Hagia Sophia (disambiguation)

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Hagia Sophia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 537 as the Greek Orthodox patriarchal cathedral, later becoming a Roman Catholic cathedral, then a Sunni mosque, then a museum. It currently functions as a mosque.

Hagia Sophia or Saint Sophia may also refer to:

  • The Greek for Holy Wisdom, a concept in Christian theology

Churches

Australia

  • Saint Sophia Cathedral, Sydney (1928), a Greek Orthodox cathedral in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
  • St Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
    (c. 1980s), a Greek Orthodox church in Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales

Belarus

  • Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk
    (11th century), a cathedral in Polotsk

Bulgaria

China

Cyprus

  • Saint Sophia Cathedral, Nicosia
    (11th century), a former church in Nicosia; now a mosque since 1570

Greece

North Macedonia

  • Saint Sophia, Ohrid
    (9th century), a church in Ohrid

Russia

Turkey

  • Little Hagia Sophia (6th century), originally a church in Constantinople, now a mosque
  • Hagia Sophia, Iznik
    (6th century), originally a church in Nicaea, now a mosque
  • Hagia Sophia, Trabzon (13th century), originally a church in Trabzon, now a mosque

Ukraine

United Kingdom

  • Saint Sophia (London)
    (1882), a cathedral in London

United States

Other uses

  • SS Sussex, an 1896 cross-English Channel passenger ferry also known as Aghia Sophia

See also