiti !
The Greek-byzantine emperors used to keep in the palace a unit of Scandinavian elite warriors
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Ads are super obnoxious…too often interrupting the program
Thou shalt not steal...
This is not theft. Sultan Mehmet II conquered this city with his sword.
Its still theft @hurriyetperver5272
There is two types of theft.
When something of value is stolen from you or when you lose sight of upcoming events to happen. The foresight!
You are stolen both ways.
Only you are in a position to determine what is stolen from you and how much pain it caused you!
Theft is of two types.
When something of value is being stolen from us or you loose foresight.
Both are two types of stealing.
Allah gives something to you and take it back. Woh dey kar cheen leta hai. Woh har cheez pur qadir hai. You can not retain it unless Allah allows it.
@@christianwitness it's theft we don't want to hear your excuses
The model arches are built very differently than the real building.
If it coexists with the fault line the last thousand years or so, will it the next thousand years?
It is already damaged by Latin crusaders and several earthquakes. Ottomans and Turkish republic restored it multiple times.
This is HOLY WISDOM ☦️ and ALWAYS WILL BE!
No matter how many times they are going to sacrilege “Hagia Sophia” by converting it into a mosque, for the whole Christian world and especially in the hearts of the Greeks, it will always be the Grand “Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Constantinople”, the Holy Seat of our formidable Byzantine Empire.
Could it be functionally multi-denominational at some point?
Only in God’s will, it may be functional again my friend. However, within our souls, it has never stopped being the Grand Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Constantinople.
And by the the whole region was conquered not just this building
Hoca hanım, Ayasofya'yı o harcı tuğladan fazla ve desteksiz kemerle anlayacaksak biz yanmışız. Çocukları önce sanat okuluna ve mühendisliğe gönderin. Basit dersler için Ayasofya'yı kullanmak epey bir lüks !
It will always be Christian
I am a Muslim from Bangladesh.I totally agree with you.
Too bad it's surrounded by minarets. Ick...
They could have left it alone.
Christians always want to take fame when it wasn’t even built by “Christians”. The Divine Feminine “Sophia” will always be Mother Goddess energy not the divine masculine.
@@track1949the hub of pagan orthodoxy should've been completely demolished by the great ottomans
@@ThedeadaccountAL when you mock Orthodoxy, You mock Jesus. ☦️
When I visited this building, I was struck with awe. It seemed to represent all of mankind, and so I wasn’t in the least put off by the representations both Christian and Islamic. By contrast, Saint peters basilica in Rome seemed almost too perfect, quite unlike the state of mankind, and therefore not representative the way the Hagia Sophia is.
I think Ottoman Caliphs hired Roman Architects and Roman Civil Engineers to construct further more Mosques all over in Ottoman controlled regions .
"i don't need your geometry"
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I promise all my Christian sisters and brothers that Hagia Sofia is in good hands!
Macedonia? There isn't a country with such a name. Macedonia is a region in Greece for millennia. The Turkish scientists collaborate with the Skopjan scientists. The narrator can say Northern Macedonia or Skopje. The latter choice is even better because Skopje people are not genetically proven to be descendants of the Ancient Macedonians. I hope everyone gets that message once and for all.
They could develop a VR-system that allows the visitor to experience the wonders of the building in different periods, maybe even populate it in a then-typical way.
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If it falls today whos will it be then.
Pretty sure that japanese guy was already speaking english
In July 2020, the Council of State annulled the 1934 decision to establish the museum, and the Hagia Sophia was reclassified as a mosque.
Sinan the great was born and baptized an Armenian Christian….Joseph. What a great man, and so sad he had to convert to become the blessing that he was.
Yes yes everyone was armenian before. Thats why they most resemble our ape ancestors
@@Samirustem Sinan looked like an Ape? He looks handsome and accomplished in every visage available. Wow, so does Kim Kardashian, or Cher? Both are Armenian. you sound envious, or guilty…a Turk maybe? Leave your mother's basement and get a job.
@@Samirustem ape Kardashians
Built for the glory of the Lord God, and his son, Jesus Christ.
At 1h 12m you had to translate his English into English? Really?!
That much of that early greek.bezintine christian imagery of our king ,father and good shepard Jesus-christ might be loosely based upon the true imagery of Saint Paul and not only that of the islamic king and profit Mohamed and Jesus-christ of Bethlehem Nazareth isreal and not that of saint john
Nothing is earthquake proof. The building was inspired by worship of God and reliance on God is the logical way forward.
Greece/byzantine and Constantinople were not Christian they were orthodox and russia got orthodox from them and catholic from the romans
Amazing that the building has survived muslim ignorance for so many centuries in something resembling its original form.
The only ignorance is yours 🫡
@@ibrahimabdurazag4527
There is very much truth in the comment. What muslims did in the regions and countries that they invaded was not kind at all. There are the famous edicts by Omar which were applied to the Christians in Syria, Iraq, Egypt and the surrounding regions which forbade Christians to renew of to construct Churches. The Hemayon edict which was enforced against the Christians of Egypt forbade them from changing a toilet in a church without a formal approval let alone building new churches. The oppression continues in Egypt specially when they buy a land to build a church, the permission is hindered, a land is bought just next to the church land and a permission is given to build a mosque next to the church then the permission to Christians is given that is if it is given. Such oppressive acts and other against Egyptian Christians do not make news neither in western nor arab media
@@EissaraI don't see how this gibberish you just wrote supports the original comment in any way shape or form. Christians being rightfully humiliated by paying the jizyah and being restricted from certain things is irrelevant to this
An ignorant comment itself. Bone up on your history dupe
If Istanbul had been conquered by another empire, Hagia Sophia, which is a very old structure today, might not have survived to this day. Why? Because the architect Sinan made it so strong that it has withstood so many earthquakes for centuries and continues to do so. Instead of blaming the Ottomans, you should thank them.
Funny things are the Umayyad Caliphs under Omer converted and Transformed many Pantheons constructed under emperor Hadrian and Aurelian in to Mosques in Syria … Arabs do not have any architecture on their own , Arabs borrowed and copied from Roman architectures 100%.
Just like turks
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Painting over and running a masterpiece is not a blessing but a shame and barberic.
Pagan and christian ortodoxo church and will be always like that
Greek Orthodox Church
When are you all going to learn how to pronounce it right?
It's Agia Sofia, not hagia sofia!!!!
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Don't care about the rubbish at the very end.. It's perfect that it is now restored back to it's religious duty as a mosque. Still tourists can visit and see it from inside like all cathedrals and mosques around the world... Do you know any cathedral converted into being a museum only? NO.. so cut the crap.
It's religious purpose is a church, before the Muslims.
I want it back in christian hands back to constantinople
Apart from its mosaics, it is the ugliest religious building ever built.
Byzantian/Greek masterpiece, Greek History.
it was turned into a museum for a reason. There are several mosques nearby that do not get even a quarter attendance. They did not need another one. It was reconverted to a mosque on the anniversary of the fall of the city in order to stoke radical Islamic support for Erdogan. None of the sites you mentioned were once different religious sites on land once belonging to different people. And equating damage done centuries ago to damage that is happening now daily to the site, as if to say it’s ok. is just mind boggling. So it’s ok that worshippers are destroying the site now? Did you see the door that was recently destroyed? Your position on this matter not only lacks context, it lacks understanding. I’d encourage you to research the history of the area. It should have stayed a museum.
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Masterpiece of the ROMAN Empire. THERE WAS NEVER A byzantine empire. NEVER!
Masterpiece of the Greek-Byzantine empire! The Turkish nationalists promote the ridiculous agenda that Byzantium was not Greek but "Roman"!
Why is this such a big issue for you?
Yes of course, that's what your Turkish nationalistic, anti-Greek sentiment dictates, to obsfucate the truth that Byzantium was predominantly Greek Byzantine!
Becouse there never was a Byzantine empire.
The Byzantines is an invention of a German "historian" back in the early 16th century. The reason for this I'd so that the German commonwealth could call themselves the Holly Roman Empire.
Still, history books speak that Rome was destroyed by the Visegoths. This is partially true. The city was destroyed. The western Roman empire was in shambles, but not the Easter Romans. Before Constantinople was called Constantinople, it was called Neo Roma.
What nonsense are you talking about. Written evidence proves the existence of Byzantium. Educate yourself
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Its for the glory of Christianity not for other ..so for the other you must pay respect to Christ
There was no such thing as a "Byzantine Empire"
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Turkey became a country in 1453 AD. Turkey/Turkiye celebrated its 569th Anniversary in May 2022.
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God will always save it for Christians ✝️ 🙏
AJa or n? V? Sofija?
Carigrad.
Not Byzant.
Never was.
There are vikings incriptions on it
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The eastern half of the Roman empire was considered Greek no matter any nationalistic agenda you have may have. I deferred to the schism to show the differences in the Latin and Greek half of the Empire. Ethnicities you are eluding to did not exist then and the inhabitants of Byzantium before and after the building of Constantinople were considered Greeks, and this included areas now in the balkans who took on a Slavic identity. In fact historians like Ernle Bradford have made the case that without the sacking of the city by the Latins against their Greek counterparts you would not have had the balkanisation of the Greek half of the Empire. I’d encourage you to stick to facts instead of trying to change history to fit a narrative.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
THIS IS A CHURCH. EVERYONE WELCOME BUT ITS A CHURCH THAT I HAVE BEEN THERE. VERY NICE CHURCH IF YOU LIKE THAT KIND OF THINGS.
its not %100 byzantine architecture even the video title is wrong :)
So what architecture it is tell me then?
It was not built by Islam period
The buttresses, Turbe and obviously the minarets are later additions, some Byzantine and some Ottoman. The original structure is 100% Byzantine.
When islamic tribes invaded the region from arabia, asia minor and other places, they did not have any architecture. They were taught by people under their rule and they also forced people to do work for them in addition to confiscating Cathedrals and Churches which they converted to mosques while they destroyed others. Even in Constantinople (Istanbul presently) Christian engineers were commissioned (or forced) to build mosques. Mimar Sinan whom the Turks consider to be a genius in architecture was also of Christian roots.
Only settled people build monuments. Nomads do not. The reasons are obvious. Dwelling structures or places of worship conform to the socio economic system of a people. There is nothing great or marvellous of either way of life. This Marxist and socio Darwinian nonsense of cultural advancement are pure flying in the face of reality. Time to wake up. But we won’t. Pity. Remains war and mutual hatred of each other.
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Peace hagia Sophia is the real followersof Jesus , when Jesus come they set twogethe with the IMAM MAHDI WHEN THE TIME IN TIME
That building will not survive past the late 2030s - it will be reduced to rubble from a 9 r-scale earthquake. 🟥♨️🟥♨️🟥