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The Church of Hagia Sophia, associated with one of the greatest creative ages of man, was also the Cathedral of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople for more than one thousand years. Originally known as the Great Church, because of its large size in comparison with the other churches of the old Christian World, it was later given the name of Hagia Sophia, the Holy Wisdom of Christ, the second person of the Holy Trinity.
The Cathedral of Agia Sofia in Constantinople - today.
Agia Sofia - 1922
Hagia Sophia lithograph from the album by the Fossati brothers, Agia Sofia Constantinople, London 1852, pl. 25 (Athens Gennadeios Library).
Hagia Sophia interior. lithograph from the album by the Fossati brothers, Agia Sofia Constantinople, London 1852, pl. 6 (Athens Gennadeios Library).
Visit the official site of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Hagia Sofia