Tag: Elizabeth Scott Tervo

The Meaning of Hagia Sophia: A Traveler’s Perspective

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Public Orthodoxy

October 23, 2020

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Middle Eastern Christianity, Religion and the Arts, Uncategorized

Elizabeth Scott Tervo, Erdogan, Hagia Sophia, Turkey

by Elizabeth Scott Tervo | Ελληνικά The church of Hagia Sophia was the preeminent monument of Christian architecture and an active church for almost a millennium until the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, when the clergy and people were slaughtered as they celebrated their last Liturgy. Hagia Sophia was used as a mosque for Muslim […]
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