Tag: "Hagia_Sophia"

Museum or Mosque?

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has been a monument to selective readings of history. Mehmet the Conqueror converted the cathedral of Hagia Sophia to a mosque after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It was a symbolic move. The conversion involved minimal physical transformation and even the name remained the same: Ayasofya Camii. Since its construction in... Continue Reading →

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Pope says sorry for crusaders’ rampage in 1204

The Pope delivered an emotional apology to Orthodox Christians yesterday for the Catholic plundering of Constantinople eight centuries ago, saying it caused him "pain and disgust". He made his comments during a visit to the Vatican by Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and the head of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians. The... Continue Reading →

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