Hagia Sophia

Tourists Heading To Turkey Will Have To Pay €25 Entry Fee To Visit Iconic Attraction

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Turkey has imposed a hefty fee for foreign tourists who wish to visit an iconic structure in Istanbul. Istanbul is the largest and the most popular city in Turkey. It has a unique geographical crossover as it lies on two different continents: Asia and Europe. A trip to Istanbul is incomplete unless one visits the … Read more

This week in Christian history: Hagia Sophia consecrated

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By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Sunday, December 24, 2023 The imposing structure of Hagia Sophia, located in Istanbul, Turkey. The building began as an Orthodox Christian cathedral, was converted to a mosque in the 15th century, and was then made into a museum in the 1930s. | Arild Vågen/ Wikimedia Commons Throughout the extensive … Read more