Tag: Orthodox Christianity
Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia opens as a mosque for Muslim prayers
ISTANBUL (AP) - Fulfilling a dream of his Islamic-oriented youth, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined hundreds of worshipers Friday for the first Muslim...
Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia opens as a mosque for Muslim prayers
ISTANBUL (AP) - Fulfilling a dream of his Islamic-oriented youth, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined hundreds of worshipers Friday for the first Muslim...
Turkey’s president formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The president of Turkey on Friday formally converted Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and declared it open...
Turkey’s president formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The president of Turkey on Friday formally reconverted Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open for...
Turkey’s president formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The president of Turkey on Friday formally reconverted Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open for...
Turkey’s president formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday formally re-converted Istanbul’s sixth-century iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque, hours after a high court annulled a...
A look at Serbia-Kosovo dispute as war crimes charges filed
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - An international prosecutor has indicted Kosovo's president and nine other former rebel fighters with war crimes and crimes against humanity...
Russian monk denying coronavirus takes control of monastery
MOSCOW (AP) - A rebellious Russian monk who has denied the coronavirus' existence and urged believers to ignore the Kremlin's lockdown orders has taken...
The Latest: Germany stimulus to help fight future challenges
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says more than a third of the stimulus package agreed by her government this week is devoted to...
The Latest: Bangladeshi ethnicity a virus risk factor in UK
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with...
