Hagia Sofia was well protected by Turks, Greek priest says Evangelos Papanikolaou, priest at Analipseos Church in Rafina, Athens, says Turks protected many churches in Greece. For … 7
If the Turks had not protected Hagia Sofia, it would have fallen a long time ago, a Greek Orthodox priest said.Evangelos Papanikolaou, the priest at Analipseos Church in Rafina near Athens, said in a speech that Turks protected many churches in Greece and did not close them.“Who would protect a massive building like Hagia Sofia? Forty-five years to the day earlier, he was assigned to the Parish as a newly ordained priest. George Cardenas was a consultant for a Chicago business where one partner is suing another, accusing her of misusing company funds — in part to benefit Cardenas.Authorities identify woman found dismembered in luggage in Markham.Melvin Martin Jr. is awaiting extradition to Kentucky to face charges in the woman’s death.Sign up for the All eyes are on Mitch Trubisky, per usual.Will he crush it? They married on Sept. 11, 1960. His paternal grandfather was a Greek Orthodox priest, and when he was a little boy, Byron Papanikolaou played with a censer, the vessel for burning incense. As parishioners moved west, the church followed them to the suburbs in the 1970s.In 1964, he was named head of the church.
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Kostas Panagiotis Papanikolaou (joko cafe) See Photos. The church was located at various spots on the South Side, the last at 74th and Stony Island Avenue, now Mosque Maryam, headquarters of the Nation of Islam. See Photos. I would wish to see none of those two but if I have to make a decision, I would prefer the Turks,” he said.The famous phrase "I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City (i.e., Constantinople) than the Latin mitre" reflects the suffering of Orthodox Christians in the hands of Catholics following the Great Schism of Christianity on July 16, 1054.Papanikolaou went on to say that many tourists visited Hagia Sofia in improper clothes while it was a museum but from now on they will take off their shoes and wear long dresses and headscarves in accordance with the attire rules in a place of worship.“Isn’t it a sign of respect?,” he asked rhetorically.“Maybe we need to take this not as a damnation but a correction,” he said referring to Turkey's restoring of Hagia Sophia's status as a mosque.On July 24, Friday’s prayers in the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque marked the first acts of worship there in 86 years.Some 350,000 Muslims took part in Friday prayers both inside and outside the historic mosque in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest metropolis.On July 10, a Turkish court annulled a 1934 Cabinet decree that turned Hagia Sophia into a museum, paving the way for its use as a mosque.Hagia Sophia served as a church for 916 years until the conquest of Istanbul, and a mosque from 1453 to 1934 -- nearly 500 years -- and most recently as a museum for 86 years.In 1985, during its time as a museum, Hagia Sophia was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.Besides being a mosque, Hagia Sophia is also among Turkey’s top tourism destinations and will remain open for domestic and foreign visitors.Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Will he get crushed? If the Turks had not protected Hagia Sofia, it would have fallen a long time ago, a Greek Orthodox priest said. Παναγιώτης Παπανικολάου (Priest Nikola) See Photos. A few weeks later, he was ordained.They moved to Chicago for his assignment at “the first Greek Orthodox church built by Greeks in Chicago,” according to the official history of Saints Constantine and Helen.