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On Friday, October 30, the Turkish government plans to hold the first Muslim prayer in history. Chora Monastery from Istanbul.
THE Chora Monastery (the Monastery of Agios Sotiros in Chora), the unique Byzantine monument, which until recently functioned as a museum, was converted into a mosque by decision of Turkish government, released on August 21, following his fate Hagia sofia.
THE Chora Monastery, operated from 1945 until now as a museum and has magnificent mosaics.
The Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs, under whose jurisdiction the building passed, covered with white cloth the precious hagiographies of the temple, an exceptional example of Byzantine art, since in the Sunnis Islam Facial illustration is prohibited. According to reports in the Turkish press, it is a curtain system with a mechanism that will cover the mosaics.
The photos below show the interior of the monument before and after its installation. it covers.
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The Chora Monastery, known today as Kariye Müzesi, was a Byzantine Christian monastery in Constantinople which was converted by the Ottomans into a mosque in 1511.
Since 1958 it functioned as a museum. The monastery was built in its place Edirne Gate, outside the Theodosian walls (in present-day Edirne Kapi district), south of Horn Bay.
The monument is still known by name Country Museum. The main church cannot be visited as it is undergoing restoration.
Last year, the conversion of the monastery into a mosque was decided by the Turkish State Council (SSC), Turkey’s highest administrative court, but the decision had not been implemented.
The decision was made to cancel the relevant act of 1945 of the Turkish Council of Ministers. the same section of the Supreme Administrative Court of Turkey, which a year later made the corresponding decision for Hagia Sophia.
The judgment was also based on his appeal “Association of supplies in Vakoufia, historical monuments and environment”, that is, the same organization that had appealed to the Turkish courts for Hagia Sophia.
