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The Saint Sofia Church (Bulgarian: църква „Света София“, tsarkva "Sveta Sofia", "Church of Holy Wisdom ") is the oldest church in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, dating to the fourth century. In the predecessor building took place the Council of Serdica held most probably in 343 and attended by 316 bishops. In the 14th century ...
6th c. Turned into a mosque after 1453, was a museum and now it is reverting to a mosque. Little Hagia Sophia. Constantinople ( Istanbul) Turkey. 6th c. the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), now a mosque. Hagia Sophia, Edessa. Edessa ( Urfa )
Middle-Byzantine. Style. Byzantine style. Completed. 9th century AD. The Church of Saint Sophia (Macedonian: Црква Света Софија, romanized: Crkva Sveta Sofija) is a church in Ohrid, North Macedonia. The church is one of the most important monuments of North Macedonia, housing architecture and art from the Middle Ages.
1923 [7] Saint Demetrius Church. Църква Свети Димитър. Vasil Petleshkov Street 70, Hadzhi Dimitar Quarter. 42°42′22″N 23°20′51″E / 42.70611°N 23.34750°E / 42.70611; 23.34750. 1922/1956 [8] Dormition of the Mother of God Church. Църква Свето Успение Богородично. Otechestvo ...
2023. Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kievan Rus'. The former cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kyiv Cave Monastery complex. [ 1 ][better source needed][ nb 1 ] Aside from its main building ...
The Church of Saint George (Bulgarian: Ротонда „Свети Георги“, romanized: Rotonda "Sveti Georgi") is a Late Antique red brick rotunda in Sofia, Bulgaria. Built in the early 4th century as Roman baths, it became a church inside the walls of Serdica, capital of ancient Dacia Mediterranea during the Roman Empire and Byzantine ...
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), [3] is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
Likewise, the statue was planned to be named Saint Sophia, although the Orthodox Church considered it too pagan to be associated with Sophia of Rome. The Statue of Sofia is by the sculptor Georgi Chapkanov, who argued that it is a symbol for all residents of the capital, regardless of religion. In other words, the project was controversial ...