Hagia Sophia (disambiguation)
Hagia Sophia means either "Holy Wisdom" or "Saint Sophia" (Ἁγία Σοφία, Agia Sophia in Greek, Sancta Sophia in Latin, Ayasofya in Turkish). "The Holy Wisdom of God" is a name for the Second Person of the Trinity.[1]
Hagia Sophia, Saint Sophia, or Santa Sofia may also specifically refer to:
Churches (or former churches)
- Hagia Sophia, the Church of the Holy Wisdom in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), now a museum
- Saint Sofia Church, Sofia, a Christian church in Sofia, Bulgaria
- Hagia Sophia, Iznik, where the Second Council of Nicaea met in 787, a church in Nicaea, (now Iznik, Turkey), now a mosque
- Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki, the largest Byzantine church of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Hagia Sophia, Trabzon, a church in Trapezous (now Trabzon, Turkey), now a mosque.
- Little Hagia Sophia, the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), now a mosque
- Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin, the Russian Orthodox cathedral in Harbin, China
- Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine
- St Sophia's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
- Saint Sophia Cathedral, Los Angeles, California, United States
- Saint Sophia Church, Moscow, Russia
- Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, Russia
- Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk, considered a mother church of Belarus
- Saint Sophia Cathedral in Vologda, Russia
- Saint Sophia Cathedral in Washington, DC, United States
- Saint Sophia, Ohrid, a church in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia
- Santa Sofia a Via Boccea, Rome
- Santa Sofia, Benevento, church in Benevento, Italy
- Santa Sofia, Padua, a church in Padua, Italy
- Santa Sofia, Venice, church in Venice, Italy
- Saint Sophia Cathedral, Nicosia (Selimiye Mosque), a former church in Nicosia, Cyprus
- Sophia Cathedral, Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo), Russia
- Sophienkirche (Berlin), Protestant church in Berlin, Germany
- Sophienkirche, Dresden, former church in Dresden, Germany destroyed in 1945
- Hagia Sophia Church, Nesebar, 5th century church in Nesebar, Bulgaria.
People
- Saint Sophia of Rome, a martyr (d. 304 AD)
- Saint Sophia the Martyr (d. 137 AD)
Places
- Santa Sofia, Emilia–Romagna, a comune in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia–Romagna
- Santa Sofia d'Epiro, an Arberesh town and comune in the province of Cosenza in Italy
Other
- Hagia Sophia, poem by Thomas Merton, 1963
- Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney, a residential college at the University of Sydney, Australia
- Santa Sofia (grape), an Italian wine grape that is also known as Fiano
See also
- ↑ "Christ! O Wisdom and Word and Power of God!" in Pentecostarion – "On the Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha", Retrieved 2013-08-14
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