The Hagia Sophia (Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, Holy Wisdom) is a church located in Thessaloniki, Greece. With its current structure dating from the 7th century, it is one of the oldest churches in the city still standing today.

Jan 7, 2025 · Hagia Sophia, place of worship built at Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) in the 6th century CE under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. It is considered to be the most important Byzantine structure in the world and one of the world’s great monuments.

Nov 19, 2015 · Hagia Sophia (Greek Ἁγία Σοφία, for 'Holy Wisdom') was designed to be the major basilica of the Byzantine Empire and held the record for the largest dome in the world until the Duomo was built in Florence in the 15th century.

Aug 21, 2020 · Hagia Sophia Thessaloniki – the Church of Holy Wisdom – is one of the most magnificent Byzantine churches in the city. It’s also one of Thessaloniki’s major landmarks and orientation points, set in its own large plaza in the center of downtown.

Jan 4, 2025 · The Hagia Sophia is the most iconic symbol of Byzantine architecture. Credit Benh LIEU SONG / CC BY-SA 2.0 / via Wikimedia Commons. After fifteen centuries, Hagia Sophia‘s maze-like, underground complex world will open to visitors, Turkish media reports.

Hagia Sophia, the Great Church, which served as the metropolitan church of Thessaloniki throughout much of its history, was constructed on the remains of the large, five-aisled episcopal Basilica of Saint Mark following its destruction in the early 7th century.

Dec 29, 2024 · Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople) remains the symbolic center of the Greek Orthodox faith even almost six centuries after its fall to the Ottomans and its conversion to a mosque. From 537 to 1453, the “Great Church,” as the Byzantines called it, was the eastern heart of Christianity.

The Agia Sophia (also spelled Hagia Sophia or Ayia Sofia) is the largest and most famous Byzantine church in Thessaloniki, Greece.

One of Thessaloniki’s oldest churches, the Church of God’s Wisdom, Tis Tou Theou Sophias in Greek, is a Dome Basilica. Its architectural style soon became the Eastern Roman Empire’s favorite. UNESCO includes the church in its list of World Heritage Sites to recognize Hagia Sophia’s historical and cultural value.

Built in the 8th century, the Hagia Sophia of Thessaloniki is a magnificent example of Byzantine architecture in Greece. This historic church has undergone many changes over the centuries, but it has managed to retain its original architectural features and religious symbolism.