Turkey has embarked on a restoration project aimed at preserving the Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's landmarks. The Turkish ...

Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on ...

The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

For over 40 years, from the early 1920s until she died in 1982, Achladioti raised the Greek flag every morning and lowered it at sunset, regardless of weather or political tensions. This act began as ...

On March 25 at City Hall, members and friends of the Winnipeg Greek community — along with Mayor Scott Gillingham and deputy mayor Markus Chambers — proudly raised the Greek flag in honor of ...

God put me here to care for them,” he told The Associated Press in Greek at Panagia Hozoviotissa monastery, where he said not even a rock fell during the tremors. During that brief absence ...

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its ...

Constructed in 537 CE under the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, Hagia Sophia began its life as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and served as the patriarchal cathedral of Constantinople for ...

A painting depicting the Allied occupation of Constantinople in 1919, with the Greek warship, the RHS Georgios Averof, entering the Golden Horn. The Hagia Sophia is visible in the background. (Image: ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least seven people have died, including two children, after a boat carrying migrants from Turkey to a nearby Greek island capsized, Greece’s coast guard said Thursday.