Today, the Byzantine church of the Chora Monastery in Istanbul is scheduled to function again as a mosque, Turkish media reports. The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to attend a ceremony to mark the completion of the General Directorate of Endowments' projects for the preservation of 201 historical monuments, including the Chora Monastery. According to the planning, during a ceremony at the conference center of the presidential palace in Ankara, President Erdogan will connect directly with the Hora Monastery. Previous reports placed the opening date for the operation of the historic Byzantine church with priceless mosaics around February 23, however the General Directorate of Endowments of Turkey denied them, announcing that the Monastery of Hora will function as a mosque in May. The projects lasted four years. The church of Agios Sotiros in Chora, the catholicon of what was once a monastic complex, dates from the 6th century AD, while its unique mosaics and frescoes […]
Source: News Beast
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