The head of an international effort to restore the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul as a Christian place of worship on Thursday said affiliated groups want to hold a liturgy on Sept. 17, 2010 in the venerable Byzantine-era basilica, a pre-eminent museum today in the Bosporus metropolis.
Chris Spyrou, a noted Greek-American political leader from New Hampshire who heads the International Congregation of Agia (Hagia) Sophia organisation, said his group has also sent a relevant letter to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan inviting him to attend the liturgy.
Spyrou spoke at a news conference in Athens on Thursday.
(source: ana-mpa)
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