Prayers and Greek flags at Hagia Sophia: Symbolic actions by Greeks, arrests, and political reactions (photos)
Incidents of tension are escalating at the global symbol of Orthodoxy, with Greeks who raised a Greek flag inside the church now in prison
Two Greeks arrested for raising a Greek flag with the Byzantine eagle inside Hagia Sophia, watch video
Security staff at Hagia Sophia quickly noticed the situation via cameras and intervened – The flag read “Orthodoxy or Death”
Hagia Sophia: At the mercy of…crony contractors, the adventures of the monument of Orthodoxy in Erdogan’s hands
The symbolic temple of Byzantine tradition is at the mercy of micro-political and geopolitical designs, from its conversion into a mosque to…trucks entering its interior
