Two people have performed prayers inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia in order to protest its closure to prayers, comparing it to measures taken by Israeli forces at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The two identified as Halil Akyaman and Mahmut Alan arrived at the museum and suddenly began to pray inside. …

For one more time, Turkish authorities allowed Koran recitations and Ramadan prayers in Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul, challenging the religious sentiment of Greek Orthodox Christians around the world. The night prayers were broadcast live via the Turkish state broadcaster on June 21. It is the third attempt of such …

Hundreds of Muslims prayed outside the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and demanded that the historic monument of Orthodoxy turns into a mosque. The people gathered outside Hagia Sophia that is a museum at 4 o’ clock in the morning on Friday, May 13, with the slogan “Break the chains, Open …

For the first time after 81 years, the Religious Affairs Department appointed an imam at Hagia Sophia, the symbol of Orthodox Christianity around the world. According to Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak, the imam is scheduled to hold Muslim religious services five times per day and the prayers will be heard …

For the first time after 85 years, the muezzin called Muslims in Istanbul to prayer from inside the Hagia Sofia. On Saturday morning, the call for the morning prayer was performed from inside the symbol for Christian Orthodoxy. The unprecedented move occurs after four weeks of Koran recitations in Hagia …

For the first time after 81 years, the Turkish government allowed Koran recitations inside the ultimate symbol of Orthodox Christianity, the Hafia Sophia in Istanbul.  All thought the month of Ramazan form 6th June to July 7th, state Television & Radio corporation (TRT) will broadcast a live program with prayers …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that the conversion of the historic Byzantine church of Chora in Istanbul into a mosque was not necessary. He added that he will put the issue to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when they meet in Ankara next week. The “unnecessary conversion …

Of all things on Easter Monday, the Turkish government decided to announce the formal opening of another Byzantine church into a mosque. After Hagia Sophia, the Chora church is the second magnificent heritage of Greek Orthodoxy that Turkey converts into a mosque and opens for prayers to Muslim faithful. The …

“Turkiye’s EU accession process cannot resume under the current circumstances,” the European Parliament’s (EP) said in its annual report for 2023. The EP also urged Turkiye and the EU institutions and member-states to “break the current deadlock” and seek a “realistic framework” for EU-Turkiye relations. In matters of Greek interest, …

Surgeons removed a huge hairball weighing 700 grams from the stomach of a 14-year old girl at a private hospital in Thessaloniki last month. In psychiatry eating hair is described as the Rapunzel syndrome. The girl was brought in suffering from pain in the abdomen and examined by a paediatric …

Τhe spokesman of Turkey ‘s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party condemned Greece over its “barbaric” treatment of the cultural legacy of the Ottoman Empire over alleged plans by authorities on the island of Rhodes to turn the Mosque of Murat Reis into a conservatory. “Greek authorities’ systematic policy …

Religious leaders gathered for the inaugural lighting ceremony and memorial service at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine in New York on Friday. The church has being built to replace the one that was destroyed in the attacks on 9/11. The smaller St. Nicholas built in 1916 was …

For the first time in Turkey a foreign diplomat and thus the Greek Foreign Minister did not mince his words and told Ankara what its neighbor think of a series of illegal actions and claims. The joint statements of guest Greek FM Nikos Dendias and host Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu …

The Greek Foreign Ministry described Turkey’s decision to convert the Monastery of Chora into a mosque as “another provocation against religious people everywhere in the world as well as against the international community that respects the monuments of the human civilization.” “After Hagia Sophia and despite the international reaction, the …

President Recept Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Friday morning that converts another historical Byzantine church in Istanbul into a mosque. After Hagia Sophia, the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora will also open for Islamic prayers and lose its status as a museum. The church in Chora is …

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday that announced that Turkey has restarted a search for energy in the eastern Mediterranean, accusing neighboring Greece of failing to keep its promises. “We have resumed the drilling activity. We have sent (vessel) Barbaros Hayrettin to the area,” Erdogan told reporters after Friday …

Greece is open to a dialogue with Turkey but not under threats, the country’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias reiterated on Wednesday. Speaking to state broadcaster ERT TV, Dendias criticized Turkey for issuing “threats and deadlines,” adding that dialogue cannot be held “at gunpoint.” He added that there is no agreed …

For the first time ever, the President of the Hellenic Republic invited essential workers such as doctors, nurses, cleaners and supermarket staff to attend the traditional reception to celebrate the restoration of democracy following the junta’s fall in 1974. President Katerina Sakellaropoulou wanted to honor all those who were present …

For 46 years Turkey has been illegally occupying a part of the territory of a European Union member. On 20. July 1974, Turkish troops invaded Cyprus and have been staying there, ever since, with Ankara to not show any intention to withdraw the troops. Without withdrawal from Cyprus, Turkey does …

Bells will toll in mourning and flags will fly at half-mast at all churches of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America on July 24, the day on which the first official Islamic prayer service has been scheduled at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On that “day of morning and grief” the …