Hagia Sophia

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Seeker
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Hagia Sophia

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I was reading on that Byzantine Catholic site about a wonderful event that took place not to long ago at the Hagia Sophia.

As you know because of Islamic law any building once used as a mosque can not be used as a place of worship for another faith.

Apparently, after the Millennium of Christianity in Ukraine-Rus (Catholic Rite) celebrations in Rome in 1988 a select small number (about +100) of the members youth group left Rome for Costantinople. The went to meet with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch and visit the great shrine of Hagia Sophia.

It would appear that they were unaware of the law banning any form of Christian worship in the great shrine. hile standing in the middle of the church, they sang two well known Ukie Christian prayers. By the time they finished, they were surrounded by dozens of Turkish police officers who were yelling and forcing them out of the Hagia Sofia with clubs. For a brief period of time, on a hot summer day, in the summer of 1988, to show their thanks for the great gift of Christian Orthodoxy, 100 brave youths worshiped out loud in the Hagia Sophia. They made a great video of the event. :mrgreen:

I thought this was wonderful story that I want share on this forum!

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I have a friend who chanted the plagal of Tone 1 in Hagia Sophia. The Turkish police came to get him, but since he was Chinese, they didn't think that it was him who was doing the singing, so he claims :)

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http://www.hagiasophiablog.com/mainpage.html

If you believe in the just case that Hagia Sophia should be restored to its
proper religious role as a church, for which it was built in the first
place, then we ask you to support our petition to the EU Parliament that
Turkey should not be admitted as a member of the European Community until it
restores Hagia Sophia to its original purpose as a church and not a museum.

We need a minimum of 1.000.000 signatures in order to force the European
Union to consider this proposal seriously and debate it immediately as one
of the conditions to allow Turkey to be admitted as a new member of the EU.

http://www.hagiasophiablog.com/mainpage.html

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