An Angel Over Chora - Save The Church Of The Holy Savior - Turkey
An Angel Over Chora - Save The Church Of The Holy Savior - Turkey by Daniel Arrhakis (2020)
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Turkey has ordered the re-conversion of Istanbul’s Chora (Kariye) church, which has served as a museum since 1945, into a mosque and opened it to worship, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on Friday.
The decree stated that the site has been transferred to the administration of the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) and will be opened for Muslim worship.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan want to reconvert the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, into a mosque, a month after opening the famed Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship. The medieval Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, built near the ancient city walls of Constantinople, contains 14th century Byzantine mosaics and frescoes showing scenes from biblical stories.
Located in Istanbul’s Fatih district, the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora was constructed as part of a monastery complex in the fourth century during the Byzantine era.
The transformation of Christian Churches into Mosques at this time of great ideological conflicts may trigger movements that will want to transform Mosques into Churches in Western Europe.
Unfortunately, fundamentalism exists and has always existed throughout human history, but it seems that some politics try at all costs to wave the flags of religious extremism with markedly political objectives, which does not interest humanity or the design of God!
In a dehumanized society in which violence and hatred are the new holy books, we cannot expect more than division, hatred and violence but also human suffering !
The least that was asked of Turkey was religious respect and tolerance and not a systematic attack on secular Christian heritage.
What would Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan think if in Western Europe we transformed mosques into Christian churches?
I think this is not the time to raise new crusades or is it?
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Work based in the photo in Wikipedia (in Public domain) "Exterior of the Chora Church in Istanbul " :
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Elements from stock images and images of mine in a creative mystic Art collage.
An Angel Over Chora - Save The Church Of The Holy Savior - Turkey
An Angel Over Chora - Save The Church Of The Holy Savior - Turkey by Daniel Arrhakis (2020)
www.thenationalherald.com/greece_politics/arthro/turkey_t...
Turkey has ordered the re-conversion of Istanbul’s Chora (Kariye) church, which has served as a museum since 1945, into a mosque and opened it to worship, according to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on Friday.
The decree stated that the site has been transferred to the administration of the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) and will be opened for Muslim worship.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan want to reconvert the historic Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, into a mosque, a month after opening the famed Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship. The medieval Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, built near the ancient city walls of Constantinople, contains 14th century Byzantine mosaics and frescoes showing scenes from biblical stories.
Located in Istanbul’s Fatih district, the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora was constructed as part of a monastery complex in the fourth century during the Byzantine era.
The transformation of Christian Churches into Mosques at this time of great ideological conflicts may trigger movements that will want to transform Mosques into Churches in Western Europe.
Unfortunately, fundamentalism exists and has always existed throughout human history, but it seems that some politics try at all costs to wave the flags of religious extremism with markedly political objectives, which does not interest humanity or the design of God!
In a dehumanized society in which violence and hatred are the new holy books, we cannot expect more than division, hatred and violence but also human suffering !
The least that was asked of Turkey was religious respect and tolerance and not a systematic attack on secular Christian heritage.
What would Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan think if in Western Europe we transformed mosques into Christian churches?
I think this is not the time to raise new crusades or is it?
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Work based in the photo in Wikipedia (in Public domain) "Exterior of the Chora Church in Istanbul " :
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Chora_Church_...
Elements from stock images and images of mine in a creative mystic Art collage.