2020 ⟶ Hagia Sophia Reverted to Mosque by Turkish Decree

July 10: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan orders the H...
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✝️ Andrew the Apostle's Brief Tenure as Patriarch of Constantinople

Andrew the Apostle becomes the first patriarch of Constantinople, and resigns that position shortly thereafter.⟶
Andrew the Apostle's Brief Tenure as Patriarch of Constantinople (38)
ChristianityApostlesEarly ChurchPatriarchateReligious LeadershipEastern ChristianityByzantine EmpireReligious History
TurkeyTurkey

🙏 Onesimus Becomes Patriarch of Constantinople

Patriarch Onesimus succeeds Stachys the Apostle as Patriarch of Constantinople.⟶
Onesimus Becomes Patriarch of Constantinople (54)
ChristianityPatriarchateReligious LeadershipEastern ChristianityRoman EmpireApostolic SuccessionByzantine Empire
TurkeyTurkey

⛪ Second Council of Constantinople Condemns the Three Chapters

Second Council of Constantinople⟶
Second Council of Constantinople Condemns the Three Chapters (553)
ChristianityByzantine EmpireEcumenical CouncilTheologyChurch HistoryEastern Orthodox Church
TurkeyTurkey

✝️ Leo III Begins Byzantine Iconoclasm

Byzantine Emperor Leo III the Isaurian destroys the icon of Christ above the Chalke Gate in the capital city of Constantinople, beginning the first phase of the Byzantine Iconoclasm.⟶
Leo III Begins Byzantine Iconoclasm (726)
Byzantine EmpireIconoclasmChristianityReligious ArtTheology
TurkeyTurkey

🕌 Hagia Sophia Reverted to Mosque by Turkish Decree

July 10: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan orders the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to be reverted to a mosque following the annulment of a 1934 presidential decree that made it into a museum.⟶
Hagia Sophia Reverted to Mosque by Turkish Decree (2020)
IslamIstanbulReligious ConversionOttoman EmpireByzantine EmpireCultural Heritage
TurkeyTurkey