*With such criticism in the comments saying there are many serious inaccuracies, I'm not sure I can trust this video. But your presentation makes it "seem" accurate.*
This is not an accurate version of history at all. You "forgot" to mention about what Western catholics did when they conquered Constantinopol and Agia Sofia. When they said that they want to fight the Muslims, but ended taking and destroying Constantinopol, and plundering the city.
The Venetians are the ones who attacked and looted. The Pope had talked the Doge of Venice into building a fleet (and completely outfitting it down to weapons, armpit and horses), and it bankrupted the city when the Crusaders decided not to board the ships, but go by land. The Venetians were supposed to target Alexandria, Egypt, but they decided to lay siege to Constantinople. According to the written account by Michael DeClary (who took home Christ’s burial shroud, that was later given to the Cathedral in Turin), when the Venetians put their siege tower against the first tower, the Empire’s finest abandoned their post and did not engage. The Venetians, unchallenged opened the city gates. No argument that the looting of Constantinople is an epic tragedy. The Venetians victory weakened the Empirre to such a degree that historians attribute the eventual Fall to the Muslims to the fall of the City to the Venetians.
Constantinople had withstood eight Islamic sieges; it was not until the Venetian Sack of Constantinople, looting its relics, manuscripts, artisans and wealth, that Constantinople fell to the Ottomans. The Venetians took the City in 1204 and it never recovered its former glory; the Ottomans took the City in 1453.
@@Margaret709 The venetians schemed the attack, but the crusaders were called by a Greek exiled emperor. Hadn't Alexios contacted the crusader leaders they may never layed siege.
Hagia Sophia grand Cathedral, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the Seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the early Byzantine Empire for almost ten centuries (Head of the Greek Orthodox Church and Eastern Orthodoxy), situated now in the Greek district of St. George’s Cathedral in Constantinople. Hagia Sophia was succeeded by the Church of the Holy Apostles (1453-1456), Pammakaristos Church (1456-1587), Church of the Panagia Paramythia (1587-1597), Church of St. Demetrius Xyloportas (1597-1601) and finally St. George Cathedral to this day. A continuous presence of Greek Orthodoxy and culture, a universal heritage and legacy, the unique Byzantine Architecture and music (Chants) that were developed in the Byzantine Empire are a treasure for humanity. Christian tourists, not only Orthodox, may also visit the Chora Church, famous for its outstanding Late Byzantine mosaics and frescos. The Sumela Monastery in the Pontic Mountains (Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site), standing since 386 AD, is one other masterpiece of Byzantine Architecture and a sacred religious monument for us Greeks.
Only one thing on this earth took my breath away and that was being inside Hagia Sophia. I felt the presence of God on earth. It is a divine structure.
Milet and Trales were cities. Turkey did not exist at the time of the construction of the Hagia Sophia. As it is today, it is the region of Anatolia Minor. All the construction material was brought from the provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire. Even from existing Temples and buildings across the empire.
@@muhammadasadabbas5479 i think by the time that Turks came to Anatolia haghia sophia was done ,if we consider that turks came to anatolia after 600 A.C , because in islamic history we heard about turks in time of omar ibn al khattab and by that time i think haghia sophia was done . but there is some theory tells that turks came to anatolia running from mongols conflicts that means in 1100. any way hagia sophia is a mosque now lol
No . Turks were Anatolia even in Nikea. Even Balkans and Kai-lar distirict. Turks and Bizantians coalition had war against Persian powers for 30 years war .
It is crazy after fall of Hagia Sophia how Ottomans was destroying and converting churches next 1500 years. Especially on Balkan. We have a new Sophia now. Saint Sava Church Belgrade. :)
@Crabhead360 it is. And if you want to justify co lo nizarion, you should be justifying the french colonizing algeria and their neighbors, since they took it from arabs who themselves coloni zed the native amazigh and still oppress them.
@Crabhead360 dont pretend you're a spaniard lmfaoo its clear who you are The spanish are the native of spain who rightfully retook their lands against inv aders of your kind
@@soul553 Mosques built by muslims in spain were destroyed, Ancient workship building from pagan era who converted to chruch then mosque to church left.
The building is a landmark in the evolution of architecture. I frankly don't care what imaginary god is being prayed to in it, so long as the devotees take the preservation and care of the structure seriously.
That's not the subject of this video, so it would be off-topic to bring that up here. It would be equally off-topic to talk about the Hagia Sophia on the many videos about the Spanish mosques that were converted into churches. Why deflect from the topic at hand by bringing up something irrelevant?
I was there last month. It is now a functional mosque and one can no longer see anything but the ground floor. Still something to see but when it was a museum there was much more one could enjoy. Anyone visiting, should go across the street and visit the Roman Fresh Water Cistern. Fascinating place and something not to miss if you have an interest in history.
It was never meant to be a mosque . However, dictator Erdogan refused to leave it as a museum. UNESCO was absolutely silent when he turned it to the mosque . Horrible act praised by UNESCO !
@@wilsesho9882 I know, I mean I think before it's changed back into a church it will be turned back into a museum. There would be so much controversy about it going directly from mosque to church, that it may need to be returned to a museum first before then going into a church
@@Archiischool yes I had said that before in different place and I said to people in real life the truth will never be changed it goes back to original.
The Turks turned Hagia Sophia into a mosque because it is Greek! So when they kneel in Hagia Sophia, they kneel in front of the Greeks! Everyone must kneel in front of Greece!
Some people have a tendency to dumb-down history, events and concepts. To simplify things does not mean you have to distort it. Constantine was no Byzantine emperor. He was a Roman emperor. In history there was no Byzantine empire, only the Western and Eastern Roman empire. The Byzantine empire was a creation of 17th century western historians. Constantine was also not a Eastern Roman emperor, because in his time there was no two Romes, he just moved the capital to the city he named after himself, which was in what was then Byzantium.
I agree cause it was a Greek orthodox Christian church and it was taken away so many miracles have happened people that are interested in history of this mega magnificent Greek orthodox church should look into it
The sheer number of mistakes, be they historical, grammatical, or of pronunciation, make this video hard to watch. The COUNTRY of Istanbul? It's a city. The Emperor stepped down and...was no longer the King? No, he was no longer the Emperor. Please at least read over your script before you start recording. I rarely comment on videos but this is unreal.
An at times quite odd commentary with some factual errors - example, Turkey was declared a Republic by Ataturk in 1923 not 1935. “The empire of present day Istanbul” - I imagine he means the Ottoman Empire. It’s all a bit clumsy.
I don't talk about the video, the video contains a few errors. I am talking about the historical facts, about the history. Hagia Sofia was built by Emperor Iustinian. That it.
Byzantine Emperor Constantius commissioned construction of the first Hagia Sophia in 360 A.D. Emperor Lustinian might have RE-built Hagia Sophia, but he was not the founder who first established Hagia Sophia.
Did you know that there are 238 churches in Istanbul? All of them were protected by the Turks and respectfully maintained. Writing churches in Turkey takes you on a fabulous journey. There are 300 million Turks in the world. And rest assured, more than half of them are not even Muslims. There are also Christian Turks and Greeks in Turkey. Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque because it was the largest structure in the city. There was never an attack on the churches, as you think. You just need to write churches in Turkey. Try
@Fire I don't know where your at but in the west consider Asian women easy. Also go to Tunisia and see women chase European guys all time. Italian & Greek men visit Tunisia often where religion women is less.
@@misterno6629 So take me back to Constantinople No, you can’t go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That’s nobody’s business but the Turks
Nice work. I went recently and it’s still amazing from the outside. The inside feels odd and complex. Note on pronunciation ~ there is no “kh” sound. H “ha” as Hagia. Or it’s also pronounced “Aya Sophia” 😊Hopes that is helpful and not critical sounding 🙏I look forward to more videos about Turkey 😊
@@nicktech1832 No chance…keep dreaming. 🤣. What’s the point of a church anyway? They are usually empty, majority of people are only Christian by name they don’t give a toss about religion. Churches are turning into nightclubs in this day and age. At least people come to pray in a Mosque.
Synagogues are consecrated spaces used for the purpose of Jewish prayer, study, assembly, and reading of the Tanakh (the entire Hebrew Bible, including the Torah).
My ancestor had worked until his death at Hagia Sophia Church, Ahmet Tahir, who then was buried under Constantin Church as saint. He was from Marash, Celisia, he had studied math, religion, law at Istanbul University and got 3 areas diplomas.
In Sha Allah, the Ottoman empire were evil for these deeds, the Quran clearly said to never engage in such acts when in warfare, and Constantinople wanted to pay for peace, a Muslim army will attack modern day Istanbul and it will be given back to Orthodox Christianity.
As a Muslim I would feel shamed to pray in a “mosque” with mosaics and references everywhere to Christ and the Christianity... It’s just a matter of time but Hagia Sophia will become a church again as it was born, the suns of the Christianity, St. Peter in Rome for the West and Hagia Sophia in Costantinople for the East. I love my Muslim brother but Hagia Sophia will always remain Christian, it’s like we conquer la Mecca and then rebuild all the mosques with churches, it would become Christian officially but its heart, its spirit would always remain muslim
@@dreadmawgaming if i were the ottoman of course i would've change it to the majority religion place. Like christian changing old mosque to new church and muslim change old church to new mosque.
Turkey is non important. The video is about a Greek historical monument ... that you have vandalized. So, the video protects Turkey by not mentioning the country ...
Happy to see Αγία Σοφία well maintained and the removal of entrance fees to make this great temple accessible to the public. People of all cultures and religions should marvel at its beauty. But I must ask a sincere question here: Given the fact this Church was built with purpose as a place of worship and symbol for Christianity and specifically Orthodoxy, as well as the fact it has stood for over 900 years as a Christian church, shouldn’t this be reverted back to a neutral temple? I understand it is now Turkey and the temple is here, but to cover away and hide the Christian symbolism and ethos of this church so that it can be turned in to a Mosque almost feels fake and tarnishes the heritage of the church. Don’t we build better relations and corporate better with people by finding a middle ground for our differences?
@@feduntu 0:34, 1:20, 1:57, 2:20. hahah medieval times bathroom had more respect from the public than a place of worship. I know 3 languages (English soon to be 4th) Knowing English isn’t a Big priority to me sense I don’t live in a majority English speakers country.
@@whosjoe323 Again abdool, hagia Sofia existed as a church for more than a 1000 years, have you any basic common sense? What can I expect from someone who thinks an illiterate pdofile to be the best of humanity Your own kabba is literally a bathroom inside 😂
It was never a mosque it was a church Islam came and converted into a mosque. It was originally a church for the Christians. Forcefully converted to a mosque. No matter who says what that place belongs to the Christians.
@Yousef Isa you can’t change history my friend. 2.4 billion Christians knows that church belongs to them not yours. Yes you have it, for now. You will eventually lose it. Would you like to know why you will eventually lose it ? Because it isn’t yours. That design is a Christian design by the Christians. The inside is Jesus painting not Mohammed sitting on a donkey and flying.
@Yousef Isa Yes by force. It’s their land by force. Not by choice. That land actually belonged to the Byzantine Empire of the Christians. Those people inside is never their land. They have been all killed because according to the Quran you are not allowed to have friends that are Jewish and Christian. If they do not pay their taxes in their own land force them submission and kill them. Islamic Literature is one of the stupidest cult book I have ever read in my entire life.
@Yousef Isa What makes you think they won ? O well, it’s a building. However, history will show evidence of what Islam is about. As long as this cult is exposed. That’s all we need. Only time will come.
@Yousef Isa Islam wants war, there is only peace as long as Islam is all converted. As long as that is the truth even inside the Quran and also in the Hadith it explains it carefully. I think my friend you don’t seem to spend time reading your own books. It saddens me that a Christian myself read all of your books including Arabic which by far the Arabic one is the best authentic one of all, because that is the truth of Islamic cult.
What was the reason that compelled all to flee to the Great Church? They had been listening, for many years, to some pseudo-soothsayers, who had declared that the city was destined to be handed over to the Turks, who would enter in large numbers and would massacre the Romans as far as the Column of Constantine the Great. After this an angel would descend, holding his sword. He would hand over the kingdom, together with the sword, to some insignificant, poor, and humble man who would happen to be standing by the Column. He would say to him: "Take this sword and avenge the Lord's people." Then the Turks would be turned back, would be massacred by the pursuing Romans, and would be ejected from the city and from all places in the west and the east and would be driven as far as the borders of Persia, to a place called the Lone Tree …. That was the cause for the flight into the Great Church. In one hour that famous and enormous church was filled with men and women. An innumerable crowd was everywhere: upstairs, downstairs, in the courtyards, and in every conceivable place. They closed the gates and stood there, hoping for salvation. - Doukas, XXXIX.18
The Persians were fighting the Romans for centuries until both of them were crushed by prophet Muhammad pbuh followers and companions from nowhere the two great superpowers of there time with vast resources where defeated in battle time and again by smaller groups eventually conquering both empires as foretold by prophet hundreds of years earlier when they were only a handful and were generally rejected by most tribes in Arabia . A miracle for those who wish to see how did a person who couldn’t read or write in the middle of the desert with little or no resources predict a victory against two of the greatest superpowers and describe the man who would conquer the city of Constantinople and describe his army . People at the time must have thought he must be crazy or a liar. Time passes by and the hadith of the prophet Muhammad pbuh becomes true .
Yes . Salvation arrived in the form of Mehmed-II. So that, all people who were shelter in abandoned unholy church got freedom from the hand of Mehmed-II.
Ayia Sophia is better of Hayia Sofia pronunciation please buy doesn't matter still the documenter and the information contained is very true and interesting as a whole! Optic Acoustic too!!! Well done 👍!
building was church. Land belongs to temple before church. After victory of Constantinople,it was in the status of "enemy 's property". Enemy 's property belongs to winner ie Turks. They followed the rules as per the constantine the great. After victory, Constantine the great demolished pagan temple and build the Hagia Sophia church. They Turks muslim didn't demolish the church.they just changed the status of hagia Sofia. Be thankful to Turks.
I laughed so much, listening to that absurd narrative. The guy doesn’t know that when you want to hide or change the real history, first you have to know it very well and not only superficially and partially, cause this way you end ridiculous.
Yes i can. Almost every sentence of the text has mistakes and inaccuracies. Main points: you declare:”it was first built not as a church, but as a basilica for worshiping for the church “. 😂 what tf does this mean? 2. You mix so much the history of the existing building ( a masterpiece of world’s architecture), with the 2 churches that were situated at the same place for little time and were not so important historically , and architecturally. So the listener doesn’t make any sense, watching the actual building and listening for more than the half time about the not important time if 200 years when the other 2 churches were there., 3) upper level: women, lower level: men. That simple. Etc etc etc
Just some very big mistakes...Justinian the 2nd??... The country of Istanbul?? ...The empire didn't have kings, but (logically) emperors... Anadolia (also called nowdays), not Turkey, and Syria were the provinces of the Roman empire, not some foreign states...
" Anatolia was the heartland of the Byzantine Empire, the Christian and predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern province." Book - A history of Ottoman Architecture . Page-1 Author: John Freely. Edition : 2011 ,WIT press publishers It shows us that Anatolia ( today turkey ) people once Greek Christians. After they embraced Islam, now Greek muslims. Race- Greek Religion - muslim But western catholic historian liars saying," Turks not European" The liars playing with word "Turks ".
The narrator should have said the words "Hagia Sophia" more often. 13 times a minute wasn't enough for me.
He just wanted to be sure you knew he was talking about the Hagia Sophia.
Sorry, what's this clip about? Maybe he gets paid every time he mentions it?
@@EdLove dang... maybe if he mentioned it just one more time you'd have remembered.
I know! I'll watch it again!
He also claimed that Instanbul is a country
"in the country of Istanbul"? It's in Turkey. The city is Istanbul! If they get that simple thing wrong, what other errors are there?
exactly brother
Yess I heard this and was like hmm. No
In the country of Istanbul, Constantinople exists and Turkey will be.
Careful your gonna break a vein
Many errors!
*With such criticism in the comments saying there are many serious inaccuracies, I'm not sure I can trust this video. But your presentation makes it "seem" accurate.*
I mean he started off saying the country of Istanbul
This is not an accurate version of history at all. You "forgot" to mention about what Western catholics did when they conquered Constantinopol and Agia Sofia. When they said that they want to fight the Muslims, but ended taking and destroying Constantinopol, and plundering the city.
The Venetians are the ones who attacked and looted. The Pope had talked the Doge of Venice into building a fleet (and completely outfitting it down to weapons, armpit and horses), and it bankrupted the city when the Crusaders decided not to board the ships, but go by land. The Venetians were supposed to target Alexandria, Egypt, but they decided to lay siege to Constantinople. According to the written account by Michael DeClary (who took home Christ’s burial shroud, that was later given to the Cathedral in Turin), when the Venetians put their siege tower against the first tower, the Empire’s finest abandoned their post and did not engage. The Venetians, unchallenged opened the city gates.
No argument that the looting of Constantinople is an epic tragedy.
The Venetians victory weakened the Empirre to such a degree that historians attribute the eventual Fall to the Muslims to the fall of the City to the Venetians.
Indeed!
Constantinople had withstood eight Islamic sieges; it was not until the Venetian Sack of Constantinople, looting its relics, manuscripts, artisans and wealth, that Constantinople fell to the Ottomans. The Venetians took the City in 1204 and it never recovered its former glory; the Ottomans took the City in 1453.
@@Margaret709 why didn’t the ottomans conquer Italy?
@@Margaret709 The venetians schemed the attack, but the crusaders were called by a Greek exiled emperor. Hadn't Alexios contacted the crusader leaders they may never layed siege.
The Architecture of this church is absolutely stunning.
*_"The country of Istanbul" There's a reason to why you're hard stuck in 80k subs_*
could be worse...Im in under 1000 lol...lol....LOL
But yeah, that line made me stop the video and check out the comments...
They did say simple history and they meant “simple” lol it’s just a typo I’m sure
Couldn't be America, by any chance?
Constantine I died in 337 AD. The last Greek Orthodox Liturgy was prayed in Hagia Sophia on January 19, 1919 by the grace of God.
It's a mosque
@@aneesaahmed211 temple
@@aneesaahmed211 Now it's a mosque it wasn't always she was built as a church then became a temple then museum now a mosque
Will always be a church
@@peterrose597 *in your dream.
0:27 Istanbul is city, country is Turkey
yeah, looks like he made a mistake there
Yes Istanbul is city not country
He reminded me of "England is my city" for some reason
Hagia Sophia grand Cathedral, an UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the Seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the early Byzantine Empire for almost ten centuries (Head of the Greek Orthodox Church and Eastern Orthodoxy), situated now in the Greek district of St. George’s Cathedral in Constantinople.
Hagia Sophia was succeeded by the Church of the Holy Apostles (1453-1456), Pammakaristos Church (1456-1587), Church of the Panagia Paramythia (1587-1597), Church of St. Demetrius Xyloportas (1597-1601) and finally St. George Cathedral to this day. A continuous presence of Greek Orthodoxy and culture, a universal heritage and legacy, the unique Byzantine Architecture and music (Chants) that were developed in the Byzantine Empire are a treasure for humanity.
Christian tourists, not only Orthodox, may also visit the Chora Church, famous for its outstanding Late Byzantine mosaics and frescos.
The Sumela Monastery in the Pontic Mountains (Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site), standing since 386 AD, is one other masterpiece of Byzantine Architecture and a sacred religious monument for us Greeks.
Wow I'm sure "country" of İstanbul is a great "country" to live in 0:32
😂😂
Only one thing on this earth took my breath away and that was being inside Hagia Sophia. I felt the presence of God on earth. It is a divine structure.
Did you put your fist in the hole in the column and make a wish???
Lol bro stfu god isn’t real . Most of that shit was stolen from the Egyptians … just saying still looks good though
it is a shame that it is stolen... especially for the thieves... With God's help it will be returned to the orthodox people.
@@nicktech1832 no it won’t lol, politicians don’t give a fuck about religion or a Church or mosque.
@@whosjoe323 I agree, but who's talking about politicians?
Milet and Trales were cities. Turkey did not exist at the time of the construction of the Hagia Sophia. As it is today, it is the region of Anatolia Minor. All the construction material was brought from the provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire. Even from existing Temples and buildings across the empire.
There were turks
@@muhammadasadabbas5479 i think by the time that Turks came to Anatolia haghia sophia was done ,if we consider that turks came to anatolia after 600 A.C , because in islamic history we heard about turks in time of omar ibn al khattab and by that time i think haghia sophia was done . but there is some theory tells that turks came to anatolia running from mongols conflicts that means in 1100. any way hagia sophia is a mosque now lol
The cathedral of Holy Wisdom was built by the Roman Emperor Justinian in the capital New Rome the City of Constantine.
No . Turks were Anatolia even in Nikea. Even Balkans and Kai-lar distirict.
Turks and Bizantians coalition had war against Persian powers for 30 years war .
You think you should have it just because you build it? No. İf you think oike that,give us all the ancient Ottoman Mosques in Greece.
It is wrong, it was a church before otomane conquer nearly 1000 years. A Greek orthodox church.
It was the Seville Cathedral that took it's crown!
It happened all over the world, as example look what the Mughals did to India.
@@VISC3RA 🙄🙄🤔
The muslim mosqua of cordoba that was built by a muslim in spain was turned into a chruch did we wine ?
Yesss
The drawings on the walls and roof are Greek orthodox and it will always be a Orthodox Church
Wrong. It's a mosque now.
We bought the land and church then maide masjid why cry why
Lol cry
it symbolizes the evolution of religions ,namely Islam is last religion ,if you ponder on it
@@ßí777-e1c hahah Shut up lol
"country" of Istanbul looks like a nice place to go ✨
It is crazy after fall of Hagia Sophia how Ottomans was destroying and converting churches next 1500 years. Especially on Balkan. We have a new Sophia now. Saint Sava Church Belgrade. :)
@Golam Azam Mazumder Shemul haga Sophia will alway be a church
@Crabhead360 cordoba it wqs originally a church as well that muslim colonizers looted. Looks like its the only thing yall know to do
@Crabhead360 lmao try harder, the spanish were on their on lands where muslim colonizers had no right to be
@Crabhead360 it is. And if you want to justify co lo nizarion, you should be justifying the french colonizing algeria and their neighbors, since they took it from arabs who themselves coloni zed the native amazigh and still oppress them.
@Crabhead360 dont pretend you're a spaniard lmfaoo its clear who you are
The spanish are the native of spain who rightfully retook their lands against inv aders of your kind
discovered your channel 2 days ago and I'm seriously in love with the contents. Love it!
Are you christan
I'm the same, so many good vids to binge
Beautiful Church. Yes, it’s a church no matter what they do or how many minarets they add to it.
and the churches in Spain alandalus are mosques no matter what they add to it
@@soul553 I agree completely
@@soul553 Mosques built by muslims in spain were destroyed, Ancient workship building from pagan era who converted to chruch then mosque to church left.
I am sorry.
It broke my heart when Hagia sofia was converted to masjid.
U can respect it as both no need to add an comment like that both way its a worship place
You are creating some good stuff . Don't worry about subscriptions it will grow with time .
Looks like his subscriptions definitely grew hahah, great vid
Nicely explained.
*Simply* ;)
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The building is a landmark in the evolution of architecture. I frankly don't care what imaginary god is being prayed to in it, so long as the devotees take the preservation and care of the structure seriously.
Why doesn't anyone talk about the mosques in Spain that were converted into churches.
That's not the subject of this video, so it would be off-topic to bring that up here. It would be equally off-topic to talk about the Hagia Sophia on the many videos about the Spanish mosques that were converted into churches. Why deflect from the topic at hand by bringing up something irrelevant?
Really? you lost credibility with me at the 25th second mark. "Situated in the country of Istanbul".
2:30 Name of the background score please
Voice of prayer
@@ItsMetallicThank you 👍
"Country of Istanbul"
Turkey is my city
@@bigalmou2261 Hahahah
Nope *Republic of Istanbul* 15M population
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Constantinople
Despite some interesting dialogue choices, I did enjoy this video. Thanks.
I am about to pray morning prayer fajr here in 39 mins 😂😂Allahuma barik💙💙
I was there last month. It is now a functional mosque and one can no longer see anything but the ground floor. Still something to see but when it was a museum there was much more one could enjoy. Anyone visiting, should go across the street and visit the Roman Fresh Water Cistern. Fascinating place and something not to miss if you have an interest in history.
Wasn't there an earthquake in February 2023
Both great places to visit.
It was never meant to be a mosque . However, dictator Erdogan refused to leave it as a museum. UNESCO was absolutely silent when he turned it to the mosque . Horrible act praised by UNESCO !
0:27 I may be wrong but last I checked İstanbul was a city in Türkiye, not its own country
Great video
Very well explained. Keep up the good work👍
The building will come back as cathedral.
Or a museum I'd say
@@Archiischool no it was church from beginning.
@@wilsesho9882 I know, I mean I think before it's changed back into a church it will be turned back into a museum. There would be so much controversy about it going directly from mosque to church, that it may need to be returned to a museum first before then going into a church
@@Archiischool yes I had said that before in different place and I said to people in real life the truth will never be changed it goes back to original.
@@wilsesho9882 I agree mate
The Turks turned Hagia Sophia into a mosque because it is Greek! So when they kneel in Hagia Sophia, they kneel in front of the Greeks! Everyone must kneel in front of Greece!
Some people have a tendency to dumb-down history, events and concepts. To simplify things does not mean you have to distort it. Constantine was no Byzantine emperor. He was a Roman emperor. In history there was no Byzantine empire, only the Western and Eastern Roman empire. The Byzantine empire was a creation of 17th century western historians. Constantine was also not a Eastern Roman emperor, because in his time there was no two Romes, he just moved the capital to the city he named after himself, which was in what was then Byzantium.
bro i took notes throughout the video and then looked at the coments saying its all wrong 😭
Thank you ❤
.... but the Greek church was Christian lmao. Emperor Constantine was Christian. It was definitely originally a place of Christian worship
I agree cause it was a Greek orthodox Christian church and it was taken away so many miracles have happened people that are interested in history of this mega magnificent Greek orthodox church should look into it
For me it is a church
The sheer number of mistakes, be they historical, grammatical, or of pronunciation, make this video hard to watch. The COUNTRY of Istanbul? It's a city. The Emperor stepped down and...was no longer the King? No, he was no longer the Emperor. Please at least read over your script before you start recording. I rarely comment on videos but this is unreal.
Exactly!!
Loved your coverage of Hagia Sofia. It is so fascinating. 💕💕
An at times quite odd commentary with some factual errors - example, Turkey was declared a Republic by Ataturk in 1923 not 1935. “The empire of present day Istanbul” - I imagine he means the Ottoman Empire. It’s all a bit clumsy.
Okay Sophie Bouillin Mcsweeney I understand. I am a slow Américain, and I am juste grateful that your with me.
Istanbul is a city....
Hagia Sofia was sacked by the Crusaders.
Hagia Sophia was then sacked by the Ottoman Turks.
Can I use your video with your logo on my website?
Beautiful history of the beautiful ancestors
Proud of being turk such a historical country 😊
It was built by Emperor Iustinian after 527 a.d., not Constantin.
Constantine built the original Hagia Sophia which was burnt in the Nika riots
Emperor Justinian mate, he built it, not Constantin.
@@dansorin2001 video refers to the original Church built by Constantine on the same site as the current Hagia Sophia built by Justinian
I don't talk about the video, the video contains a few errors. I am talking about the historical facts, about the history. Hagia Sofia was built by Emperor Iustinian. That it.
Byzantine Emperor Constantius commissioned construction of the first Hagia Sophia in 360 A.D. Emperor Lustinian might have RE-built Hagia Sophia, but he was not the founder who first established Hagia Sophia.
a basilica is a Greek orthodox church!
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Did you know that there are 238 churches in Istanbul? All of them were protected by the Turks and respectfully maintained. Writing churches in Turkey takes you on a fabulous journey. There are 300 million Turks in the world. And rest assured, more than half of them are not even Muslims. There are also Christian Turks and Greeks in Turkey. Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque because it was the largest structure in the city. There was never an attack on the churches, as you think. You just need to write churches in Turkey. Try
Hagia Sophia was converted to mosque because mehmed II conquer constantinople. so there was an attack.
I think...'all things considered...That they should give Constantinople including the Hagia Sophia back to the Christians.
@Fire I don't know where your at but in the west consider Asian women easy. Also go to Tunisia and see women chase European guys all time. Italian & Greek men visit Tunisia often where religion women is less.
Nice video! But it was Justinian the 1st who rebuilt it after the Nika riots not Justinian the 2nd
Yeah, aka Justinian the Great
It was Justinian who built it in the first place.
Country of Istanbul?
Did you forget the crusades and how they laid waste to the Hagia Sophia and turned it into a brothel?
Crusades properly destroyed everything
the original seat of authority for Christianity.
The title for this channel should be “Incorrectly Explained”.
Αγία Σοφία ...one, the only, most beautiful Orthodox shrine.
Mosque** get it right.
@@whosjoe323 Never!
@@misterno6629 So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks
@@whosjoe323 Why never? ... you think what is abducted from others brings happiness?!...no, it only brings misery and suffering...remember that.
🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷ayasofya camii ,hagıa sophia mousq🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 bir gün atinaya tekrar camilerimiz minarelerimizle geleceğiz bunu biliyorsun değilmi
Great work! Keep it up.
Nice work. I went recently and it’s still amazing from the outside. The inside feels odd and complex. Note on pronunciation ~ there is no “kh” sound. H “ha” as Hagia. Or it’s also pronounced “Aya Sophia” 😊Hopes that is helpful and not critical sounding 🙏I look forward to more videos about Turkey 😊
one of the most beautiful orthodox names. With God's help it will be returned to the orthodox people soon.
@@nicktech1832 No chance…keep dreaming. 🤣. What’s the point of a church anyway? They are usually empty, majority of people are only Christian by name they don’t give a toss about religion. Churches are turning into nightclubs in this day and age. At least people come to pray in a Mosque.
He tried so hard to sound Arabic, though its more related to Greek😀
Synagogues are consecrated spaces used for the purpose of Jewish prayer, study, assembly, and reading of the Tanakh (the entire Hebrew Bible, including the Torah).
0:28 "in the country of Istanbul"... fix this, or don't expect anyone to take you seriously
I heard "country of Istanbul" and hit pause. If you're not going to do your research then what's the point.
Whatever its use today it's an amazing building that touches the lives of many.
My ancestor had worked until his death at Hagia Sophia Church, Ahmet Tahir, who then was buried under Constantin Church as saint. He was from Marash, Celisia, he had studied math, religion, law at Istanbul University and got 3 areas diplomas.
The chants heard in this video are Latin Catholic, not Greek Orthodox. Well Done, Fellow Historians!
U explained this story very nice i took this topic is got more in this video thanks
100% truth. 0% delusion.
Insha Allah we muslims will rightfully return Holy Haya Sofia to our orthodox brothers,
In Sha Allah, the Ottoman empire were evil for these deeds, the Quran clearly said to never engage in such acts when in warfare, and Constantinople wanted to pay for peace, a Muslim army will attack modern day Istanbul and it will be given back to Orthodox Christianity.
Wet dreams 😸
When a non-muslim disguises himself as a Muslim.
All praise due to the most High! I’m glad it is a mosque :)
Theft is halal
@@samirdizco2759 Conquering is halal.
Loved the explanation, no bias but straight facts.
0:25 “country of Istanbul” yeah just straight facts right there 🙄
How the heck they made this building? Like without the technology like crane etc... Not only it's fking tall, the dome is hard to make too...
It’s a beautiful church
And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Falsehood is ever bound to vanish☪️Alhamdilullah🇹🇷
As a Muslim I would feel shamed to pray in a “mosque” with mosaics and references everywhere to Christ and the Christianity... It’s just a matter of time but Hagia Sophia will become a church again as it was born, the suns of the Christianity, St. Peter in Rome for the West and Hagia Sophia in Costantinople for the East. I love my Muslim brother but Hagia Sophia will always remain Christian, it’s like we conquer la Mecca and then rebuild all the mosques with churches, it would become Christian officially but its heart, its spirit would always remain muslim
@Crabhead360 now it is but it wasnt originally
@Crabhead360 thats what I mean
Bro shut up lol it’ll always be a mosque
@@fightchamp725 there are non muslims who go there to pray, my lebanese christian neighbors went there to do that
Beamer Z doesn’t matter it’s a place of worship but it’ll stay as a mosque
Cant wait for that area to be re taken
Dreams.. 🤣
@@dronur6194 Jesus Christ will come and rid the world of heathens. Nice try false idol worshiper.🤭😘
"Simply Explained"
How about taking fair Criticism and giving Love Heart's to everyone who have corrected your Journalistic Errors.
insomuch that they were astonished,
and said,
Whence hath this man this wisdom,
and these mighty works?
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Acts names wisdom as a quality given to the apostles, alongside the Holy Spirit.
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Super bro
Άγια Σοφιά ✝️
Istanbul is not a country.. its in a country, Turkey
No
Good piece however you have totally downplayed how functional it was as a Church.
It was a church for 916 years, and a mosque for 483 years If I remember right
The muslim mosqua of cordoba that was built by a muslim in spain was turned into a chruch did we wine ?
@@reaperplays4170 yes, you did
@@dreadmawgaming but do we bow unlike some people
@@dreadmawgaming if i were the ottoman of course i would've change it to the majority religion place. Like christian changing old mosque to new church and muslim change old church to new mosque.
Get your Facts Right it's in Country of Turkey and not country of Instanbul.
Turkey is non important. The video is about a Greek historical monument ... that you have vandalized. So, the video protects Turkey by not mentioning the country ...
Happy to see Αγία Σοφία well maintained and the removal of entrance fees to make this great temple accessible to the public. People of all cultures and religions should marvel at its beauty.
But I must ask a sincere question here:
Given the fact this Church was built with purpose as a place of worship and symbol for Christianity and specifically Orthodoxy, as well as the fact it has stood for over 900 years as a Christian church, shouldn’t this be reverted back to a neutral temple? I understand it is now Turkey and the temple is here, but to cover away and hide the Christian symbolism and ethos of this church so that it can be turned in to a Mosque almost feels fake and tarnishes the heritage of the church. Don’t we build better relations and corporate better with people by finding a middle ground for our differences?
There wouldn't be a better place for that than Hagia Sophia🎉
Anyone here because of the book “ The Historian”?
Old Christian church..... ❤️
You guys brunt it more than actually praying in it, it’s a mosque now☪️🏴🏳️
@@whosjoe323 pick up a history book, but maybe before that, learn some english first
"brunt"
@@feduntu 0:34, 1:20, 1:57, 2:20. hahah medieval times bathroom had more respect from the public than a place of worship. I know 3 languages (English soon to be 4th) Knowing English isn’t a Big priority to me sense I don’t live in a majority English speakers country.
@@whosjoe323 Again abdool, hagia Sofia existed as a church for more than a 1000 years, have you any basic common sense?
What can I expect from someone who thinks an illiterate pdofile to be the best of humanity
Your own kabba is literally a bathroom inside 😂
Roman Basilica, not church.
The most important wonder in a Religious Victory.
It was never a mosque it was a church Islam came and converted into a mosque. It was originally a church for the Christians. Forcefully converted to a mosque. No matter who says what that place belongs to the Christians.
@Yousef Isa you can’t change history my friend. 2.4 billion Christians knows that church belongs to them not yours. Yes you have it, for now. You will eventually lose it. Would you like to know why you will eventually lose it ? Because it isn’t yours. That design is a Christian design by the Christians. The inside is Jesus painting not Mohammed sitting on a donkey and flying.
@Yousef Isa Yes by force. It’s their land by force. Not by choice. That land actually belonged to the Byzantine Empire of the Christians. Those people inside is never their land. They have been all killed because according to the Quran you are not allowed to have friends that are Jewish and Christian. If they do not pay their taxes in their own land force them submission and kill them. Islamic Literature is one of the stupidest cult book I have ever read in my entire life.
@Yousef Isa What makes you think they won ? O well, it’s a building. However, history will show evidence of what Islam is about. As long as this cult is exposed. That’s all we need. Only time will come.
@Yousef Isa Islam wants war, there is only peace as long as Islam is all converted. As long as that is the truth even inside the Quran and also in the Hadith it explains it carefully. I think my friend you don’t seem to spend time reading your own books. It saddens me that a Christian myself read all of your books including Arabic which by far the Arabic one is the best authentic one of all, because that is the truth of Islamic cult.
@Yousef Isa Let it turn into whatever it is that it will turn into at the end of it all, God sees everything.
What was the reason that compelled all to flee to the Great Church? They had been listening, for many years, to some pseudo-soothsayers, who had declared that the city was destined to be handed over to the Turks, who would enter in large numbers and would massacre the Romans as far as the Column of Constantine the Great. After this an angel would descend, holding his sword. He would hand over the kingdom, together with the sword, to some insignificant, poor, and humble man who would happen to be standing by the Column. He would say to him: "Take this sword and avenge the Lord's people." Then the Turks would be turned back, would be massacred by the pursuing Romans, and would be ejected from the city and from all places in the west and the east and would be driven as far as the borders of Persia, to a place called the Lone Tree …. That was the cause for the flight into the Great Church. In one hour that famous and enormous church was filled with men and women. An innumerable crowd was everywhere: upstairs, downstairs, in the courtyards, and in every conceivable place. They closed the gates and stood there, hoping for salvation.
- Doukas, XXXIX.18
Hahahha 😅😅
The Persians were fighting the Romans for centuries until both of them were crushed by prophet Muhammad pbuh followers and companions from nowhere the two great superpowers of there time with vast resources where defeated in battle time and again by smaller groups eventually conquering both empires as foretold by prophet hundreds of years earlier when they were only a handful and were generally rejected by most tribes in Arabia . A miracle for those who wish to see how did a person who couldn’t read or write in the middle of the desert with little or no resources predict a victory against two of the greatest superpowers and describe the man who would conquer the city of Constantinople and describe his army . People at the time must have thought he must be crazy or a liar. Time passes by and the hadith of the prophet Muhammad pbuh becomes true .
Yes . Salvation arrived in the form of Mehmed-II. So that, all people who were shelter in abandoned unholy church got freedom from the hand of Mehmed-II.
20 July 2020 🍒
Haiga Sophia
رومن نے تعمیر کیا تھا ۔۔۔۔کیا یہ معلومات درست ہیں؟؟؟
Who else is watching this post-conversion to a mosque?
Constantine was the emperor of the Byzantine empire….wtf kind of information is that? He was ROMAN emperor.
Ayia Sophia is better of Hayia Sofia pronunciation please buy doesn't matter still the documenter and the information contained is very true and interesting as a whole! Optic Acoustic too!!! Well done 👍!
Khaya Sofia is situated in the country of Istanbul? what?!
Paldies par informaciju 0:27
"The country of Instanbul"
-Simply Explained
building was church. Land belongs to temple before church.
After victory of Constantinople,it was in the status of "enemy 's property".
Enemy 's property belongs to winner ie Turks. They followed the rules as per the constantine the great.
After victory, Constantine the great demolished pagan temple and build the Hagia Sophia church.
They Turks muslim didn't demolish the church.they just changed the status of hagia Sofia. Be thankful to Turks.
The way caliphate got abolished, church has to replace the mosque.
There was never a Byzantine Empire it was Eastern Roman Empire
We just making things up as we go now?
I laughed so much, listening to that absurd narrative. The guy doesn’t know that when you want to hide or change the real history, first you have to know it very well and not only superficially and partially, cause this way you end ridiculous.
So can you narrate a better complete concise history of this site?
Yes i can. Almost every sentence of the text has mistakes and inaccuracies. Main points: you declare:”it was first built not as a church, but as a basilica for worshiping for the church “. 😂 what tf does this mean? 2. You mix so much the history of the existing building ( a masterpiece of world’s architecture), with the 2 churches that were situated at the same place for little time and were not so important historically , and architecturally. So the listener doesn’t make any sense, watching the actual building and listening for more than the half time about the not important time if 200 years when the other 2 churches were there., 3) upper level: women, lower level: men. That simple. Etc etc etc
Just some very big mistakes...Justinian the 2nd??... The country of Istanbul?? ...The empire didn't have kings, but (logically) emperors... Anadolia (also called nowdays), not Turkey, and Syria were the provinces of the Roman empire, not some foreign states...
" Anatolia was the heartland of the Byzantine Empire, the Christian and predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern province."
Book - A history of Ottoman Architecture . Page-1
Author: John Freely. Edition : 2011 ,WIT press publishers
It shows us that Anatolia ( today turkey ) people once Greek Christians. After they embraced Islam, now Greek muslims.
Race- Greek
Religion - muslim
But western catholic historian liars saying," Turks not European"
The liars playing with word "Turks ".
The H in Hagia Sofia is not pronounced!