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Saint Sophia of Rome is venerated as a Christian martyr. She is identified in hagiographical tradition with the figure of Sophia of Milan , the mother of Saints Faith, Hope and Charity , whose veneration is attested for the sixth century.
Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral (in Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, Hagia Sophia) is a Greek Orthodox church built in 1952, in what was then the Greek section of Central Los Angeles, California. It is located at West 15th Street and South Normandie Avenue in the Byzantine-Latino Quarter [ 1 ]
Name City Country Age Notes Hagia Sophia: Constantinople (): Turkey: 6th c. Turned into a mosque after 1453, was a museum and now it is reverting to a mosque.
Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque,(Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi; Greek: Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Αγίας Σοφίας), is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
Saint Sophia Cathedral may refer to: Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin, the Russian Orthodox cathedral in Harbin, China; Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine; Saint Sophia Cathedral, London, United Kingdom; Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, Russia; Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk, considered a mother church of Belarus
Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral was founded as a church in 1904 to serve the Greek Orthodox residents of the District of Columbia.In 1962, the church was elevated to a cathedral under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of America in New York City and serves as his cathedral in Washington.
St Sophia was commissioned by a committee presided over by Emmanuel Mavrocordato (1830–1909), assisted by Constantinos A lonidis, Sophoclis Constantinidis, Petros P. Rodocanachi, Paraskevas Sechiaris and Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (1839–1893) and the lawyer and traveller, Edwin Freshfield [n 1]. [1]
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