{"id":40002,"date":"2024-05-25T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40002"},"modified":"2024-05-24T17:47:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:47:44","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-turkey-reopens-former-byzantine-chora-church-as-a-mosque-amid-muted-objections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40002","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the global doorstep\u2019: Turkey reopens former Byzantine Chora church as a mosque amid muted objections"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Turkey has opened the ancient Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, to Muslim worshippers after having been used as a museum for more than 70 years, reports The Arts Newspaper.<\/em><\/h3>\n
image for illustration: Chora Church, Instanbul<\/a> by Gryffindor – Own work, Public Domain, Commons Wikimedia<\/em><\/h6>\n

<\/p>\n

The Arts Newspaper<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

Turkey has reconsecrated a millennium-old former church as a mosque, shrugging off criticism from abroad that ending its neutral status as a World Heritage List-inscribed museum would harm cultural heritage, following\u2026 restoration…<\/p>\n

The Church of St Saviour in Chora, often described as the Sistine Chapel of Istanbul, held its first Muslim prayers in nearly eight decades\u2026<\/p>\n

At Chora this week, a thin stream of tourists came to view sparkling mosaics, such as Christ in Majesty hovering from a dome, and the masterwork fresco Anastasis, or the Harrowing of Hell\u2026.<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turkey has opened the ancient Chora church, one of Istanbul’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings, to Muslim worshippers after having been used as a museum for more than 70 years, reports The Arts Newspaper. image for illustration: Chora Church, Instanbul by … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40004,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40002\/revisions\/40004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}