Hagia Sophia (disambiguation)

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Hagia Sophia or Saint Sophia (Ἁγία Σοφία or Αγία Σοφία in Greek, Sancta Sophia in Latin, Ayasofya in Turkish) can refer to:

• "The Holy Wisdom of God" especially in Eastern Orthodoxy:
• Hagia Sophia, the Church of the Holy Wisdom in Istanbul, Turkey (formerly Constantinople), now a museum
• Hagia Sophia, Trabzon, a former church and mosque located in the city of Trabzon in the north-eastern part of Turkey
• Hagia Sophia, the church in Iznik, Turkey (formerly Nicaea), where the Second Council of Nicaea met in 787, severely damaged by several earthquakes
• Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine
• Hagia Sophia, a Christian church in Sofia, Bulgaria
• Santa Sofia a Via Boccea, Rome
• Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, Russia
• Hagia Sophia (Monemvasia), a Christian church in Monemvassia, Greece
• Hagia Sophia (Thessaloniki), the largest Byzantine church of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Little Hagia Sophia, the Church of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus in Istanbul, Turkey
• Church of St. Sophia, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia
• Saint Sophia Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
• St. Sophia Cathedral, Washington, DC, USA
• St. Sophia Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• A Russian Orthodox cathedral in Harbin, China
• The Selimiye Mosque (a former church) in Nicosia, Cyprus
• An Orthodox cathedral in Polatsk, considered a motherchurch of Belarus
• A principal Orthodox cathedral in Tobolsk, Russia
• A principal Orthodox cathedral in Vologda, Russia
• Sancta Sophia College, a residential college at the University of Sydney, Australia.
• Hagia Sophia, poem by Thomas Merton, 1963

[edit] People

• Saint Sophia of Rome, a martyr (d. 304 AD)
• Sophia the Martyr, d. 137 AD