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To: Swordmaker

“it was brought to Constantinople to the Hagia Sophia on August 15, 944, as attested to by the Sermon of Gregory Referendarius, the Arch Deacon of the Hagia Sophia.”

How old IS that church?


72 posted on 04/05/2009 1:51:22 PM PDT by patton (I hope that they fight to the death and both sides win.)
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To: patton
How old IS that church?

Pretty old.

"The current building was originally constructed as a church between A.D. 532 and 537 on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, and was in fact the third Church of the Holy Wisdom to occupy the site (the previous two had both been destroyed by riots). . . The first church of Hagia Sophia was inaugurated by Constantius II on 15 February 360."

78 posted on 04/05/2009 1:58:31 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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