it is like a wound that never is recovered ...still bleed... :( as orthodox christian (the same for all orthodox christians) i feel myself incomplete , that our jewel of Constantinople is in wrong hands
Seeing then that ALL these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, *_looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?_* *_Nevertheless we, according to his promise, LOOK FOR A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH wherein dwells righteousness._* Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
@@ebrarelif372 Muslims took Hispania from Christians and took "Palestine" from Jews and Christians. Hispania had been Christian for centuries before the Islamic invasions, Jerusalem and the Holy Land had been Jewish and Christian long before the Islamic invasions. So stop pretending like these places belong to Muslims. They don't. Good thing the Spanish Christians were able to take back their land, good thing the Israelis were able to take back their land. Because if they hadn't been victorious, they would have suffered the same fate as the Anatolian Christians. Every cathedral and synagogue would be in captivity to Islam, the Jews and Spanish Christians would have suffered the same fate as the Anatolian Orthodox Christians. When the Muslim armies took Jerusalem, they built on the the most holy site of Judaism, Temple Mount. In 966, a Muslim mob set fire to the holiest site of Christians, Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, destroying the roof and killing the Patriarch. In 1009, the Caliph initiated a campaign of persecution against Jews and Christians throughout Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land. Thousand of churches and synagogues were destroyed, thousand of Jews and Christians were killed. This time, Muslims levelled the Holy Sepulchre to the bedrock, even burning the tomb of Jesus. Later, Christians were forced to pay a massive indemnity to rebuild the church over our holiest site. Just like 43 years earlier. In the centuries leading up to these atrocities, Christians and Jews had been living under dhimmi subjugation, forced to pay the extortion money known as jizyah, forced to wear identifying symbols, without the rights and protections afforded to Muslims. Those were the "lucky" ones who were not actual slaves. Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy City from Europe, Africa and Asia were attacked, resulting in the formation of the Knights Hospitaller to escort and protect them. When the events of 1009 reached Europe, Pope Sergius issued the first call for Crusade. He died soon after, and it would not be picked up until later that century under Urban II. This time, the Eastern Roman emperor Alexios sent an appeal for military aid, as Anatolia was being invaded by Islamic Seljuk Turks. The original call for Crusade from Sergius IV was read at the Couciil of Clermont. William of Tyre, a historian and eyewitness account, records that the violence inflicted on Christians and Christianity's holiest sites in the Holy Land, were in the public consciousness of Christian Europe, and the primary motivation force. In Spain the treatment was similar. Churches were seized and turned into mosques, Christians subjected to dhimmi servitude. The famous "mosque" cathedral of Cordoba, was originally the Catholic Cathedral of St Vincent of Lerins, before the first Muslim army crossed the straits of Gibraltar into Spain. In 997, Al-Mansur sacked the holiest shrine of Spain, the Cathedral of Santiago, burning it to the ground and taking the church bells as a war trophy to the Cordoba Cathedral, by that point used as a mosque. In 1236, after the Spanish under King Ferdinand RE-captured Cordoba, they found the the bells and returned them to Santiago. To see this history in reverse, you would have to imagine the following scenario: Christian armies invade and conquer Arabia, including the holiest cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina. The mosques are desecrated, seized and turned into churches. Muslims locals are forced to live subservient and inferior to Christians, paying extortion money if they don't want to be attacked. Muslim pilgrims attempting to visit Mecca are routinely attacked and killed. A Christian ruler orders the Kaaba to be destroyed to the foundations, and burns the tomb of Mohammed. Tell me: Had this happened, what do you think the Muslim world's response would have been? Easy answer. You don't need to imagine, because we know what happened without any provocation. The reality, of course if that neither Christians, Jews, Hindus or any other groups attempted to do this imagined scenario. Yet Muslims thought it was perfectly fine violating the holiest places of other faiths. Today, thousands and thousands of churches, temples and synagogues remain in captivity to Islam, taken through bloodshed. Even Mecca and the Kaaba itself was taken this way. If Muslims had their way, every single church, synagogue and temple in the world would be a mosque, those who refused to convert to Islam would be dhimmis or slaves. In the areas of the world where Muslims have got their way, this has been and is the reality. Anatolia, modern Turkey, is a prime example. One the the earliest, most significant places of Christian faith and civilizations. Constantinople. The Hagia Sophia. The seven churches of Asia, mentioned in the Book of Revelation. The Armenian, Georgian and Assyrian kingdoms, with their uniquely beautiful cathedrals and culture. Today, very little of this remains, what does has been appropriated for Muslim use. Christians lived under centuries of slavery and oppression, culminating in the genocides of 1913-1922 that saw the death of 2.5 million Anatolian Christians and the forced exile of many more. Thank God that places like Spain and Israel were able to fight back. Had they lost, they would have suffered a similar fate. This is what the quran and hadiths have to say about us, this is the beliefs held by Muslims about us that led to everything I have mentioned. "Fight those who believe not in allah nor the last day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by allah and mohammed, nor acknowledge people the religion of "truth", from among the people of the book (Jews and Christians) until they pay the jizyah (extortion money) with willing submission and feel themselves subdued." "Verily, those who disbelieve (in Islam) from among the people of the book (Jews and Christians) shall abide in the fire of hell. They are the worst of creatures." "The hour will not begin until Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them, until a Jew hides behind a rock or a tree, and the rock or tree will say: O Muslim, O SLAVE of allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him."
As a Christian, we would be forever grateful to all Muslims for a gift that great. We would be indebted forever and acts like this could cause a chain reaction of peace through the world.
@EREN KARAKASLI Three weeks ago I wished that we had the Hagia Sophia as a cathedral. Now all I want is to share it as it can be both a cathedral and mosque. If we Muslims and Christians can pray together we can live together in peace.
How marvelous that the awesome spiritual experience of hearing magnificent Christian songs worshipping God, from centuries ago, is now available for us! Hallelujah and Amen! Many thanks NPR and Casebreezy for sharing this beautiful news!
1919, after ww1 and during the Greek expansion into Minor Asia, a Greek priest from a Greek warship anchored at Vosporus, together with another officer, sneak into Hagia Sophia and conducted a small liturgy...till the Turks understood what was going on and start gathering angry to attack them, they manage to escape back to the Fleet...that was the last time , orthodox chant was heard inside the Church of the Churches
1:23 I wonder if this is the sound engineering or simply the genius of the chant, but there is a clear 432 hz resonance in the background; humans are literally voicing the resonance which created the universe and sustains it, the Spirit which floated over the waters.
All this work when it could be recreated by allowing the musicians togo into the cathedral and sing. This is so amazing. It is time travel in a sense. How amazing would it to be to hear the same thing people heard a thousand years ago. That is history.
Bucharest ,Romania build the biggest orthodox cathedral in the world right now , will be finished in 2024 (is almost ready remained the paintings inside , mozaics , all in BYZANTINE STYLE) so the sound when the priests will sing their chants inside will be like you being inside of Hagia Sophia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Salvation_Cathedral
@أصيل ورد Yes its is. Christians and Jews are people of the Book. The second Caliph of Islam, Omar, stepfather to Mohammed, respected and protected the Holy Christian places. He refused to pray near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, setting an example for Muslims to respect it and other Christian churches. . Even so, this goes beyond the Quran or any holy book. It's a matter of respect and human decency. Religions can build their own houses of worship. Taking them leads to hatred and war, is that what you want?r.
Man muslims in this city just have been surviving for 5 centuries, but christianity was almost 20 centuries. We will not know what God will give it back to them. Wait till the judgement day
HAGIAH SOFIA IS BELONG TO THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH..THIS HISTORICAL CHRISTIAN CATHEDRAL FOREVER AND MUST GIVE BACK TO THEM..BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS LONG TIME AGO..BUT THE ISLAM TOOK IT..THIS IS NOT GOOD..😪😪😪
Ari Dude and even then the Spanish government isn’t doing that out of spite for ‘being christians’. They’re secularists, not fueled by religion but by the hatred of it.
I've Died Everyday Waiting..What is gained by war can only be returned by war let this be clear..on what land is hagia sofia located in turkey so it belongs to turkey come out of your dream world..if every country has to give back the land they conquered by wars then all hell breaks loose just look at russia ukraine conflict now..
It was place for pagans first then Christian orthodox then muslims took over. first of all, they should have not but cant go back in time then museum and now Musjid again. Give us Jerusalem and Musjid in qurtuba then u can have hagia Sofia maybe.
Bucharest ,Romania build the biggest orthodox cathedral in the world right now , will be finished in 2024 (is almost ready remained the paintings inside , mosaics , all in BYZANTINE STYLE) so the sound when the priests will sing their chants inside will be like you being inside of Hagia Sophia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Salvation_Cathedral
What a same that the Muslims now have this Holy church. I hope one day God may in his good time return this place to his Holy worship and his people. Your brother in Christ. ✝️🙏
Fabulous transformation !! It is a pleasure to listen to the transformation. WoW !!! The. sound within the Ayasofya is uplifting .. it is incomparable !!! What a marvel !! How did they do this !!! The sounds reproduced in this video are very similar to the chanting done in the Russian Orthodox Church, quite wonderful ! I wonder if the persons mentioned in your fabulous video see the similarities. Unfortunately, I do not understand the Turkish language.🌹
It is not Turkish, but Greek: a Byzantine Greek orthodox chant. The Byzantines/ Eastern Romans were Greek speaking, and modern day Turkey before the Ottoman Turkic invasion and the resulting forced assimilation in the 15 th. centrury was fully Greek.
Not Turkish!! The language is Greek! Anatolia was Greco-Roman Christian. The Turks invaded and Turkified the region. Constantinople was not conquered till 1453 and had a large Greek population even as late as last century.
Assuming you saw it as a mosque now I think such a statement would be made fairer if you could take a time machine back to the early 13th century and compare the two; considering the internal artwork and structure would've been actively maintained by the local artisans.
Does anyone know the precise song being used here, 1:18? Some thoughts on the Hagia Sophia. I visited there after doing missions in Guinea, west Africa. In Guinea, I saw believers living in poverty but worshipping God and experiencing risk. Contrast that to the now bereft Hagia Sophia. Gaudy Muslim emblems hang like crude symbols on the walls, clashing with the beautiful architecture. And, I couldn’t help but wonder - is Jesus more interested in the worship he is receiving from the poor of Africa as he “might” be in restoring worship here, at the Hagia Sophia? Maybe it isn’t either or, I do know he is with believers, I didn’t sense his presence or interest at the Hagia Sophia.
Someone should really do an augmented reality of the Hagia Sophia at this time and the user could pick from any of these chants, I think it would give so much comfort to many Greeks and other Christians alike. Maybe even if the Turks saw what was (they are quite ignorant of much of the history their civilization sits atop of), they'd be more open to a dual Mosque-Church agreement at Hagia Sophia. I'm Catholic but I would not be against going over to Orthodoxy, it's just easier in America to be a Catholic and truly the praise goes to Almighty God.
I DID FIVE MINUTE AGO MY SALAT-NAMAZ (PRAY OF ISLAM) TO ALLAH IN HAGIA SOPHIA OF MY ISTANBUL ... I THANK TO ALLAH AS SINGLE GOD... NOT THREE... NOT A HUMAN... NOT A FATHER ... NOT A SON... NOT COMPREHENSIBLE.... IN HAGIA SOPHIA MOSQUE ALL GREEK IDOLS WAS COVERED BY CURTAINS... EVERYWHERE SMELLS ROSES... THE AZAN ECHOS IN EVERYWHERE... I REMEMBERED SULTAN MUHAMMED 2...I THOUGHT PROPHETS OF ALLAH... I THINK ABRAHAM, MOSES, JESUS, DAVID, JOSEPH, MUHAMMED... I AGAIN THANK TO ALLAH FOR RIGHT WAY OF HIM... ISTANBUL IS ETERNAL CAPITAL OF TURK ISLAM EMPIRE...
One day you will see your horny perverted prophet in hell where you are destined to end up. Moslems imagine that Christianity worships three Gods because their inbred brains are unable to conceive how the truth of God.
The Hagia Sophia was not a catholic cathedral. It was an Orthodox Christian Cathedral. Just because one or 2 masses were celebrated in the Hagia Sophia doesn’t overturn the hundreds-thousands of Divine Liturgies celebrated in there under the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. In fact, catholic crusaders sieged Constantinople, killing our priests and monks and raping our nuns on the altars of our Churches. You disgrace the Hagia Sophia by attributing it’s beauty to the Roman Catholics.
@@ethandetienne3279 wow...the orthodox diatribe ..... Constantine had specific laws prohibiting even touching nuns. So cite your source for that fairy tale of nun rape and it better not be some modern day article generated in Istanbul. It better be multiple corroborated historic sources. Roman Catholics provided the city name Constantinople in the 4th century some 500 years before it was even built. The new-Rome shift to Constantinople in 324 did not segregate the Orthodox Church. The Churches were not split until the schism in 1054. I would agree the architecture is Orthodox but it was then part of the One Holy Catholic Apostolic faith at that time and the Orthodox Church was in complete communion with the Rome Catholic Church. So the original church on the site of the Hagia Sophia was ordered to be built by Constantine I in 325; the very guy you seek to now tarnish. You're attacking the initial creator. Roman Emperor Justinian funded and built the Cathedral. Contracted the architects. Crusaders took nothing from you. Rome funded the Cathedral and when the Orthodox said we don't accept the Pope, the Pope said fine. Don't. We'll just take our Church back.
@@truth8508 prove yourself right first. it is ignorant to call the (former) seat cathedral of the (Orthodox) Patriarch of Constantinople a Roman Catholic place of worship.
@@ethandetienne3279 No, what's ignorant here is your complete lack of knowledge. We're discussing the architecture and the date it was formed. Not the schism or some departure. The Hagia Sophia was built in 537 some 500 years prior to the schism which you seem impliedly focused on. Go look up who built it; who funded it; who the architects were. Roman Catholics who were not under any form of abrogation. This all predates the 1054 split even though today they are in full communion with Rome as an Orthodox Catholic Church.
This is so beautiful! My prayer is that Hagia Sophia, and all of Constantinople will someday be restored and returned to Orthodox Christianity!
it is like a wound that never is recovered ...still bleed... :( as orthodox christian (the same for all orthodox christians) i feel myself incomplete , that our jewel of Constantinople is in wrong hands
Seeing then that ALL these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
*_looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?_*
*_Nevertheless we, according to his promise, LOOK FOR A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH wherein dwells righteousness._*
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Really beautiful sound. Christian Orthodox chanting gives you goose bumps let alone hearing it as it sounded in the Hagia Sophia such a long time ago.
The faith that established the universe.
Yup
As a Muslim, do you also want Andalusia and Palestine to be returned to the Muslims?
@@ebrarelif372 Muslims took Hispania from Christians and took "Palestine" from Jews and Christians. Hispania had been Christian for centuries before the Islamic invasions, Jerusalem and the Holy Land had been Jewish and Christian long before the Islamic invasions.
So stop pretending like these places belong to Muslims. They don't. Good thing the Spanish Christians were able to take back their land, good thing the Israelis were able to take back their land. Because if they hadn't been victorious, they would have suffered the same fate as the Anatolian Christians. Every cathedral and synagogue would be in captivity to Islam, the Jews and Spanish Christians would have suffered the same fate as the Anatolian Orthodox Christians.
When the Muslim armies took Jerusalem, they built on the the most holy site of Judaism, Temple Mount.
In 966, a Muslim mob set fire to the holiest site of Christians, Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, destroying the roof and killing the Patriarch.
In 1009, the Caliph initiated a campaign of persecution against Jews and Christians throughout Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land. Thousand of churches and synagogues were destroyed, thousand of Jews and Christians were killed.
This time, Muslims levelled the Holy Sepulchre to the bedrock, even burning the tomb of Jesus.
Later, Christians were forced to pay a massive indemnity to rebuild the church over our holiest site. Just like 43 years earlier.
In the centuries leading up to these atrocities, Christians and Jews had been living under dhimmi subjugation, forced to pay the extortion money known as jizyah, forced to wear identifying symbols, without the rights and protections afforded to Muslims.
Those were the "lucky" ones who were not actual slaves. Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy City from Europe, Africa and Asia were attacked, resulting in the formation of the Knights Hospitaller to escort and protect them.
When the events of 1009 reached Europe, Pope Sergius issued the first call for Crusade. He died soon after, and it would not be picked up until later that century under Urban II.
This time, the Eastern Roman emperor Alexios sent an appeal for military aid, as Anatolia was being invaded by Islamic Seljuk Turks.
The original call for Crusade from Sergius IV was read at the Couciil of Clermont. William of Tyre, a historian and eyewitness account, records that the violence inflicted on Christians and Christianity's holiest sites in the Holy Land, were in the public consciousness of Christian Europe, and the primary motivation force.
In Spain the treatment was similar. Churches were seized and turned into mosques, Christians subjected to dhimmi servitude.
The famous "mosque" cathedral of Cordoba, was originally the Catholic Cathedral of St Vincent of Lerins, before the first Muslim army crossed the straits of Gibraltar into Spain.
In 997, Al-Mansur sacked the holiest shrine of Spain, the Cathedral of Santiago, burning it to the ground and taking the church bells as a war trophy to the Cordoba Cathedral, by that point used as a mosque.
In 1236, after the Spanish under King Ferdinand RE-captured Cordoba, they found the the bells and returned them to Santiago.
To see this history in reverse, you would have to imagine the following scenario:
Christian armies invade and conquer Arabia, including the holiest cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina.
The mosques are desecrated, seized and turned into churches. Muslims locals are forced to live subservient and inferior to Christians, paying extortion money if they don't want to be attacked. Muslim pilgrims attempting to visit Mecca are routinely attacked and killed.
A Christian ruler orders the Kaaba to be destroyed to the foundations, and burns the tomb of Mohammed.
Tell me: Had this happened, what do you think the Muslim world's response would have been?
Easy answer. You don't need to imagine, because we know what happened without any provocation.
The reality, of course if that neither Christians, Jews, Hindus or any other groups attempted to do this imagined scenario.
Yet Muslims thought it was perfectly fine violating the holiest places of other faiths. Today, thousands and thousands of churches, temples and synagogues remain in captivity to Islam, taken through bloodshed.
Even Mecca and the Kaaba itself was taken this way.
If Muslims had their way, every single church, synagogue and temple in the world would be a mosque, those who refused to convert to Islam would be dhimmis or slaves.
In the areas of the world where Muslims have got their way, this has been and is the reality.
Anatolia, modern Turkey, is a prime example. One the the earliest, most significant places of Christian faith and civilizations. Constantinople. The Hagia Sophia. The seven churches of Asia, mentioned in the Book of Revelation. The Armenian, Georgian and Assyrian kingdoms, with their uniquely beautiful cathedrals and culture.
Today, very little of this remains, what does has been appropriated for Muslim use. Christians lived under centuries of slavery and oppression, culminating in the genocides of 1913-1922 that saw the death of 2.5 million Anatolian Christians and the forced exile of many more.
Thank God that places like Spain and Israel were able to fight back. Had they lost, they would have suffered a similar fate.
This is what the quran and hadiths have to say about us, this is the beliefs held by Muslims about us that led to everything I have mentioned.
"Fight those who believe not in allah nor the last day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by allah and mohammed, nor acknowledge people the religion of "truth", from among the people of the book (Jews and Christians) until they pay the jizyah (extortion money) with willing submission and feel themselves subdued."
"Verily, those who disbelieve (in Islam) from among the people of the book (Jews and Christians) shall abide in the fire of hell. They are the worst of creatures."
"The hour will not begin until Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them, until a Jew hides behind a rock or a tree, and the rock or tree will say: O Muslim, O SLAVE of allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him."
@@ebrarelif372 yapistir kardsm ikiyüzlü batı
Palestine does not belong to Muslims. Palestine is Israel.
As a Muslim, i hope that we will return Hagia Sofia back to Orthodox Christians. God willing.
Why?
thank you
As a Christian, we would be forever grateful to all Muslims for a gift that great. We would be indebted forever and acts like this could cause a chain reaction of peace through the world.
@EREN KARAKASLI Three weeks ago I wished that we had the Hagia Sophia as a cathedral. Now all I want is to share it as it can be both a cathedral and mosque. If we Muslims and Christians can pray together we can live together in peace.
Thank you, brother. Deus volt!
So this is what Divine Liturgy would've sounded like when St. John Chrysostom would've celebrated it
No, because St. John lived a couple hundred years before it was built.
@@nikopant Ahhh...dang
@@nikopantBut he preached on a church that was on the same spot
Amazing sound, and incredible singing by Cappella Romana.
Yeah I bought this album on Apple Music. I love it.
How marvelous that the awesome spiritual experience of hearing magnificent Christian songs worshipping God, from centuries ago, is now available for us! Hallelujah and Amen! Many thanks NPR and Casebreezy for sharing this beautiful news!
Hagia Sophia will be ours again one day, by the grace of the Holy Trinity.
MORE THAN 1500 YEARS TNANK YOU ,,,KONSTANTINOUPOLIS IS THE NAME THANK YOU ,,
1919, after ww1 and during the Greek expansion into Minor Asia, a Greek priest from a Greek warship anchored at Vosporus, together with another officer, sneak into Hagia Sophia and conducted a small liturgy...till the Turks understood what was going on and start gathering angry to attack them, they manage to escape back to the Fleet...that was the last time , orthodox chant was heard inside the Church of the Churches
1:23 I wonder if this is the sound engineering or simply the genius of the chant, but there is a clear 432 hz resonance in the background; humans are literally voicing the resonance which created the universe and sustains it, the Spirit which floated over the waters.
Could be both. Many ancient and medieval-era composers composed chants specifically to be sung in the Haiga Sophia.
I can just imagine the emperor Justinian and Belisarius listening to this music in AD 353 or so
All this work when it could be recreated by allowing the musicians togo into the cathedral and sing. This is so amazing. It is time travel in a sense. How amazing would it to be to hear the same thing people heard a thousand years ago. That is history.
Wonderful, amazing!. Thank you very much for sharing such a nice experience!.
Bucharest ,Romania build the biggest orthodox cathedral in the world right now , will be finished in 2024 (is almost ready remained the paintings inside , mozaics , all in BYZANTINE STYLE) so the sound when the priests will sing their chants inside will be like you being inside of Hagia Sophia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Salvation_Cathedral
Start at 0:47 and let it play for about a minute. The acoustical difference is insane.
The cathedral was converted wrongfully it was against the Quran , Inshallah it will be the Muslims who give the cathedral back!
I'm not saying you're wrong but I am curious to see what passage/passages say that something like what happened to the Hagia Sophia is wrong.
@أصيل ورد Yes its is. Christians and Jews are people of the Book. The second Caliph of Islam, Omar, stepfather to Mohammed, respected and protected the Holy Christian places. He refused to pray near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, setting an example for Muslims to respect it and other Christian churches. . Even so, this goes beyond the Quran or any holy book. It's a matter of respect and human decency. Religions can build their own houses of worship. Taking them leads to hatred and war, is that what you want?r.
Eric Agos well, it certainly was what the Muslims wanted a couple centuries ago. They loved war, it’s how their religion and caliphate spread
@@ericagos1601 not stepfather, father in law
Exactly, if you take something by force and give money in return it is still theft.
It was a church! It musnt be a Camii!
Im muslum but ı dont agree with the politcs in Türkiye unfortunately.
It was a wrong decison.
Man muslims in this city just have been surviving for 5 centuries, but christianity was almost 20 centuries. We will not know what God will give it back to them. Wait till the judgement day
This is simply beautiful.
HAGIAH SOFIA IS BELONG TO THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH..THIS HISTORICAL CHRISTIAN CATHEDRAL FOREVER AND MUST GIVE BACK TO THEM..BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS LONG TIME AGO..BUT THE ISLAM TOOK IT..THIS IS NOT GOOD..😪😪😪
ok give back the mosques that were stolen and destroyed in Spain first
Ari Dude those were the work of Catholics not us bro.
Ari Dude and even then the Spanish government isn’t doing that out of spite for ‘being christians’. They’re secularists, not fueled by religion but by the hatred of it.
I've Died Everyday Waiting..What is gained by war can only be returned by war let this be clear..on what land is hagia sofia located in turkey so it belongs to turkey come out of your dream world..if every country has to give back the land they conquered by wars then all hell breaks loose just look at russia ukraine conflict now..
It was place for pagans first then Christian orthodox then muslims took over.
first of all, they should have not but cant go back in time then museum and now Musjid again. Give us Jerusalem and Musjid in qurtuba then u can have hagia Sofia maybe.
The spirit of it went in Russian orthodoxy in my opinion ! I hope folks find some chants before schism and more ancient !
Breathtaking sounds!
Bucharest ,Romania build the biggest orthodox cathedral in the world right now , will be finished in 2024 (is almost ready remained the paintings inside , mosaics , all in BYZANTINE STYLE) so the sound when the priests will sing their chants inside will be like you being inside of Hagia Sophia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Salvation_Cathedral
@@dand7763 💖💖💖💖💖
What a same that the Muslims now have this Holy church. I hope one day God may in his good time return this place to his Holy worship and his people. Your brother in Christ. ✝️🙏
Fabulous transformation !!
It is a pleasure to listen to the transformation.
WoW !!!
The. sound within the Ayasofya is uplifting .. it is incomparable !!!
What a marvel !! How did they do this !!!
The sounds reproduced in this video are very similar to the chanting done in the Russian Orthodox Church, quite wonderful ! I wonder if the persons mentioned in your fabulous video see the similarities.
Unfortunately, I do not understand the Turkish language.🌹
It is not Turkish, but Greek: a Byzantine Greek orthodox chant. The Byzantines/ Eastern Romans were Greek speaking, and modern day Turkey before the Ottoman Turkic invasion and the resulting forced assimilation in the 15 th. centrury was fully Greek.
Not Turkish!! The language is Greek! Anatolia was Greco-Roman Christian. The Turks invaded and Turkified the region. Constantinople was not conquered till 1453 and had a large Greek population even as late as last century.
Incredible
Beautiful
Its even more beautiful as a mosque
respectfully, no.
Not with those revolting medallions dedicated to the lies of your perverted prophet.
Nope, iconoclasty destroys beauty
Assuming you saw it as a mosque now I think such a statement would be made fairer if you could take a time machine back to the early 13th century and compare the two; considering the internal artwork and structure would've been actively maintained by the local artisans.
Muslims steal something: 😍😍😍😍😍
Christians take something back (like idk, spain): 😭😭😭😭😭😭
What the chant name in background video?
The cherubim hymn I believe
Search : „byzantine chant: psalm 49: το στομα μου λαλησει σοφιαν“
It’s a Prokeimenon, idk what psalm though. Capella romana has some recordings of it just look them up as Capella romana prokeimenon
Now play the Halo theme song in there lol.
🌷. Fabulous, as recreated by modern musicians. 🌷
Does anyone know the precise song being used here, 1:18?
Some thoughts on the Hagia Sophia. I visited there after doing missions in Guinea, west Africa. In Guinea, I saw believers living in poverty but worshipping God and experiencing risk. Contrast that to the now bereft Hagia Sophia. Gaudy Muslim emblems hang like crude symbols on the walls, clashing with the beautiful architecture.
And, I couldn’t help but wonder - is Jesus more interested in the worship he is receiving from the poor of Africa as he “might” be in restoring worship here, at the Hagia Sophia? Maybe it isn’t either or, I do know he is with believers, I didn’t sense his presence or interest at the Hagia Sophia.
Someone should really do an augmented reality of the Hagia Sophia at this time and the user could pick from any of these chants, I think it would give so much comfort to many Greeks and other Christians alike. Maybe even if the Turks saw what was (they are quite ignorant of much of the history their civilization sits atop of), they'd be more open to a dual Mosque-Church agreement at Hagia Sophia. I'm Catholic but I would not be against going over to Orthodoxy, it's just easier in America to be a Catholic and truly the praise goes to Almighty God.
A mosque-church, non sense 😱
Mosquées are cold; they are devoid of the presence of God. They do not even have the Word of God.
Convolution yeah!
Ahhhhh so beautiful 😍
awesome!
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Oh.......
Standing* you wouldn't be sitting
Unless you were the emperor.
1:07 😳
I DID FIVE MINUTE AGO MY SALAT-NAMAZ (PRAY OF ISLAM) TO ALLAH IN HAGIA SOPHIA OF MY ISTANBUL ... I THANK TO ALLAH AS SINGLE GOD... NOT THREE... NOT A HUMAN... NOT A FATHER ... NOT A SON... NOT COMPREHENSIBLE.... IN HAGIA SOPHIA MOSQUE ALL GREEK IDOLS WAS COVERED BY CURTAINS... EVERYWHERE SMELLS ROSES... THE AZAN ECHOS IN EVERYWHERE... I REMEMBERED SULTAN MUHAMMED 2...I THOUGHT PROPHETS OF ALLAH... I THINK ABRAHAM, MOSES, JESUS, DAVID, JOSEPH, MUHAMMED... I AGAIN THANK TO ALLAH FOR RIGHT WAY OF HIM... ISTANBUL IS ETERNAL CAPITAL OF TURK ISLAM EMPIRE...
One day you will see your horny perverted prophet in hell where you are destined to end up. Moslems imagine that Christianity worships three Gods because their inbred brains are unable to conceive how the truth of God.
christ can't smile
And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Falsehood is ever bound to vanish☪️Elhamdilullah🇹🇷
Thieves
Long Live Greece!
Constantinople Will Be Greek Again Soon!
Long Live The Greek Byzantine Empire!
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A Catholic Cathedral supremely engineered.
The Hagia Sophia was not a catholic cathedral. It was an Orthodox Christian Cathedral. Just because one or 2 masses were celebrated in the Hagia Sophia doesn’t overturn the hundreds-thousands of Divine Liturgies celebrated in there under the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. In fact, catholic crusaders sieged Constantinople, killing our priests and monks and raping our nuns on the altars of our Churches. You disgrace the Hagia Sophia by attributing it’s beauty to the Roman Catholics.
@@ethandetienne3279 wow...the orthodox diatribe ..... Constantine had specific laws prohibiting even touching nuns. So cite your source for that fairy tale of nun rape and it better not be some modern day article generated in Istanbul. It better be multiple corroborated historic sources. Roman Catholics provided the city name Constantinople in the 4th century some 500 years before it was even built. The new-Rome shift to Constantinople in 324 did not segregate the Orthodox Church. The Churches were not split until the schism in 1054. I would agree the architecture is Orthodox but it was then part of the One Holy Catholic Apostolic faith at that time and the Orthodox Church was in complete communion with the Rome Catholic Church. So the original church on the site of the Hagia Sophia was ordered to be built by Constantine I in 325; the very guy you seek to now tarnish. You're attacking the initial creator. Roman Emperor Justinian funded and built the Cathedral. Contracted the architects. Crusaders took nothing from you. Rome funded the Cathedral and when the Orthodox said we don't accept the Pope, the Pope said fine. Don't. We'll just take our Church back.
@Vic Prove me wrong. You're obviously history-stupid.
@@truth8508 prove yourself right first. it is ignorant to call the (former) seat cathedral of the (Orthodox) Patriarch of Constantinople a Roman Catholic place of worship.
@@ethandetienne3279 No, what's ignorant here is your complete lack of knowledge. We're discussing the architecture and the date it was formed. Not the schism or some departure. The Hagia Sophia was built in 537 some 500 years prior to the schism which you seem impliedly focused on. Go look up who built it; who funded it; who the architects were. Roman Catholics who were not under any form of abrogation. This all predates the 1054 split even though today they are in full communion with Rome as an Orthodox Catholic Church.