It's so wonderful to appreciate the golden legacy of Greek culture in such beautiful buildings as Hagia Sophia. Also, Byzantine art is incredibly beautiful.
Komnenit, you are Historically incorrect. The Greeks and Romans were ILLITERATE. How do I know this... Because they had no Learning Institutions. Further the Greek Script is not the script of the Greek people. It belongs to the Ancient Egyptians. It is from them that the Greeks learned their culture. That Church was commissioned by Justinian and finished on 27th December 537. It was actually built by African Architects and Builders to commemorate the Kristos and the Kristiokas, renamed the Theotakas.
@cam3lopard They stand the test of time. Correct. That's because the Europeans cannot bring themselves to admit the Truth. Europeans did not have the knowledge of extracting shaping and building with stone in that heat. They would get skin cancer. That's why the Ancient Egyptians left a legacy of Monuments and Temples in stone. Research the Moors in Spain who brought civilization there.
@cam3lopard The Church of Kristos and Kristokas now known as the Hagia Sophia was built by African Architects and builders. Built 532 to 537 finished on 27th December. That day was celebrated for 916 years was the birth of the Kristos. If you look at that church with the dome, that knowledge was only in the hands of African builders. When Christianity moved to Rome, Eugenius IV and then Nicholas V began the construction of St Peters Basilica in 1445, using the Moors, financed by the Capitalists. St Paul's Cathedral followed in the 16th Century, the White House in America was built in the 18th Century again by the Moors who were expelled from Spain. Do your research on Moorish Spain, who are descendants of the Ancient Egyptians. They brought a higher Civilisation and built the cities of Cordoba, Granada, Alhambra Castle to name a few places, you don't need to look far to find this out. At this time the Spanish were non literate, savage and had a murder mind set. See history of the Massacre of the Native Americans. The rest of Europe had a sanitation problem, the Great Plague in the 17th Century and the Black Death in the 14th Century. Europe did not develop under the Greeks or the Romans because they were illiterate. Do your research.
@cam3lopard No No No you have been miss informed by European Lies. There was no or little Greco Roman influence in the west. There was only the east, known as Byzantium. They were finally usurped by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The Moors were invited into the land area today we call Spain and in 700 years a higher order civilisation was introduced. Do your research.
When I taught English in Istanbul/Constantinople 2006 I visited the church eight times and I spent about 3 hours each visit. As an ethnic Greek it was very sacred and hard to leave. I also sat on a park bench between the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque and just stared at this magnificent church and the flowers and water fountain added to the beauty. I generally reserve this for nature like my hike today in the mountainous Arizona high desert.
M C Didn’t you read how Islam destroyed the pre-islamic cultures of the Levant, North Africa ect. The Incas still exist to this day. There are a dozen official indigenous languages in Bolivia and Paraguay.
@M C how could you say idiot if you dont even know what this building for this is a giant chuch for the cristians thats why theres a christian image alot of them is gone Because of sacking and looting and some burning
There is a prophecy concerning the future return of Constantinople to Greece: "A Constantine built it, a Constantine lost it, a Constantine will recover it".
jaw hdi Last time Greece was broken,doubled its size.Even you a barbarian (non Greek I mean) should know about Balkan War 1, Balkan War 2.So now it s a good time also.
It is an Orthodox Cathedral, it is Greek, its name is Hagia Sophia and the city's name is Constantinople (aka 'Istanbul' from the words 'Is Tin Poli' which means 'At The City') and remember that the Greeks shall return to unveil the figures that were scrapped off or covered and offer it to the whole humanity as its presence is of universal value and its meaning wraps up a constellation of peaceful and sacred values that barbarians who conquer for the sake of authority and expansion are sublimely unaware of. PS: the name Turks use to refer to the cathedral is Ayasofya and that name is ...Greek.
These Greeks fly so high and live in a dream.The current image of Aya Sofia did not exist 567 years ago.The Turks protected her and repaired her constantly.The Ottomans made 50,000 gold repairs each year.AYA SOFIA IS A TURKISH-BYZANTINE WORK.Had the Turks not permanently repaired it and built additional buildings ,it would have been demolished.
@mtl- grk THE LATINS ,THE CATHOLIC EUROPEANS AND THE POPE, HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE TURKS.BEFORE 1453,BYZANTINE GRAND DUKE NOTARAS SAID," I PREFER THE TURBAN OF THE TURKS RATHER THAN THE CATHOLIC CONES." The current image of Aya Sofia did not exist 567 years ago.The Turks protected her and repaired her constantly.The Ottomans made 50,000 gold repairs each year.AYA SOFIA IS A TURKISH-BYZANTINE WORK.Had the Turks not permanently repaired it and built additional buildings ,it would have been demolished.DON'T CRY
@mtl- grk Don't cry,don't be sad.You'll become a Muslim.And soon.Churches are empty all over the world.Are you a priest?24.there is no place left in the square of Sultanahmed in July.You come back later.
@mtl- grk Ya ne mankafa adamsın.O kadar ingilizce yazdık.Öğrenemedinmi?Bize teşekkür etmelisiniz.Bizans zamanında ,Bizans İmparatorları yardım İstedi Osmanlıdan.Osmanlı Padişahları ,mimar göndererek Aya Sofya yı tamir ettirdi.1204 de Latinler ,Ayasofya ya atları ile girdiler.Kadınları raks yaptırdılar,fuhuş yaptılar,şarap içtiler.Fatih Sultan Mehmet ise atından indi.Ayasofya'nın içine girip namaz kıldı.Dua etti.Harabe halinde ,örümcekler kaplamıştı.Seni tamir edeceğim Ayasofya dedi.Zaten 1453 den önce Bizans Grand Dükü Notaras " Latin külahı (Yani katolik Baratası) görmektense,Müslüman Türk sarığını tercih ederim " dedi. Osmanlı her sene 50.000 altınla tamir yaptı. Binayı destekledi.Bugünkü şekli ile Bizans zamanındaki şekil farklı.Öküzlük de etmeyin.Bütün kiliseleriniz boş.Türkler bakımını yapmasa çoktan Ayasofya yıkılırdı. Zaten dünyanın Müslümanlıktan başka çaresi kalmadı.Sende olacaksın merak etme.En iyisi bir an önce ol.
I’m Turkish, I’ve visited Hagia Sophia for many times. This church has something else.. its aura and energy are so great that I get goosebumps in my every visit. Kinda wishing it remained as a cathedral though. But those things are in the past, there’s no need for hate anymore
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Beautiful temple of Jesus it will always remain his Church no matter what. The one who steals from others can never become owner. He still remains a thief and a sinner in the eyes of the Lord.
Opridai 206 Go read Quran properly what Allah speaks of stealing and coveting a true Muslim will not steal others property. Holy Quran Says - And eat up not one another’s property unjustly (in any illegal way e.g. stealing, robbing, deceiving, etc.), .nor give bribery to the rulers (judges before presenting your cases) that you may knowingly eat up a part of the property of others sinfully. (Quran 2:188) Now my take on this matter is if a mosque was taken up by some Christians it must be returned back to the worshippers. So what happened to Sultan Mehmet’s Empire it was destroyed and eradicated with time. So were Romans and Mughals. Wrath of Allah will be on those who do not follow him correctly🤝🤝🤝🙏🙏
@Muhammad Ali bro I am not the owner God is. I am a mere voice that pleads people to do good and follow God. I am just a mere human today I am here tomorrow I’m gone..
No, that would be a huge waist as there are almost no christians living in Istanbul. The Ottomans atleast let the building stay instead of destroying it like western countries did in colonial countries. Such as the Spanish, who destroyed almost all Mayan ancient monuments in South-America.
+Batuhan Respected it? They covered priceless mosaics in plaster and scratched the eyes of the Saints in the walls, were in Earth did you see any respect ? Or this is what you are lectured from birth, when I was in Turkey I checked a school book and saw some absurd nonsence of the Turks be the descendants of Trojans and I could not hold muself from laughing so intenesly that that charlatane of a historian who handed me the toilet paper of a book got irritated.
Batuhan Orlando beginning World War I. there about 300,000 Christians in Constantinople. Ataturk did his little ethnic cleansing not only Constantinople but all over Western Anatolia till 1922 or more
@@Sea-zu4bj And a church for over 1000 years. So it's a church dedicated to the Holy Wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Emperors and bishops are buried there. Christians for over 1000 years. It was never a Mosque. It was a mosque in disquise. Under the paint are all the pictures of Jesús and Mary and all the Saints. All Christians.
Fun fact: The name Istanbul has Hellenic roots! Constantinople means the city of Constantine Istanbul comes from a Hellenic saying! Hellenes used to refer to Constantinople as Η Πόλη/I Pòli which means THE City! No any city but The City! The Hellenic saying: Εις την Πόλην / Is tin Pòlin means ‘’to The City’’ Is tin Polin Is tin Pol IsTinPol Istanbul ...........Hellenic 🇬🇷 They may hung all these nonsense around, they may cover all of the Hagiographies around, they may built another 10 minarets around... Hagia Sofia was, is and forever will be an Orthodox Church! They want to pray in it? Fine! I wonder what other religion’s believers would accept to pray in another religion’s temple! They pray inside a Church...🤯🤯🤯 They pray under the Pantokràtor! They pray under the Holy Mary! Are they not ashamed of that as sooooo strong Muslim believers??? Perhaps they want to pray to Jesus! Perhaps they pray to Theotokos for mercy! 💙🇬🇷🇬🇷🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻🇬🇷🇬🇷💙
@@liberta_leone2443 😂😂😂😂😂 I understand that in the most inner parts of your heart you like the fact that you pray in a Greek Orthodox Church! I don’t know many mosques to have Greek Christian names... We also would never name our churches Mohamed or Mehmet or whatever... But you pray in a Church😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Kolious_Thrace Hagia Sophia is different from other mosques. It includes both Christian and Islamic culture. It has a symbolic meaning. That's why the name has not been changed. Like I said, it used to be a church. You lost in 1453, it passed into our hands. We turned it into a mosque. You can come and visit, there is no problem.
Agia Sofia was constructed in the 6th century under Emperor Justinian. The head of the Roman Empire was moved from Rome to Byzantium, which was renamed Constantinople. The city was renamed after Emperor Constantine, who declared Christianity the official religion in the 4th Century. The move from Rome to Constantinople also reflects the change from pagan worship to Christianity. The gold mosaic icons of God, the Holy Trinity, the Holy Theotokos and our Holy Saints will always be venerated with reverence and respect in this church. Agia Sofia is for all Orthodox Christians throughout the world and for those who want to get close to God. Peace be to all.
@K M Lord Jesus Christ is God, Son of God, Word of God, Wisdom of God. And I remember you. You are Jewish . May Jesus Christ Son of God has mercy on you too.
So beautiful that when the Turks conquered Constantinople, they decided not to destroy the religious site like Muslims and Christians often would when conquering lands but instead converted it to Mosque believing it be too great a sin to destroy, preserving this beautiful 1500 year old architectural masterpiece
You are ignorant. Turks vandalized many Churches including hagia sophia. They destroyed many churches in Cyprus where I live, they made them farms and they destroyed the Hagia Sophia in cyprus. We christians didn't destroy your mosques like the hala sultan tekeshi and many mosques in Cyprus but you destroyed every church in Cyprus. @@RockSmithStudio
@@Vazel what's the point of having churches?? so called city church Rome thousands of churches are empty, no body goes their, just preaches in internet dead religion like Zoroastrian😅
maarij hassan so the evidence for Istanbul being better than Constantinople is that it is not with us right now ? Are u serious!You know more history than me ?! Says the guy that thought Constantinople was a ruin . Istanbul is the inferior version of Constantinople that is fact your argument is fiction
maarij hassan Constantinople is not a ruin you moron.It never was, it was either controlled by the Romans,byzantines or ottomans depending on the time period.
@@evanmedi6144 there are many mosques in Eastern Thrace where Muslims live. The Greeks have treated their Muslims better than Turkey has treated their Christians.
@@JC19676 bullshit the muslims can't even elect a representor for themselves in greece, and resort to pray in basements and not being able to even burry their dead in an islamic cemetary
@slicky villy That is good news and similar to the access provided to the nearby Blue Mosque. I would hope that the restoration of the Christian frescoes would continue. It is not in keeping with Islamic practice to leave likenesses of people on the walls of a mosque.
The difference is that in Spain before the Islamic invasion, Spain was already Christian. And the Christians had taken back what was already theirs. And the mosque of cordoba (current church) had been built over the site of an old Visigothic Christian church, and that was used by both Christians and muslim. But the Emir Abd al-Raḥmān had the brilliant idea of destroying the Christian church To build on top of the destroyed Christian Visigoth church a mosque over it. ;)
Hi Awaysheh, The Muslim Turks should return The Hagia Sophia to the Christians bc it was originally a Church. It is a moral value. It you steal something, you need to restore the stolen goods back to the owner or original status. This is the difference between followers of Christ and followers of Allah. Peace be upon you.
+Kayla Nguyen, I guess everyone should move back to Africa, that's what is truly original. Stop living in the past. Everyone have stolen from everyone else at some point.
I read that there is a phropercy when Otomans enter the Ortodox church Aghia Sophia liturgy was going on.And in one moment the wall cracked inside church and when they take out priests.The liturgy still goes on and Otomans were scared so they keept church closed for couple of days.Since liturgy wasnt finished.....that means it would be ortodox again.
Hagia Sophia is not just one of many, it’s been a mother Church for all Christian Churches for many centuries. Turkish president is making big mistake, demonstrating disrespect for Christians and Christianity.
Anthemius of Tralles (Greek: Ἀνθέμιος ὁ Τραλλιανός, Anthémios o Trallianós; c. 474 - 533 x 558) was a Greek from Tralles who worked as a geometer and architect in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. With Isidore of Miletus, he designed the Hagia Sophia for Justinian I.
"Σώπασε κυρά Δέσποινα και μη πολυδακρύζεις πάλι με χρόνους, με καιρούς, πάλι δικά μας θα 'ναι" Τον τελευταίο λόγο τον έχει ο Θεός.... Γι αυτό μην κάνετε όνειρα Τούρκοι γιατί το σχέδιο του Θεού είναι άλλο!! Το χερουβικό θα ακουστεί ξανά μέσα στην Αγιά Σοφιά!!.... Ζυγώνει η ώρα ξεκίνησε η αντίστροφη μέτρηση!!
As a Turk my opinion is Ayasofya should have been preserved as a museum like what Atatürk did in 1934. It will only occur conflicts from now on like you can see in this comment section. Ayasofya has completed it’s time as church and as a mosque. Now it is the world’s cultural legacy for all human’s to see. Istanbul has many many mosques to worship. This was not a need, it’s only a politicial step.
Eda Hanımefendi; Hiç merak etmeyin,diğer camilerde nasıl tüm insanlar girebiliyorsa,yine girecekler.Hem de ücretsiz.Bakın Fener Patriği yine rahat durmadı.Devamlı Bizans asası ile dolaşıyor.Halbuki eskiden yalnız Eminönü,daha sonra Eyüp kaymakamı şimdi de Fatih Kaymakamı ile muhatap olması ve yalnız İstanbul daki Rumlar ile ilgilenmesi gerekirken neler yapıyor?Lozan'ın 59 maddesini lütfen okuyun.Ve nasıl kayırıldıklarını görün.Lozan da bir çok şeyi hal edemedik.bakın Atatürk bu Patrikhane için ne demiş? "TÜRKİYE'NİN RUM PATRİKHANESİ İÇİN ARAZİ ÜZERİNDE BİR MELCE(sığınılacak yer) GÖSTERMEYE NE MECBURİYETİ VAR? BU FESAT OCAĞININ HAKİKİ YERİ YUNANİSTAN" 425 camiden Ataina da bir tek camimiz yok.Sn Erdoğan çok uğraştı.Yaptık,yapıyoruz dediler ama yapmadılar.Yapılırsa imamı da onlar seçecek.Atina ,Avrupa da tek camisi olmayan başkenttir.Atina da Arap ve Afrikalı Müslümanlar sene de iki defa bayram namazlarını taş,sopa,pislik ve hakaretler altında Atina sokaklarında kılmaktadır.Selanik de camimiz yok.Ölülerini İskeçe veya Gümülcine ye götürüyorlar.Arta şehrinde ki FAİK PAŞA camisi 1976 yılına kadar genel ev olarak kullanıldı. Atatürk'ün din anlayışını biliyoruz.Ancak çok realist liderdir.Bu topraklar da bırakın diğerlerinin okullarını,yalnız American Board'un 426 okulu vardı.Bir kaç tanesi kaldı.Atatürk Bursa ya geldiği zaman şu anda Bursa Anadolu Kız Meslek Lisesi olan American collage de iki kızın Hristiyan olduğunu duyunca okulu kapattı.Bir tanesi şu anda yeğeni Pof olan Tv ler de görülen ve Nişantaşı'nda ilk defa doğum evi açan kadındı. Aya Sofya için o tarihlerde ABD senatörlerinin telgraf çektiği biliniyor.Hatta ABD elçisinin camiler de hutbe ve ezan kontrolü yaptığı da biliniyor. Atatürkçülüğün arkasına sığınarak batı hayranlığını bırakmak ve bu millete kulak vermek lazım.Bize saygı göstermeyene ,biz neden gösterelim.Kurtuba camisinde kim namaz kılabiliyor? Yunan kankanız siz tebrik etmiş.Bunlar kadar kafası çalışmayan fitne bir millet yoktur sanırım.Laf söz dinlemezler.Din etkisi çok fazladır.TH-cam da Prof ve eski kuvvet komutanlarının konuşmaları var.Dün de dinlemediler,bugünde dinlemiyorlar.Yorumunuza yorum yapan Yunanlı Türkiyeden gitme ve Türkçeyi biliyorki kanka yazmış.Hâlâ 18 milyonluk İstanbul'u 11 milyonluk Yunanistan ile almaya kalkacak kadar hayalperestler.Yanında da eşantiyon olarak asia minör'ü istiyorlar.Gn Metaxas'ı geçmişte dinlemediler ,tokadı yediler.Bir daha yaparlarsa ilk kuruldukları 55.000 km2 lik Moraya sıkışırlar.Yemeklerimizi,müziklerimizi alıp önce kardeş /ortak diyerek Yunan malı yaptıklarını sana hırsız,yaramaz,arsız bu milletin geçmişteki Yunan ile alakaları yoktur.Çekik gözlü,yuvarlak yüzlü Yunan nasıl olabilir? Bize Moğol,Mongol,Bizans tohumu diyenlerin kendilerini sorgulamaları lazım.İngilizce yazabilirdim.Ama Türkçe yazmayı tercih ettim.
Ayasofya fethin sembolüdür. Boyle olması gerekiyordu zaten.İnsan hakları vs gibi konulara değinmissiniz ama camii olduğundan dolayı her dinden insan girebilir.Kimse gayri müslümler giremez demedi.Üzülüyorum bu tarz yorumlara,üzülüyorum İslam'ın cok yanlış anlaşılmasına.Zamanında kimse yahudileri istemezken Osmanlı onları zalimlerden kurtarmıştır, İngiltere İrlanda'yı açlıkla tek başına bırakırken Osmanlı yardım etmiş. Şimdide neredeyse 500 küsür yılı aşkın surede müslüman topraklarında olan olay için neler yapıyorlar.
I really want to see this. It's amazing that this church still stands from the Roman Empire. It's terrible that no one has stopped ISIS. Hopefully, things will change for the better in the near future. God bless.
One small detail: you sais that Constantinople was renamed Istanbul as soon as 1453; I think it's much more later than that, during the XIX th century in fact....
maarij hassan she is oppressed just like all women in modern Turkey are. My father, my grandparents, my great grandparents, great great great....we’re born in Constantinople...Phanar and Beyoglu or Pera...so we don’t need lessons from a new immigrant like yourself on who’s Greek, or Byzantine, or Rum. We are all three and proud of it.
I read how the Greeks rebel and call Aya Sophia their church, but this is neither Turkish nor Greek, but only an Orthodox church built during the Roman Empire, the eastern part of which was called Byzantium. So this is a Byzantine Orthodox church. and there is the end of everything. I can also turn a mosque into a church in my country, but realistically it is a mosque, not a church. That's vandalism. But well, in such a world we live and people are unfortunately bad.
@@shader9995 His mother was Greek. And the empire had turned 100% Greek by the 6th century, with only Greek as its official language. Latin was abolished and forgotten even by the emperors. And btw the cathedral of Agia Sophia as we know it until this day, was designed by the Greek architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus and built during the reign of the Emperor Justinian, not Constantine the Great.
@@shader9995 I am not religious and i just want the Turks to respect it as a monument and turn it back to museum like it used to be for the last hundred years. But they will not do it. They will just keep on bragging about turning it into a mosque.
and Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God as stated in 1 Corinthians 1:30 [But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation].. so the church of Hagia Sophia means the church of Jesus Christ! Amazing ..they actually have a lot of churches throughout the eastern world built from the Byzantine empire.
@@jgappy5643 humanity is screwed, according to Christ, compared to our fate we would find it’s safer in Sodom on the day of judgement. But we have a way out one day through his death and resurrection ☦️
The treasures lost! The table of the last supper and the nails of the passion! 😢 I’ve been to Istanbul and to the National Museum, there and on display are Muhammad’s teeth, beard and staff. To think we lost these artifacts of Christ’s crucifixion is truly gut wrenching, whether you are a believer or not. These men’s lives and deaths changed and continues to change the course of humanity. Tragic these artifacts have been lost to time.
Ah... As a Turkish girl, I still see Hagia Sophia as a church. After the proclamation of the Republic, convert to museum was a good step. But still inadequate, should be opened for worship for Orthodoxs. Everything should stay as it is, the Byzantines and the Ottomans history are important for our lands. They must continue to live in this land, in respect and like themselves. Respect from Istanbul or Constantinople...
Bence müze olarak kalmasi daha doğru çunkü hem ortodoxlarin hemde muslumanlarin orda gecmisi var.Bir taraf için ibadete açilmasi toplumda huzursuzluk yaratabilir.Bir de işin finansal kısmı var.Her yıl binlerce turist ayasofyayi görmek için türkiye geliyor.
@@Astrophysicist90 Turist açısından konuşursak, bu büyük asla dönüş daha çok turist çekecektir. Ben zaten böyle bir hükümetten, böyle bir halktan beklemiyorum bu hareketi. Belki ilerde, daha hoşgörülü bir nesil başa geçtiğinde.
@@Kaan_is_myname97 Olaya sürreal olarak bakarsanız dediğim şey size çok fazla gelebilir Kaan. Şehrin anahtarını verelim demiyorum, zaten onlara ait olan bu Kiliseyi yine bizim himayemizde ibadete açalım diyorum. Yeryüzünde zaten Afganistan ile aynı noktada olan dış imajımızı biraz olsun düzeltir, güzel bir jest yapmış oluruz diyorum. Sadece uzaktan bakmayı deneyin
Ayla, good point. That Church was built 532 to 537 and finished on 27 of December, by African builders. It was built to commemorate the Kristos and the Kristiokas today known as Jesus the Christ and the Virgin Mary. The Catholic Church does not want people to know this....
the reason why,the beautiful church still standing despite of all tragedies happened is that..the great Constantine offer this Church to Mother Mary...
Caravanserai of Life Its beauty resides in its original structure and rich mosaics (specially Deisis and Christ pantocrator), which are a marvel of greek art & architecture and intended for christian use
@@Komnenit In 1204, Europeans came to Istanbul.Aya entered Sofia with her horses.They've been drinking and prostitution.They bought 4 horse statues in Venice's San Marco Square from Istanbul.The Byzantine Emperors repeatedly sought help from the Ottomans.The Ottomans sent their architects to have it repaired.So far, the Turks have taken good care of Sofia.If you remove 4 minarets, the Aya Sofia will fall.You owe the Turks thanks.Come and raise a cross and say your prayers.You couldn't have done it before.
@Saif Kabeer You couldn't pray at all, not in weeks.it was forbidden.Because it was a museum.Now, the Christians can come and take off his cross and pray for themselves.Muslims also spend 5 times.
Reading some of the comments here is fairly depressing, the fact this building is still standing is a testament to to the original builders and maybe even more so to the Ottomans who invaded and kept the building alive as a place of worship to God. That some of the christian artwork even survived as it was turned into a mosque is in my opinion a miracle. If i was an invading general with a new Empire to build, i would probably have obliterated forever any of the christian artwork that was in my new mosque, that the building survived at all after 1453 is unbelievable. I think those minarets make the building look much more beautiful than before. I seem to remember seeing a documentary about the last years of the Byzantine empire, the emperor sent an emissary to Rome looking for help for the coming war with the Ottomans, he needed soldiers to help defend Constantinople, but the popes price for this was for the emperor to disown his Orthodox Christian beliefs, and to come back to the one true church, and on the brink of catastrophe for Constantinople, the Emperor sent word to the pope that he would agree to all the popes demands, and actually did so in writing, and this letter is in the Vatican archives, But it came too late to save the once great Byzantine Empire. Maybe someone would know if this is true or not.
I have heard Christian Orthodox chanting as it was done before the fall of Constantinople in the Hagia Sophia. I have never heard anything thing quite so beautiful and moving.
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Why does this documentary end the tale with Hagia Sophia fading into history? There are islamic services in Cathedral/Mosque today - and it still stands in Istanbul.
You are correct - I was there last October and saw the changes. I’m not sure Ataturk would have approved. When the Ottomans took control of Constantinople the building faded away as the centre of the Orthodox Christian world and would never be the same again.
Visited this place amidst mixed feelings about its conversion. Earlier, Ataturk converted it into a museum. Praying there, has been one of the most relegiously gratifying experiences. The Christian era, mosaics and architectural aspects of this iconic building, are impossible to be overlooked. Hope there is some way of addressing the reservations of people of faith in the Christian world.
would you please STOP saying "Hajji" Sophia is Greek pronunciation!!! Youre just making it up. The Greeks do not pronounce the initial H at all, so it was "Aghia" in original classical form, but in new Greek it was softened to Aya. That is what the Turks heard, learned and repeat to the present. So, either Aghia Sophia or Aya Sophia, but not Hajji Sofia!!
You are right about the pronunciation in Greek and Turkish. However, my pronunciation is the anglicized version spoken in North America. As another example we regularly mangle the pronunciation of French words like nitch for niche and click for clique and many more.
I am afraid not. This negligence leading to error is not excusable on that ground--because that ground is imgainary and not real. To mispronounce things and then excuse them as "this is how we do it at home" is a bombast. You are highly educated and physically quite capable of pronouncing things correctly ---as is done in the major Ivy League schools in the States (yes I have attended lectures there) or in any reputable institution in the States. Fix the error instead of trying to excuse it, pls
clarence spencer If you can convince the man - Lars Brownworth - who wrote one of the best modern books on the Byzantine Empire to change his pronunciation (th-cam.com/video/M7vs0taDpuI/w-d-xo.html) then I will change mine.
@@iEditPostEdmonton Madam, he also pronounces Byzantine as "By Zan Tyne". Would you also do that? Just because someone commits an error, should you also follow him? But as the old adage goes: "One cannot force knowledge on the unwilling." Then do carry one: Hajji Sofia it is
Where you there to see all this very specific details? If yes, then you must have been one of the 4th crusaders who looted and destroyed much of it by reporting all the lurid "facts" to whitewash the barbaric act
I think the name Constantinople is more beautiful than istanbul... I also feel that, Mr president should also give a door for orthodox christian brothers who are very close to belief to Muslims...This is a love for orthodox christian brothers...Emperor Justinian was suffering from Plague and glorious lord gave him healing after a long prayer! The orthodox christian brothers are very pious in faith... The house of lord should be fulfilled again with devoted worshippers and long long crying prayer!!
@Newww123 New Look there is a cathedral called Cordoba mosque and there are more 300 hundred mosques that turned to ti masque ls The crime of Christians are filling the word in the present ans the past Ask red Indians black Africans ask the Christians from other sects ask the non Christians that turned to Christianity by force in the early centuries before the sending of the Prophet peace and blessings of Allah upon him you are hypocrites
Γκρηνιάρης # you talking about Western Europe East Europeans or under the Muslim yo coaster 800 900 years? Hundreds of years before Constantinople fell
Is St. John the Baptist buried here? i heard and saw a scene where John Paul 2 knelt at The Baptists grave therein the church. the Mosque clergy walked on. i could be mistaken, saw this scene .???????
The Turkish dictator has committed sacrilege. Christians are banned from seeing the key areas on the second level. This too will pass. He is not immortal.
Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah himself said, "O Children of Israel, you shall worship GOD; my Lord and your Lord." Anyone who sets up any idol beside GOD, GOD has forbidden Paradise for him, and his destiny is Hell. The wicked have no helpers.
@bach at tell us is when maria was pregnant how old was jozef ? Christ himself tells the story of his step-father, claiming Joseph was 90 years old when he married Mary and died at 111..Some historians accounts state that at the time of her betrothal to Joseph, Mary was 11 years old, and he was 90 years old, According to ancient Jewish custom, Mary could have been betrothed at about 11..this information is available on the internet..now you batch you still have a big mouth..
Thanks Koos. The original direction of prayer was to Jerusalem. Then Mahummed changed it to Mecca when he conquered Mecca. Most Muslims are unaware the direction of prayer changed. To me, it seems that Muslims are following and worshipping God. Jerusalem is where the temple was and where Jesus Christ visited and read The Torah scrolls.
Hi Koos, I meant to say to me Muslims follow and worship Mahummed not God ,because they would have kept the original prayer direction to Jerusalem. Mahummed changed it to Mecca and people accepted it w/o question. Jerusalem is where God was worshiped after Moses days.
+Kayla Nguyen All the monotheistic religions believe in the same god. The difference lies in what they believe was the message. Otherwise they would be polytheistic.
Hagia Sofia was built when Islam as a religion did not even exist. You can put minarets on it, it does not make it a mosque, just like a cat who can bark, but it doesn't make it a dog.
@Ozkan Onalan hahah facing mekka, so what? So is my grocery store but it doesn't count as a mosque? And what does make. You think im catholic? Just as my name says, im Serbian and orthodox by religion. If it was a mosque then why the orthodox icones on it? I guess you need to read some history books, because clearly you don't have a clue. Surch when hagia Sofia has been built and then as a Muslim you should know that at that time your religion did not evwn exist.
@@Girlnextdoor679 Just like how it is basically impossible for native Americans to reclaim their lands. Hagia Sophia will be hard to reclaim by Christians. Plus most Christians and Muslims don't really care if Hagia is made a church or a mosque. Best case scenario is that it will be considered historical antique.
the turkish governer is change to mosque why ? i heard one thing they want distru the vargin mary and jessus paint many times but they cant distru bc they know it.
There was also PORNAI Street, which is now ASMALI ÇEŞME Street, close to Sultanahmed square.On this street, a dancer named Teodora used to dance and prostitution.Emperor Justinian saw and liked Theodara.He married her.The word porn came from this street.There was a hipodrom in Sultanahmed square.On 13 January 532, this hipodrom also had a riot.Emperor Justiinyanus tried to escape.But Empress Teodara did not allow the Emperor to escape...He closed the doors of the hipodrom and killed them.During this riot, half of the city was burnt down and Hagia Sophia was destroyed for the second time.On 23 February 532, Hagia Sophia began to be rebuilt.On 27 December 537, Hagia Sophia was opened.On 23 February 532, Hagia Sophia began to be rebuilt.On 27 December 537, Hagia Sophia was opened.On 23 February 532, Hagia Sophia began to be rebuilt.On 27 December 537, Hagia Sophia was opened.Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, who did not look at this Hagia Sophia and did not take it out of the mosque, said that he should suffer the wrath of Allah.The Hagia Sophia was owned by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in the Ottoman and Turkish Republic.Until July 10, 2020, Hagia Sophia was both a mosque and a museum.The mosque name was not removed.Muslims were also worshipping in a small place in Hagia Sophia.The Turks did not make the great and beautiful Caimi bigger than Hagia Sophia.Because they loved it. İt was the memory of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror.But they also built the great Selimiye Mosque, which is more beautiful in Edirne.Hagia Sophia and come for worship.Historians want you to think there are 30,000 human bones under your feet as you walk through the Sultanahmed Square.
1. The Greek word "πορεύο" (porneio) means "prostitution". So they named that place that way because of prostitution, not the other way around. Pornography "porneio" (prostitution) + "grapho" (depiction) has greek etymology as many international terms. 2. Saint Empress Theodora did practice prostitution, but after an encounter with Patriarch Timothy III on the streets of Constantinople she converted to Christianity. It's not her previous life which makes her virtuous, but her example of abandoning the ways of sin and dedicating to Christian life. Such examples exist in Christianity such as St. Mary the Egyptian who used to practice prostitution and converted to Christianity, becoming a nun and practicing ascetic life. They are examples of determination in changing ur life for virtue. Ur argument in which Emperor Justinian is bad because he married a former prostitute is invalid, as Prophet Solomon (Suleyman) lived all his life in virtue and for which he was granted wisdom, but when he was old he had over 500 concubines and he worshipped pagan idols. 3. Holy Wisdom Church is the core of Orthodox Christianity and the most known masterpiece of Byzantine architecture. Hapily (Inşallah) Attaturk decided to give back to Hagia Sophia its former Christian identity, uncovering the beautiful icons made in mosaic. Hagia Sophia became a place of coexistence between Muslims and Christians where they could both pray and admire this wonderful piece of architecture and art. This is no longer the case when the dictator Erdogan decided to put a plaster over the former identity of the Holy Wisdom Cathedral and make it an exclusive Muslim place. It s too much regrettable.
@@alexandersohn569I agree with what you said about Teodora.I explained the historical event and the fact that she saved her Imperial husband ,Byzantium.I didn't write anything bad.I wrote that historians say that there are 30,000 human bones under your feet in Sultanahmed square. The mosaics were open until 1800.Some were painted over around the year 1800.Around 1850, The Architect Fossati worked at Hagia Sophia.However,it was very soon understood that he had taken away some of the works, corrupted some of them, and put up Masonic signs.In 1204, the Europeans did much damage to Hagia Sophia.They took away many statues and artifacts.Their first architect was pagan.They also say there are Pagan signs for him.I don't have that much information on me.I wanted to brief those who would travel alone
Dictator Erdogan ? You have a personal hatred in your heart because Erdogan was democratically elected by the Turks. A dictator is someone who comes to power forcefully through a coup d etat..
Magatism Yeah , but Ottoman Empire again much stronger and bigger than Turkey and will last forever. Long and successful life to Turkic people Anatolia.
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It's so wonderful to appreciate the golden legacy of Greek culture in such beautiful buildings as Hagia Sophia. Also, Byzantine art is incredibly beautiful.
The Greeks were Illiterate. That architecture is from African people...
Komnenit, you are Historically incorrect. The Greeks and Romans were ILLITERATE. How do I know this...
Because they had no Learning Institutions. Further the Greek Script is not the script of the Greek people. It belongs to the Ancient Egyptians. It is from them that the Greeks learned their culture. That Church was commissioned by Justinian and finished on 27th December 537. It was actually built by African Architects and Builders to commemorate the Kristos and the Kristiokas, renamed the Theotakas.
@cam3lopard
They stand the test of time. Correct. That's because the Europeans cannot bring themselves to admit the Truth.
Europeans did not have the knowledge of extracting shaping and building with stone in that heat. They would get skin cancer. That's why the Ancient Egyptians left a legacy of Monuments and Temples in stone.
Research the Moors in Spain who brought civilization there.
@cam3lopard The Church of Kristos and Kristokas now known as the Hagia Sophia was built by African Architects and builders. Built 532 to 537 finished on 27th December. That day was celebrated for 916 years was the birth of the Kristos. If you look at that church with the dome, that knowledge was only in the hands of African builders. When Christianity moved to Rome, Eugenius IV and then Nicholas V began the construction of St Peters Basilica in 1445, using the Moors, financed by the Capitalists. St Paul's Cathedral followed in the 16th Century, the White House in America was built in the 18th Century again by the Moors who were expelled from Spain. Do your research on Moorish Spain, who are descendants of the Ancient Egyptians. They brought a higher Civilisation and built the cities of Cordoba, Granada, Alhambra Castle to name a few places, you don't need to look far to find this out. At this time the Spanish were non literate, savage and had a murder mind set. See history of the Massacre of the Native Americans. The rest of Europe had a sanitation problem, the Great Plague in the 17th Century and the Black Death in the 14th Century. Europe did not develop under the Greeks or the Romans because they were illiterate. Do your research.
@cam3lopard No No No you have been miss informed by European Lies. There was no or little Greco Roman influence in the west. There was only the east, known as Byzantium. They were finally usurped by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The Moors were invited into the land area today we call Spain and in 700 years a higher order civilisation was introduced. Do your research.
When I taught English in Istanbul/Constantinople 2006 I visited the church eight times and I spent about 3 hours each visit. As an ethnic Greek it was very sacred and hard to leave. I also sat on a park bench between the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque and just stared at this magnificent church and the flowers and water fountain added to the beauty. I generally reserve this for nature like my hike today in the mountainous Arizona high desert.
@Fahad Ahmad A church is always a church
Absolutely beautiful. Fantastic example of Christian Architecture and art. God bless everyone :)
M C Didn’t you read how Islam destroyed the pre-islamic cultures of the Levant, North Africa ect. The Incas still exist to this day. There are a dozen official indigenous languages in Bolivia and Paraguay.
@M C the idiot is you there is the secret of building church in chirstian books
@M C who ordered this church to be built? Christian emperors in a Christian empire
@M C how could you say idiot if you dont even know what this building for this is a giant chuch for the cristians thats why theres a christian image alot of them is gone
Because of sacking and looting and some burning
@M C dumbass many Orthodox Churches across culture have the same basic Architectural principles from religion
There is a prophecy concerning the future return of Constantinople to Greece:
"A Constantine built it, a Constantine lost it, a Constantine will recover it".
Greece is Fucked by the EU hahahahaah, try to solve it,better than believing in prophecies pitty!!!
jaw hdi Last time Greece was broken,doubled its size.Even you a barbarian (non Greek I mean) should know about Balkan War 1, Balkan War 2.So now it s a good time also.
I think that the prophecy mentioned by you is ur own prophecy
More wishful thinking than some supposed prophecy.
Παλι με χρονια με καιρους παλι δικια μας δανε !!!!
Beautiful Orthodox Christian church
No
@@hurriyetperver5272yes
Hahaha no lol 🤣
It is an Orthodox Cathedral, it is Greek, its name is Hagia Sophia and the city's name is Constantinople (aka 'Istanbul' from the words 'Is Tin Poli' which means 'At The City') and remember that the Greeks shall return to unveil the figures that were scrapped off or covered and offer it to the whole humanity as its presence is of universal value and its meaning wraps up a constellation of peaceful and sacred values that barbarians who conquer for the sake of authority and expansion are sublimely unaware of. PS: the name Turks use to refer to the cathedral is Ayasofya and that name is ...Greek.
These Greeks fly so high and live in a dream.The current image of Aya Sofia did not exist 567 years ago.The Turks protected her and repaired her constantly.The Ottomans made 50,000 gold repairs each year.AYA SOFIA IS A TURKISH-BYZANTINE WORK.Had the Turks not permanently repaired it and built additional buildings ,it would have been demolished.
@mtl- grk THE LATINS ,THE CATHOLIC EUROPEANS AND THE POPE, HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE TURKS.BEFORE 1453,BYZANTINE GRAND DUKE NOTARAS SAID," I PREFER THE TURBAN OF THE TURKS RATHER THAN THE CATHOLIC CONES."
The current image of Aya Sofia did not exist 567 years ago.The Turks protected her and repaired her constantly.The Ottomans made 50,000 gold repairs each year.AYA SOFIA IS A TURKISH-BYZANTINE WORK.Had the Turks not permanently repaired it and built additional buildings ,it would have been demolished.DON'T CRY
@mtl- grk Don't cry,don't be sad.You'll be a Muslim too.
@mtl- grk Don't cry,don't be sad.You'll become a Muslim.And soon.Churches are empty all over the world.Are you a priest?24.there is no place left in the square of Sultanahmed in July.You come back later.
@mtl- grk Ya ne mankafa adamsın.O kadar ingilizce yazdık.Öğrenemedinmi?Bize teşekkür etmelisiniz.Bizans zamanında ,Bizans İmparatorları yardım İstedi Osmanlıdan.Osmanlı Padişahları ,mimar göndererek Aya Sofya yı tamir ettirdi.1204 de Latinler ,Ayasofya ya atları ile girdiler.Kadınları raks yaptırdılar,fuhuş yaptılar,şarap içtiler.Fatih Sultan Mehmet ise atından indi.Ayasofya'nın içine girip namaz kıldı.Dua etti.Harabe halinde ,örümcekler kaplamıştı.Seni tamir edeceğim Ayasofya dedi.Zaten 1453 den önce Bizans Grand Dükü Notaras " Latin külahı (Yani katolik Baratası) görmektense,Müslüman Türk sarığını tercih ederim " dedi.
Osmanlı her sene 50.000 altınla tamir yaptı. Binayı destekledi.Bugünkü şekli ile Bizans zamanındaki şekil farklı.Öküzlük de etmeyin.Bütün kiliseleriniz boş.Türkler bakımını yapmasa çoktan Ayasofya yıkılırdı.
Zaten dünyanın Müslümanlıktan başka çaresi kalmadı.Sende olacaksın merak etme.En iyisi bir an önce ol.
I’m Turkish, I’ve visited Hagia Sophia for many times. This church has something else.. its aura and energy are so great that I get goosebumps in my every visit. Kinda wishing it remained as a cathedral though. But those things are in the past, there’s no need for hate anymore
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@@tayyabkhan5763 As a Turk ı want to say you, erdogan is a thief, we dont like him. He uses religion for his own political situation.
@@tayyabkhan5763 ı dont understand why pakistani's love erdogan so much... Look your own business. We live in this country we are actually seeing his dictatorship. He puts innocent people to the jails. He takes so much taxes and use this money for his stupid things.
@@batuhanyldrm1892 I say that I love ottoman empire. And erdogan is the only person who end the anti Islamic law in Turkey
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It should be a Orthodox Church again ☦️
And Santa Maria should be a mosque
@@Morrocan_dna you’re country is a big sign what Muslims country’s get because you don’t believe in god. The only god is Jesus Christ ☦️
dont belive stupid things :)
no more idol worship, so no
@@Morrocan_dnaand the Kaaba should return to the pagan gods
Beautiful temple of Jesus it will always remain his Church no matter what. The one who steals from others can never become owner. He still remains a thief and a sinner in the eyes of the Lord.
Loni my dear He conquered the whole Istanbul. It was you people who hid inside a fort.
I think he should have destroyed this church to the ground.
Opridai 206 Go read Quran properly what Allah speaks of stealing and coveting a true Muslim will not steal others property.
Holy Quran Says - And eat up not one another’s property unjustly (in any illegal way e.g. stealing, robbing, deceiving, etc.), .nor give bribery to the rulers (judges before presenting your cases) that you may knowingly eat up a part of the property of others sinfully. (Quran 2:188) Now my take on this matter is if a mosque was taken up by some Christians it must be returned back to the worshippers. So what happened to Sultan Mehmet’s Empire it was destroyed and eradicated with time. So were Romans and Mughals. Wrath of Allah will be on those who do not follow him correctly🤝🤝🤝🙏🙏
@Muhammad Ali bro I am not the owner God is. I am a mere voice that pleads people to do good and follow God. I am just a mere human today I am here tomorrow I’m gone..
It is better if hagia sophia still a cathedral. If it full restored as a church it will be awsome.
No, that would be a huge waist as there are almost no christians living in Istanbul. The Ottomans atleast let the building stay instead of destroying it like western countries did in colonial countries. Such as the Spanish, who destroyed almost all Mayan ancient monuments in South-America.
oh wow like their are no myan temples in Mexico. dumbass
+Batuhan Respected it? They covered priceless mosaics in plaster and scratched the eyes of the Saints in the walls, were in Earth did you see any respect ? Or this is what you are lectured from birth, when I was in Turkey I checked a school book and saw some absurd nonsence of the Turks be the descendants of Trojans and I could not hold muself from laughing so intenesly that that charlatane of a historian who handed me the toilet paper of a book got irritated.
Batuhan Orlando beginning World War I. there about 300,000 Christians in Constantinople. Ataturk did his little ethnic cleansing not only Constantinople but all over Western Anatolia till 1922 or more
Batuhan it would be foolish for the item is to destroy is Sophia that place was awesome and the Muslims know it that's why they converted it.
This is probably the most awesome work of art ever.
But it's a Christian work of art. Not Muslim. It is not a Mosque.
adriana lainez it was a mosque under the ottomans because of conquest
@@Sea-zu4bj So what? It was a church for 1000 years before that. It's a church.
adriana lainez it was a mosque 400 years ago
@@Sea-zu4bj And a church for over 1000 years. So it's a church dedicated to the Holy Wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Emperors and bishops are buried there. Christians for over 1000 years. It was never a Mosque. It was a mosque in disquise. Under the paint are all the pictures of Jesús and Mary and all the Saints. All Christians.
It should be a museum.
Hagia Sophia Turkish mosque
@@jmbkdys3018 ottoman mosgue
true
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@@Abu_Hussein111
Is this the morals you learn in church? 🤔🤔🤔
as a Christian it's so sad to know the story of Hagia Sofia
It’s still standing
Cry me a river.
K M what the hell did you manage to infer for that comment to make you assume he is ignorant. Palestine is suffering regardless
K M oh yeah those people are sad laughing at crises
@@Sea-zu4bj
Its Israel
Wht is Palestine?
Fun fact:
The name Istanbul has Hellenic roots!
Constantinople means the city of Constantine
Istanbul comes from a Hellenic saying!
Hellenes used to refer to Constantinople as Η Πόλη/I Pòli which means THE City!
No any city but The City!
The Hellenic saying:
Εις την Πόλην / Is tin Pòlin means ‘’to The City’’
Is tin Polin
Is tin Pol
IsTinPol
Istanbul
...........Hellenic 🇬🇷
They may hung all these nonsense around, they may cover all of the Hagiographies around, they may built another 10 minarets around...
Hagia Sofia was, is and forever will be an Orthodox Church!
They want to pray in it? Fine!
I wonder what other religion’s believers would accept to pray in another religion’s temple!
They pray inside a Church...🤯🤯🤯
They pray under the Pantokràtor!
They pray under the Holy Mary!
Are they not ashamed of that as sooooo strong Muslim believers???
Perhaps they want to pray to Jesus!
Perhaps they pray to Theotokos for mercy!
💙🇬🇷🇬🇷🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻🇬🇷🇬🇷💙
For Muslims, everywhere in the world is a place of worship. Hagia Sophia is now a mosque, and it will stay that way forever. You cannot change it.
@@liberta_leone2443 😂😂😂😂😂
I understand that in the most inner parts of your heart you like the fact that you pray in a Greek Orthodox Church!
I don’t know many mosques to have Greek Christian names...
We also would never name our churches Mohamed or Mehmet or whatever...
But you pray in a Church😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Kolious_Thrace It used to be a church, a mosque since 1453. Which mosque did we give the Greek name? tell me if you know.
@@liberta_leone2443 Hagia Sofia that you claimed as a mosque!
Do you know what Αγία Σοφία/Hagia Sofia means???
@@Kolious_Thrace Hagia Sophia is different from other mosques. It includes both Christian and Islamic culture. It has a symbolic meaning. That's why the name has not been changed.
Like I said, it used to be a church. You lost in 1453, it passed into our hands. We turned it into a mosque. You can come and visit, there is no problem.
Byzantine art at it's finest. The Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Shrine in NYC is modeled after Agia Sofia Byzantine architecture.
I'll have to visit it sometime...it sounds beautiful.
Hagia Sophia was never Greek. It is a basilica of the Roman Empire.
Agia Sofia was constructed in the 6th century under Emperor Justinian. The head of the Roman Empire was moved from Rome to Byzantium, which was renamed Constantinople. The city was renamed after Emperor Constantine, who declared Christianity the official religion in the 4th Century.
The move from Rome to Constantinople also reflects the change from pagan worship to Christianity. The gold mosaic icons of God, the Holy Trinity, the Holy Theotokos and our Holy Saints will always be venerated with reverence and respect in this church. Agia Sofia is for all Orthodox Christians throughout the world and for those who want to get close to God. Peace be to all.
As far as them I’m concerned Hagia Sophia is a church not a mosque
Keep crying infidel. 😛
It is a mosque.
*was
Ottomans toke it and now it’s a mosque do something about it. U can’t case it was conquered so its thiers they do what ever the want
@@real01afghan21 So conquor is fine when Muslims do it?
@@real01afghan21 I bet you cry about United States....
I cannot even watch it all.
One day..
Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us!
He is not your lord your lord is god worship god not Jesus worship god just like how Jesus worshiped him
@@rpgman6464 Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on Mohammed Bilal.
@K M Lord Jesus Christ is God, Son of God, Word of God, Wisdom of God. And I remember you. You are Jewish . May Jesus Christ Son of God has mercy on you too.
@al - Masih Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on Al Masih.
Pray to the father which Jesus used to pray,.the one true god,god almighty,.
Lovely.
The music is wonderful.
Many thanks. 🌷
Thank you.
Once a church always be a church
See you there on Friday prayer 😙
@@jadonmuller1576 lol
@@jadonmuller1576 will always be a mosque
@@realhuman8032 it was never a mosque and it will never be!! Scratch and remove whatever u want..u will still have a church!!
@@realhuman8032 Bruh a lot of the walls have Jesus that's makes the whole place forced as a mosque.
It nearly bankrupted the empire, but it was the mother of all churches.
So beautiful that when the Turks conquered Constantinople, they decided not to destroy the religious site like Muslims and Christians often would when conquering lands but instead converted it to Mosque believing it be too great a sin to destroy, preserving this beautiful 1500 year old architectural masterpiece
You are ignorant. Turks vandalized many Churches including hagia sophia. They destroyed many churches in Cyprus where I live, they made them farms and they destroyed the Hagia Sophia in cyprus. We christians didn't destroy your mosques like the hala sultan tekeshi and many mosques in Cyprus but you destroyed every church in Cyprus. @@RockSmithStudio
@@Vazel what's the point of having churches?? so called city church Rome thousands of churches are empty, no body goes their, just preaches in internet dead religion like Zoroastrian😅
Upsetting to see what they did to the most amazing Christian church😢
Final Truth very true
maarij hassan so the evidence for Istanbul being better than Constantinople is that it is not with us right now ? Are u serious!You know more history than me ?! Says the guy that thought Constantinople was a ruin . Istanbul is the inferior version of Constantinople that is fact your argument is fiction
maarij hassan Constantinople is not a ruin you moron.It never was, it was either controlled by the Romans,byzantines or ottomans depending on the time period.
Deb Headdy Hagia Sophia is Muslim mosque since 1453...
+Sun shine. What do you mean they??? By the way your username is misleading. You should change it bitch.
The art work is wonderful, and narrated nicely
Thank you. I appreciate that.
Where`s the cross???
Its painful to watch in the name of religion this greatest church was done in what we see today.
Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου, ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου, γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς. Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον· καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν· καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.
Αμήν.
Gio Antony fhifncjrj
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Inna fatahna laka fathan mubeenan
Verily We have granted thee a manifest Victory♥️
MashALLAH. Elhamdulillah.
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It's so depressing to see how Hagia Sofia has been defaced
i think it looks fine, at least turks converted it into a museum, what about the thousends of mosques abolished in Athens alone?
@@evanmedi6144 what about the million crunches destroyed in Anatolia?
@@Marios-vy5gd why the hell would anyone destroy crunches
@@evanmedi6144 there are many mosques in Eastern Thrace where Muslims live. The Greeks have treated their Muslims better than Turkey has treated their Christians.
@@JC19676 bullshit the muslims can't even elect a representor for themselves in greece, and resort to pray in basements and not being able to even burry their dead in an islamic cemetary
Ironic. The Hagia Sophia is a mosque now and the Mosque of Córdoba is a Church. Make them museums so we can all admire their beauty
So we can enjoy our shared humanity.
the córdoba church was originally a church. when muslims took over spain they converted the church into a mosque
@slicky villy That is good news and similar to the access provided to the nearby Blue Mosque. I would hope that the restoration of the Christian frescoes would continue. It is not in keeping with Islamic practice to leave likenesses of people on the walls of a mosque.
@slicky villy yet, we orthodox Christian’s who built it are barred from worshipping in it.
The difference is that in Spain
before the Islamic invasion, Spain was already Christian. And the Christians had taken back what was already theirs. And the mosque of cordoba (current church) had been built over the site of an old Visigothic Christian church, and that was used by both Christians and muslim. But the Emir Abd al-Raḥmān had the brilliant idea of destroying the Christian church To build on top of the destroyed Christian Visigoth church a mosque over it. ;)
Hi Awaysheh,
The Muslim Turks should return The Hagia Sophia to the Christians bc it was originally a Church. It is a moral value. It you steal something, you need to restore the stolen goods back to the owner or original status. This is the difference between followers of Christ and followers of Allah. Peace be upon you.
+Kayla Nguyen The Hagia Sophia is a mosque. That's it. Also it was originally a pagan temple, not a church.
+Genchmen it was a church
+Genchmen It was built by the Christian Emperor Justinian. It was not only a church, but a cathedral.
+Kayla Nguyen really isnt that exatly what spain is doing with the mezquita and other muslim herritages!!!!!!!!!!!
+Kayla Nguyen, I guess everyone should move back to Africa, that's what is truly original. Stop living in the past. Everyone have stolen from everyone else at some point.
I read that there is a phropercy when Otomans enter the Ortodox church Aghia Sophia liturgy was going on.And in one moment the wall cracked inside church and when they take out priests.The liturgy still goes on and Otomans were scared so they keept church closed for couple of days.Since liturgy wasnt finished.....that means it would be ortodox again.
Interesting
Hagia Sophia is not just one of many, it’s been a mother Church for all Christian Churches for many centuries.
Turkish president is making big mistake, demonstrating disrespect for Christians and Christianity.
Wait until they running out of oil.
@@user-lr6hw4dq4t did somebody say oil?!
@@corneliusquincydavenportic1913 arabian oil. They're good for your pubic hair
Basically conversion of it in mousq is good idea, Masjid is a Respectful place
The Mosque is a house of God too, I don’t see the problem here, stop with the unnecessary Christians bias
Anthemius of Tralles (Greek: Ἀνθέμιος ὁ Τραλλιανός, Anthémios o Trallianós; c. 474 - 533 x 558) was a Greek from Tralles who worked as a geometer and architect in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. With Isidore of Miletus, he designed the Hagia Sophia for Justinian I.
A sad part of history!!!😢
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@@vizibilibende5194 Your current life...
"Σώπασε κυρά Δέσποινα και μη πολυδακρύζεις
πάλι με χρόνους, με καιρούς, πάλι δικά μας θα 'ναι"
Τον τελευταίο λόγο τον έχει ο Θεός.... Γι αυτό μην κάνετε όνειρα Τούρκοι γιατί το σχέδιο του Θεού είναι άλλο!! Το χερουβικό θα ακουστεί ξανά μέσα στην Αγιά Σοφιά!!.... Ζυγώνει η ώρα ξεκίνησε η αντίστροφη μέτρηση!!
Ετσι ακριβως πατριωτισα.Οι Τούρκοι εχουν τα κολυβα στο ζωναρι τους.
Ο καιρός γάρ εγγύς.
Που θα ανάψουμε κεριά;
It was Hagia Sophia.It's not the church.
Yakup climb to the trees mongol
@@andrewpanagios8638 You don't know how to speak/write beautifully.Constant insults.What kind of despicable feeling is that?
As a Turk my opinion is Ayasofya should have been preserved as a museum like what Atatürk did in 1934. It will only occur conflicts from now on like you can see in this comment section. Ayasofya has completed it’s time as church and as a mosque. Now it is the world’s cultural legacy for all human’s to see. Istanbul has many many mosques to worship. This was not a need, it’s only a politicial step.
Eda Hanımefendi;
Hiç merak etmeyin,diğer camilerde nasıl tüm insanlar girebiliyorsa,yine girecekler.Hem de ücretsiz.Bakın Fener Patriği yine rahat durmadı.Devamlı Bizans asası ile dolaşıyor.Halbuki eskiden yalnız Eminönü,daha sonra Eyüp kaymakamı şimdi de Fatih Kaymakamı ile muhatap olması ve yalnız İstanbul daki Rumlar ile ilgilenmesi gerekirken neler yapıyor?Lozan'ın 59 maddesini lütfen okuyun.Ve nasıl kayırıldıklarını görün.Lozan da bir çok şeyi hal edemedik.bakın Atatürk bu Patrikhane için ne demiş? "TÜRKİYE'NİN RUM PATRİKHANESİ İÇİN ARAZİ ÜZERİNDE BİR MELCE(sığınılacak yer) GÖSTERMEYE NE MECBURİYETİ VAR? BU FESAT OCAĞININ HAKİKİ YERİ YUNANİSTAN"
425 camiden Ataina da bir tek camimiz yok.Sn Erdoğan çok uğraştı.Yaptık,yapıyoruz dediler ama yapmadılar.Yapılırsa imamı da onlar seçecek.Atina ,Avrupa da tek camisi olmayan başkenttir.Atina da Arap ve Afrikalı Müslümanlar sene de iki defa bayram namazlarını taş,sopa,pislik ve hakaretler altında Atina sokaklarında kılmaktadır.Selanik de camimiz yok.Ölülerini İskeçe veya Gümülcine ye götürüyorlar.Arta şehrinde ki FAİK PAŞA camisi 1976 yılına kadar genel ev olarak kullanıldı.
Atatürk'ün din anlayışını biliyoruz.Ancak çok realist liderdir.Bu topraklar da bırakın diğerlerinin okullarını,yalnız American Board'un 426 okulu vardı.Bir kaç tanesi kaldı.Atatürk Bursa ya geldiği zaman şu anda Bursa Anadolu Kız Meslek Lisesi olan American collage de iki kızın Hristiyan olduğunu duyunca okulu kapattı.Bir tanesi şu anda yeğeni Pof olan Tv ler de görülen ve Nişantaşı'nda ilk defa doğum evi açan kadındı.
Aya Sofya için o tarihlerde ABD senatörlerinin telgraf çektiği biliniyor.Hatta ABD elçisinin camiler de hutbe ve ezan kontrolü yaptığı da biliniyor.
Atatürkçülüğün arkasına sığınarak batı hayranlığını bırakmak ve bu millete kulak vermek lazım.Bize saygı göstermeyene ,biz neden gösterelim.Kurtuba camisinde kim namaz kılabiliyor?
Yunan kankanız siz tebrik etmiş.Bunlar kadar kafası çalışmayan fitne bir millet yoktur sanırım.Laf söz dinlemezler.Din etkisi çok fazladır.TH-cam da Prof ve eski kuvvet komutanlarının konuşmaları var.Dün de dinlemediler,bugünde dinlemiyorlar.Yorumunuza yorum yapan Yunanlı Türkiyeden gitme ve Türkçeyi biliyorki kanka yazmış.Hâlâ 18 milyonluk İstanbul'u 11 milyonluk Yunanistan ile almaya kalkacak kadar hayalperestler.Yanında da eşantiyon olarak asia minör'ü istiyorlar.Gn Metaxas'ı geçmişte dinlemediler ,tokadı yediler.Bir daha yaparlarsa ilk kuruldukları 55.000 km2 lik Moraya sıkışırlar.Yemeklerimizi,müziklerimizi alıp önce kardeş /ortak diyerek Yunan malı yaptıklarını sana hırsız,yaramaz,arsız bu milletin geçmişteki Yunan ile alakaları yoktur.Çekik gözlü,yuvarlak yüzlü Yunan nasıl olabilir? Bize Moğol,Mongol,Bizans tohumu diyenlerin kendilerini sorgulamaları lazım.İngilizce yazabilirdim.Ama Türkçe yazmayı tercih ettim.
Agreed. The grand Blue Mosque is a very short walk. Ataturk cannot be happy.
@Eray Dokuz cehalet? Sizin kin akıtmanizdan onun bilgi vermesi iyidir.İyi günler.
Ayasofya fethin sembolüdür. Boyle olması gerekiyordu zaten.İnsan hakları vs gibi konulara değinmissiniz ama camii olduğundan dolayı her dinden insan girebilir.Kimse gayri müslümler giremez demedi.Üzülüyorum bu tarz yorumlara,üzülüyorum İslam'ın cok yanlış anlaşılmasına.Zamanında kimse yahudileri istemezken Osmanlı onları zalimlerden kurtarmıştır, İngiltere İrlanda'yı açlıkla tek başına bırakırken Osmanlı yardım etmiş. Şimdide neredeyse 500 küsür yılı aşkın surede müslüman topraklarında olan olay için neler yapıyorlar.
@Eray Dokuz Sen defol terbiyesiz.İşine gelmedi değilmi?
It is my dream to see this place before I die.
I think you better come soon to the City these jihadists fighting jihadist might eventually destroy the church and anything Christian there
I really want to see this. It's amazing that this church still stands from the Roman Empire. It's terrible that no one has stopped ISIS. Hopefully, things will change for the better in the near future. God bless.
One small detail: you sais that Constantinople was renamed Istanbul as soon as 1453; I think it's much more later than that, during the XIX th century in fact....
The title should be 'JEWEL OF THE GREEKS'
i guess Turks aren't Ottomans either then
maarij hassan whatever ...Mongols...we have Thessaloniki which is the birthplace of Ataturk...and the. Mongols will never get it.
maarij hassan you mean not all women dress like that covered wife of Erdogan...she’s wrapped up like a Mexican burrito
maarij hassan she is oppressed just like all women in modern Turkey are. My father, my grandparents, my great grandparents, great great great....we’re born in Constantinople...Phanar and Beyoglu or Pera...so we don’t need lessons from a new immigrant like yourself on who’s Greek, or Byzantine, or Rum. We are all three and proud of it.
@@abotrump5186 nah lol
I read how the Greeks rebel and call Aya Sophia their church, but this is neither Turkish nor Greek, but only an Orthodox church built during the Roman Empire, the eastern part of which was called Byzantium. So this is a Byzantine Orthodox church. and there is the end of everything. I can also turn a mosque into a church in my country, but realistically it is a mosque, not a church. That's vandalism. But well, in such a world we live and people are unfortunately bad.
Greek Orthodox church
@@SKIROJ Constantine Great is also Greek?! Maybe we can say that he is Serbian because he is born in Serbia. LOL
@@shader9995 His mother was Greek. And the empire had turned 100% Greek by the 6th century, with only Greek as its official language. Latin was abolished and forgotten even by the emperors. And btw the cathedral of Agia Sophia as we know it until this day, was designed by the Greek architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus and built during the reign of the Emperor Justinian, not Constantine the Great.
@@theo9952 Now, I just hope Sophia will be again only orthodox church. No matter of anything
@@shader9995 I am not religious and i just want the Turks to respect it as a monument and turn it back to museum like it used to be for the last hundred years. But they will not do it. They will just keep on bragging about turning it into a mosque.
So much sadness in my heart !
It was a museum until recently you could have visited
Hagia Sophia means "Holy Wisdom" (of God) in greek language.
and Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God as stated in 1 Corinthians 1:30 [But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation].. so the church of Hagia Sophia means the church of Jesus Christ! Amazing ..they actually have a lot of churches throughout the eastern world built from the Byzantine empire.
den tous endiaferei i alithia ala to na proothisoun ton pro paaa ganta tous oti h Haghia Sophia den itan Elliniki ala "Romaiki"
Turkey has suffered a big blow from the earthquakes,any connection to this ancient worship shrines and the wrath of The Most High Yah? Just asking.
Was thinking the same
God see everything.
If we think like that, then with all the catastrofes that happened in history, humanity is screwed.
@@jgappy5643 humanity is screwed, according to Christ, compared to our fate we would find it’s safer in Sodom on the day of judgement. But we have a way out one day through his death and resurrection ☦️
I knew someone was gonna say that. Get a life
1000 years and then change happens . Such is life. Food for thought
It seems that a thousand years ago people knew how to build much better than today. Respect to the Greeks.
@Šta te briga Kako se zovem let me guess your turkish? Of course you hate the greeks and christians
The treasures lost! The table of the last supper and the nails of the passion! 😢 I’ve been to Istanbul and to the National Museum, there and on display are Muhammad’s teeth, beard and staff. To think we lost these artifacts of Christ’s crucifixion is truly gut wrenching, whether you are a believer or not. These men’s lives and deaths changed and continues to change the course of humanity. Tragic these artifacts have been lost to time.
What a nice comment section. I hope there aren’t any Greek or Turkish nationalists spreading lies!
This comment section needed a little more levity. : )
Ah...
As a Turkish girl, I still see Hagia Sophia as a church. After the proclamation of the Republic, convert to museum was a good step.
But still inadequate, should be opened for worship for Orthodoxs. Everything should stay as it is, the Byzantines and the Ottomans history are important for our lands. They must continue to live in this land, in respect and like themselves.
Respect from Istanbul or Constantinople...
Bence müze olarak kalmasi daha doğru çunkü hem ortodoxlarin hemde muslumanlarin orda gecmisi var.Bir taraf için ibadete açilmasi toplumda huzursuzluk yaratabilir.Bir de işin finansal kısmı var.Her yıl binlerce turist ayasofyayi görmek için türkiye geliyor.
@@Astrophysicist90 Turist açısından konuşursak, bu büyük asla dönüş daha çok turist çekecektir. Ben zaten böyle bir hükümetten, böyle bir halktan beklemiyorum bu hareketi. Belki ilerde, daha hoşgörülü bir nesil başa geçtiğinde.
@@yaren.4606 istersen tapusunu yunanlara verelim ne dersin kardeş ?
@@Kaan_is_myname97 Olaya sürreal olarak bakarsanız dediğim şey size çok fazla gelebilir Kaan. Şehrin anahtarını verelim demiyorum, zaten onlara ait olan bu Kiliseyi yine bizim himayemizde ibadete açalım diyorum. Yeryüzünde zaten Afganistan ile aynı noktada olan dış imajımızı biraz olsun düzeltir, güzel bir jest yapmış oluruz diyorum. Sadece uzaktan bakmayı deneyin
Ayla, good point. That Church was built 532 to 537 and finished on 27 of December, by African builders. It was built to commemorate the Kristos and the Kristiokas today known as Jesus the Christ and the Virgin Mary. The Catholic Church does not want people to know this....
Thank you very much for this video.(Nikolaos Ioannidis)
Παρακαλώ.
@@iEditPostEdmonton 🙂👏❤️
türküm bu konuda ne yapacaksın ha
@@iEditPostEdmonton ❤️😃❤️🙂
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the reason why,the beautiful church still standing despite of all tragedies happened is that..the great Constantine offer this Church to Mother Mary...
excellent describe
Jewel of the Romans
Take back the city my Roman friend. God bless you and the Roman people of modern day Greece.
This is a really good documentary
B Comoros Thank you. Appreciate the comment.
In Greek it’s Aghia Sophia, not “Haghia.” Please get that right.
"Hagia" is ancient Greek.
@@user-yr4td2ht6s No, it's not.
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Thank you.
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Hagia Sophia is a beautiful legacy of Greek and Roman culture
Caravanserai of Life Its beauty resides in its original structure and rich mosaics (specially Deisis and Christ pantocrator), which are a marvel of greek art & architecture and intended for christian use
@Caravanserai of Life Thanks
@@Komnenit In 1204, Europeans came to Istanbul.Aya entered Sofia with her horses.They've been drinking and prostitution.They bought 4 horse statues in Venice's San Marco Square from Istanbul.The Byzantine Emperors repeatedly sought help from the Ottomans.The Ottomans sent their architects to have it repaired.So far, the Turks have taken good care of Sofia.If you remove 4 minarets, the Aya Sofia will fall.You owe the Turks thanks.Come and raise a cross and say your prayers.You couldn't have done it before.
@Saif Kabeer You couldn't pray at all, not in weeks.it was forbidden.Because it was a museum.Now, the Christians can come and take off his cross and pray for themselves.Muslims also spend 5 times.
@Hindu King Official Are you Jew
Reading some of the comments here is fairly depressing, the fact this building is still standing is a testament to to the original builders and maybe even more so to the Ottomans who invaded and kept the building alive as a place of worship to God. That some of the christian artwork even survived as it was turned into a mosque is in my opinion a miracle. If i was an invading general with a new Empire to build, i would probably have obliterated forever any of the christian artwork that was in my new mosque, that the building survived at all after 1453 is unbelievable. I think those minarets make the building look much more beautiful than before.
I seem to remember seeing a documentary about the last years of the Byzantine empire, the emperor sent an emissary to Rome looking for help for the coming war with the Ottomans, he needed soldiers to help defend Constantinople, but the popes price for this was for the emperor to disown his Orthodox Christian beliefs, and to come back to the one true church, and on the brink of catastrophe for Constantinople, the Emperor sent word to the pope that he would agree to all the popes demands, and actually did so in writing, and this letter is in the Vatican archives, But it came too late to save the once great Byzantine Empire. Maybe someone would know if this is true or not.
"I think those minarets make the building look much more beautiful than before." you really are a weak weak disgrace.
Yes, it is written in all history books
What is the name of chant from 3:50 ?
Sounds Latin, instead of Greek.
I have heard Christian Orthodox chanting as it was done before the fall of Constantinople in the Hagia Sophia. I have never heard anything thing quite so beautiful and moving.
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
I'm Slavic decent... I have heard of that place, I would like to visit this Museum on day😁
😭😭😭😭😭 HAGIA SOPHIA has been reconverted into a mosque......😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
No matter if its a mosque she can still be visited
HEY THIS is great!
Thanks for impormative blog, fully watched from Kuwait.. let's be friend
Good video
Thank you!
someone know the song name at 5:20?
The track title is "Exotic Longing". It was included with Apple Soundtrack Pro many years ago.
iEditPostEdmonton the Turkisc music bro.
@@basriluta1627 Yep. Exotic Longing. Believe it or not.
I am Turkish i can say for you Song Name: Gün Olaydı
Başbuğ Fatih'in girdiği kısımda Gün Olaydı Türküsünü kim seslendiriyor acaba ?
Why does this documentary end the tale with Hagia Sophia fading into history? There are islamic services in Cathedral/Mosque today - and it still stands in Istanbul.
You are correct - I was there last October and saw the changes. I’m not sure Ataturk would have approved. When the Ottomans took control of Constantinople the building faded away as the centre of the Orthodox Christian world and would never be the same again.
Visited this place amidst mixed feelings about its conversion. Earlier, Ataturk converted it into a museum. Praying there, has been one of the most relegiously gratifying experiences.
The Christian era, mosaics and architectural aspects of this iconic building, are impossible to be overlooked. Hope there is some way of addressing the reservations of people of faith in the Christian world.
would you please STOP saying "Hajji" Sophia is Greek pronunciation!!! Youre just making it up. The Greeks do not pronounce the initial H at all, so it was "Aghia" in original classical form, but in new Greek it was softened to Aya. That is what the Turks heard, learned and repeat to the present. So, either Aghia Sophia or Aya Sophia, but not Hajji Sofia!!
You are right about the pronunciation in Greek and Turkish. However, my pronunciation is the anglicized version spoken in North America. As another example we regularly mangle the pronunciation of French words like nitch for niche and click for clique and many more.
I am afraid not. This negligence leading to error is not excusable on that ground--because that ground is imgainary and not real. To mispronounce things and then excuse them as "this is how we do it at home" is a bombast. You are highly educated and physically quite capable of pronouncing things correctly ---as is done in the major Ivy League schools in the States (yes I have attended lectures there) or in any reputable institution in the States. Fix the error instead of trying to excuse it, pls
clarence spencer If you can convince the man - Lars Brownworth - who wrote one of the best modern books on the Byzantine Empire to change his pronunciation (th-cam.com/video/M7vs0taDpuI/w-d-xo.html) then I will change mine.
@@iEditPostEdmonton Madam, he also pronounces Byzantine as "By Zan Tyne". Would you also do that? Just because someone commits an error, should you also follow him? But as the old adage goes: "One cannot force knowledge on the unwilling." Then do carry one: Hajji Sofia it is
Where you there to see all this very specific details? If yes, then you must have been one of the 4th crusaders who looted and destroyed much of it by reporting all the lurid "facts" to whitewash the barbaric act
I think the name Constantinople is more beautiful than istanbul...
I also feel that, Mr president should also give a door for orthodox christian brothers who are very close to belief to Muslims...This is a love for orthodox christian brothers...Emperor Justinian was suffering from Plague and glorious lord gave him healing after a long prayer!
The orthodox christian brothers are very pious in faith...
The house of lord should be fulfilled again with devoted worshippers and long long crying prayer!!
I doubt that you are a Muslim go repent
@Newww123 New Look there is a cathedral called Cordoba mosque and there are more 300 hundred mosques that turned to ti masque ls
The crime of Christians are filling the word in the present ans the past
Ask red Indians black Africans ask the Christians from other sects ask the non Christians that turned to Christianity by force in the early centuries before the sending of the Prophet peace and blessings of Allah upon him you are hypocrites
@Newww123 New we are just exchanging love and compassion with the merciful worshippers of the cross
@Newww123 New Prophet Jesus peace and blessings of Allah upon him will crush and break the cross at the end of times
Marvlous work of art.
Yes it is
jewel of the ROMANS
+Ioannis Stf
If it were Greek they would have already sold it to pay off their debts, thank god it is Turkish, or there would be nothing to see.
Ioannis Stf we said what we have to say in 1453 year.
Ioannis Stf Yes, you did respond after 368 years.how quickly, its too early.I wish, if you'd waited some more.
+Ivan Contreras Jewel of the Theotokos
Γκρηνιάρης # you talking about Western Europe East Europeans or under the Muslim yo coaster 800 900 years? Hundreds of years before Constantinople fell
It is Orthodox and .
Is St. John the Baptist buried here? i heard and saw a scene where John Paul 2 knelt at The Baptists grave therein the church. the Mosque clergy walked on. i could be mistaken, saw this scene .???????
Wow.
Any sultan can fade it's identity. It is remaining a painful monument for every Christian and the best example of the intruders religious tolerance.
It was the Catholics that looted the Church's of Constantinople. Not the Muslims
Too bad, all, your types could do is whine & cry about it.
@@Bombastic87Just like Palestinians 😂
Why do I get recommended this now...
Do you listen to the news?
The H is an anglicization of the word agia in Greek .
Interesting
Greetings to Turkish brother from Egypt 🇪🇬 Egypt
@madcoki Where are you from
@Newww123 New government yes but people support turkey
@Newww123 New I Egypt do you speak Arabic
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@Newww123 New nope I am Arabic
The byzantine was gradually end since crusaders sacked the city, making it vulnerable, helping turks to conquer
@I S maybe you should learn history. Pope innocent iii wasn't that innocent u know 😂
The Turkish dictator has committed sacrilege. Christians are banned from seeing the key areas on the second level. This too will pass. He is not immortal.
@Muhammad Ali romans destroyed pagans and they got what they did!
ur crusades took 2 /3rd of the wealth
@@plataoplomo9096 The Romans were pagans themselves before Christianity became the official religion of the empire, ignorant
Survival of the fittest.
@John Philip I don’t. I won’t anyways when la illaha illalah flies over Capitol.
why do we only rest in peace, why don't we live in peace too?
It's pronounced Agia Sophia in Greek. No "Ha" sound. Devastated with the news.
It's really sad what Hagia Sophia became.... God is crying :(
You're right about this
Nope God is doesn't cry
God exceeds human imagination
Pagans indeed are those who say that GOD is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah himself said, "O Children of Israel, you shall worship GOD; my Lord and your Lord." Anyone who sets up any idol beside GOD, GOD has forbidden Paradise for him, and his destiny is Hell. The wicked have no helpers.
So True. Alhamdulillah
@bach at tell us is when maria was pregnant how old was jozef ? Christ himself tells the story of his step-father, claiming Joseph was 90 years old when he married Mary and died at 111..Some historians accounts state that at the time of her betrothal to Joseph, Mary was 11 years old, and he was 90 years old, According to ancient Jewish custom, Mary could have been betrothed at about 11..this information is available on the internet..now you batch you still have a big mouth..
The truth has prevailed, and falsehood has vanished; falsehood will inevitably vanish !
@bach at Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be defeated, then gathered in Hell; what a miserable abode!" Qur'an[3'12]
@bach at I tell you nothing u dont know never
Hi Koos,
What is a Qibla?
Thanks Koos. The original direction of prayer was to Jerusalem. Then Mahummed changed it to Mecca when he conquered Mecca. Most Muslims are unaware the direction of prayer changed. To me, it seems that Muslims are following and worshipping God. Jerusalem is where the temple was and where Jesus Christ visited and read The Torah scrolls.
Hi Koos,
I meant to say to me Muslims follow and worship Mahummed not God ,because they would have kept the original prayer direction to Jerusalem. Mahummed changed it to Mecca and people accepted it w/o question. Jerusalem is where God was worshiped after Moses days.
+Kayla Nguyen All the monotheistic religions believe in the same god. The difference lies in what they believe was the message. Otherwise they would be polytheistic.
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Hagia Sofia was built when Islam as a religion did not even exist.
You can put minarets on it, it does not make it a mosque, just like a cat who can bark, but it doesn't make it a dog.
@Ozkan Onalan hahah facing mekka, so what? So is my grocery store but it doesn't count as a mosque? And what does make. You think im catholic? Just as my name says, im Serbian and orthodox by religion. If it was a mosque then why the orthodox icones on it? I guess you need to read some history books, because clearly you don't have a clue. Surch when hagia Sofia has been built and then as a Muslim you should know that at that time your religion did not evwn exist.
@@Girlnextdoor679 Just like how it is basically impossible for native Americans to reclaim their lands. Hagia Sophia will be hard to reclaim by Christians. Plus most Christians and Muslims don't really care if Hagia is made a church or a mosque. Best case scenario is that it will be considered historical antique.
@Ozkan Onalan my penis is facing kaba so does it mean my penis is islam
@Ozkan Onalan yet you have no proof that kaba was built by Ibrahim and his son Ishmael 😂
@Ozkan Onalan Islam is pagan cult. You do tawaf and do hakh ( kissing the black stone) these were pagan practice.
the turkish governer is change to mosque why ? i heard one thing they want distru the vargin mary and jessus paint many times but they cant distru bc they know it.
There was also PORNAI Street, which is now ASMALI ÇEŞME Street, close to Sultanahmed square.On this street, a dancer named Teodora used to dance and prostitution.Emperor Justinian saw and liked Theodara.He married her.The word porn came from this street.There was a hipodrom in Sultanahmed square.On 13 January 532, this hipodrom also had a riot.Emperor Justiinyanus tried to escape.But Empress Teodara did not allow the Emperor to escape...He closed the doors of the hipodrom and killed them.During this riot, half of the city was burnt down and Hagia Sophia was destroyed for the second time.On 23 February 532, Hagia Sophia began to be rebuilt.On 27 December 537, Hagia Sophia was opened.On 23 February 532, Hagia Sophia began to be rebuilt.On 27 December 537, Hagia Sophia was opened.On 23 February 532, Hagia Sophia began to be rebuilt.On 27 December 537, Hagia Sophia was opened.Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, who did not look at this Hagia Sophia and did not take it out of the mosque, said that he should suffer the wrath of Allah.The Hagia Sophia was owned by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in the Ottoman and Turkish Republic.Until July 10, 2020, Hagia Sophia was both a mosque and a museum.The mosque name was not removed.Muslims were also worshipping in a small place in Hagia Sophia.The Turks did not make the great and beautiful Caimi bigger than Hagia Sophia.Because they loved it. İt was the memory of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror.But they also built the great Selimiye Mosque, which is more beautiful in Edirne.Hagia Sophia and come for worship.Historians want you to think there are 30,000 human bones under your feet as you walk through the Sultanahmed Square.
1. The Greek word "πορεύο" (porneio) means "prostitution". So they named that place that way because of prostitution, not the other way around. Pornography "porneio" (prostitution) + "grapho" (depiction) has greek etymology as many international terms.
2. Saint Empress Theodora did practice prostitution, but after an encounter with Patriarch Timothy III on the streets of Constantinople she converted to Christianity. It's not her previous life which makes her virtuous, but her example of abandoning the ways of sin and dedicating to Christian life. Such examples exist in Christianity such as St. Mary the Egyptian who used to practice prostitution and converted to Christianity, becoming a nun and practicing ascetic life. They are examples of determination in changing ur life for virtue. Ur argument in which Emperor Justinian is bad because he married a former prostitute is invalid, as Prophet Solomon (Suleyman) lived all his life in virtue and for which he was granted wisdom, but when he was old he had over 500 concubines and he worshipped pagan idols.
3. Holy Wisdom Church is the core of Orthodox Christianity and the most known masterpiece of Byzantine architecture. Hapily (Inşallah) Attaturk decided to give back to Hagia Sophia its former Christian identity, uncovering the beautiful icons made in mosaic. Hagia Sophia became a place of coexistence between Muslims and Christians where they could both pray and admire this wonderful piece of architecture and art. This is no longer the case when the dictator Erdogan decided to put a plaster over the former identity of the Holy Wisdom Cathedral and make it an exclusive Muslim place. It s too much regrettable.
@@alexandersohn569I agree with what you said about Teodora.I explained the historical event and the fact that she saved her Imperial husband ,Byzantium.I didn't write anything bad.I wrote that historians say that there are 30,000 human bones under your feet in Sultanahmed square. The mosaics were open until 1800.Some were painted over around the year 1800.Around 1850, The Architect Fossati worked at Hagia Sophia.However,it was very soon understood that he had taken away some of the works, corrupted some of them, and put up Masonic signs.In 1204, the Europeans did much damage to Hagia Sophia.They took away many statues and artifacts.Their first architect was pagan.They also say there are Pagan signs for him.I don't have that much information on me.I wanted to brief those who would travel alone
Dictator Erdogan ? You have a personal hatred in your heart because Erdogan was democratically elected by the Turks.
A dictator is someone who comes to power forcefully through a coup d etat..
@Newww123 New I'm going to miss you.Come on, I'll give you a good beating.What a chatterbox you are.
Costantinople was the USA at then
ORTHODOXY prevails
Beautifully narrated.
Thank you. I appreciate that.
Time is ripening for the prophecies of Elder Paisos, Turkey will be no more.
Magatism
Yeah , but Ottoman Empire again much stronger and bigger than Turkey and will last forever.
Long and successful life to Turkic people Anatolia.
@@siyawashnishat The only reason turkey survived was bcoz it was relatively liberal, now that you are on path to Jihad, you will have your answee.
Magatism the last prophet sent by GOD was Mohamed pbuh so u are a fool to believe such stupidity no one even ever heard about 🤷🏻♂️
@@adalat7019 Why would God send a pedophile as his prophet. Did he lack sexually secure men.
@al - Masih Crying is what you will do, holding your children.
as a muslim i don't like this type of conversion
What a hypocrite this uncle j. Elsewhere he wants all abrahamic to be burnt and only in turkey he wants his silly devious ideas huh.
Stfu secular bitch
Get lostttt....we dontt need dumboooo likee u....disgraceee
For those eho wish to stay in Constantinople and not be deported, they need to convert to christianity
@K M we will deport u from US as well traitor
اسلام زندہ باد انشاءاللہ مسجد اقصی بھی مجاہدین اسلام واپس اپنے قبضے میں لیکر رہیں گے ✋✋✋✋💪💪💪💪💪
İnşallah my brother
@Albert Stier Immoral, you can't be answered.
wait, so is this narrated by an ai? or has it been voice recorded then vocoded?
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