After traveling to Istanbul on July 25, 1967, for a celebration at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, the pope visited the Orthodox patriarchal Church of St. George with the ecumenical patriarch, Athenagoras I, Orthodox archbishop of Constantinop… […]
Kariye, the former Byzantine Church of St. Savior in Chora in Istanbul in 2020. / Credit: Nathalie Ritzmann
ACI MENA, May 9, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Kariye, the former Byzantine Church of St. Savior in Chora, located in the Fatih district of Ist… […]
Byzantine era icons in the interior of the church. / Credit: Shutterstock
ACI MENA, Feb 13, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA).
After serving as a museum for more than 79 years, the Turkish government is proceeding with plans to make the Church of the Holy … […]
Bishop Massimiliano Palinuro arrives at the Jan. 29, 2024, funeral of Tuncer Murat Cihan, 52, who was murdered during Sunday Mass at Santa Maria Italian Church on Jan. 28 in Istanbul, Turkey. / Credit: Sercan Ozkurnazli/Getty Images
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President Recep Erdogan in 2020 converted the former Byzantine church, the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. / Credit: Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton, Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED
CNA Staff, Jan 29, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA).
Terrorists stormed a Catholic … […]
The scene outside a Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, where a reported armed attack took place on Jan. 28, 2024. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN
Rome Newsroom, Jan 28, 2024 / 06:53 am (CNA).
Two masked assailants opened fire in a Catholic churc… […]
Istanbul, Turkey, Mar 8, 2021 / 09:47 pm (CNA).- Turkish authorities have arrested a scam artist who reportedly attempted to claim ownership of and sell a famous Catholic basilica in Istanbul. According to International Christian Concern, Sebahatt… […]
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