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The Column of Eudoxia and St. John Chrysostom (Eudoksia Sütunu ve Aziz İoannes Hrisostomos)

The Megale Ecclesia (Great Church), believed to be the first church structure at the location of Hagia Sophia, was a product of the reign of Emperor Constantius II. Due to the friction between Archbishop Ioannes Chrysostomos and Aelia Eudoxia, the young wife of Emperor Arcadius, the life of this first structure was cut short. (Geçmişte …

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A Brief History of Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya’nın Tarihçesi)

Two actions by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, I could be said to have changed the course of history. The first of these was Constantine’s and Licinius’ introduction of freedom of religion in 313 through the Edict of Milan, from which Christians benefited greatly. The second was the choice …