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Church (building) and Hagia Sophia

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Difference between Church (building) and Hagia Sophia

Church (building) vs. Hagia Sophia

A church building or church house, often simply called a church, is a building used for Christian religious activities, particularly for worship services. Hagia Sophia (from the Greek Αγία Σοφία,, "Holy Wisdom"; Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Ayasofya) is a former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica (church), later an Ottoman imperial mosque and now a museum (Ayasofya Müzesi) in Istanbul, Turkey.

Similarities between Church (building) and Hagia Sophia

Church (building) and Hagia Sophia have 18 things in common (in Unionpedia): Basilica, Buttress, Cathedral, Catholic Church, Constantine the Great, Dome, Eastern Orthodox Church, Greek language, Iconostasis, Latin, List of oldest church buildings, Mosque, Nave, Ogive, Relic, Saint, St. Peter's Basilica, Stucco.

Basilica

A basilica is a type of building, usually a church, that is typically rectangular with a central nave and aisles, usually with a slightly raised platform and an apse at one or both ends.

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Buttress

A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall.

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Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Constantine the Great

Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus; Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Μέγας; 27 February 272 ADBirth dates vary but most modern historians use 272". Lenski, "Reign of Constantine" (CC), 59. – 22 May 337 AD), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian and Greek origin from 306 to 337 AD.

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Dome

Interior view upward to the Byzantine domes and semi-domes of Hagia Sophia. See Commons file for annotations. A dome (from Latin: domus) is an architectural element that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, also known as the Orthodox Church, or officially as the Orthodox Catholic Church, is the second-largest Christian Church, with over 250 million members.

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Iconostasis

In Eastern Christianity an iconostasis (plural: iconostases) is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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List of oldest church buildings

This article lists some but by no means all of the oldest known church buildings in the world.

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Mosque

A mosque (from masjid) is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Nave

The nave is the central aisle of a basilica church, or the main body of a church (whether aisled or not) between its rear wall and the far end of its intersection with the transept at the chancel.

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Ogive

An ogive is the roundly tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object.

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Relic

In religion, a relic usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangible memorial.

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Saint

A saint (also historically known as a hallow) is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness or closeness to God.

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St. Peter's Basilica

The Papal Basilica of St.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of aggregates, a binder and water.

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Church (building) and Hagia Sophia Comparison

Church (building) has 161 relations, while Hagia Sophia has 293. As they have in common 18, the Jaccard index is 3.96% = 18 / (161 + 293).

References

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