"Build Back Holy"

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26 August 2020

Chora Church Museum in Istanbul, Turkey seen on August 26, 2020. The city's famous museum will be reconverted to a mosque and opened to Muslim worship following a Presidential decree. The decision to transform the museum into a mosque comes just a month after President Erdogan controversially changed the Hagia Sophia Museum back into a mosque. The Chora Church Museum dates back to the Byzantine era when it was originally built as a monastery, during the Ottoman era it was converted into a mosque before being changed to a museum in 1948. The interior is decorated with some of the oldest Byzantine mosaics and frescoes.

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26 August 2020

Chora Church Museum in Istanbul, Turkey seen on August 26, 2020. The city's famous museum will be reconverted to a mosque and opened to Muslim worship following a Presidential decree. The decision to transform the museum into a mosque comes just a month after President Erdogan controversially changed the Hagia Sophia Museum back into a mosque. The Chora Church Museum dates back to the Byzantine era when it was originally built as a monastery, during the Ottoman era it was converted into a mosque before being changed to a museum in 1948. The interior is decorated with some of the oldest Byzantine mosaics and frescoes.

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#5944938

26 August 2020

Tourists seen inside the Chora Church Museum in Istanbul, Turkey on August 25, 2020. The city's famous museum will be reconverted to a mosque and opened to Muslim worship following a Presidential decree. The decision to transform the museum into a mosque comes just a month after President Erdogan controversially changed the Hagia Sophia Museum back into a mosque. The Chora Church Museum dates back to the Byzantine era when it was originally built as a monastery, during the Ottoman era it was converted into a mosque before being changed to a museum in 1948. The interior is decorated with some of the oldest Byzantine mosaics and frescoes.

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26 August 2020

Tourists seen inside the Chora Church Museum in Istanbul, Turkey on August 25, 2020. The city's famous museum will be reconverted to a mosque and opened to Muslim worship following a Presidential decree. The decision to transform the museum into a mosque comes just a month after President Erdogan controversially changed the Hagia Sophia Museum back into a mosque. The Chora Church Museum dates back to the Byzantine era when it was originally built as a monastery, during the Ottoman era it was converted into a mosque before being changed to a museum in 1948. The interior is decorated with some of the oldest Byzantine mosaics and frescoes.

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#5945054

26 August 2020

Tourists seen inside the Chora Church Museum in Istanbul, Turkey on August 25, 2020. The city's famous museum will be reconverted to a mosque and opened to Muslim worship following a Presidential decree. The decision to transform the museum into a mosque comes just a month after President Erdogan controversially changed the Hagia Sophia Museum back into a mosque. The Chora Church Museum dates back to the Byzantine era when it was originally built as a monastery, during the Ottoman era it was converted into a mosque before being changed to a museum in 1948. The interior is decorated with some of the oldest Byzantine mosaics and frescoes.

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#5945078

26 August 2020

Tourists seen inside the Chora Church Museum in Istanbul, Turkey on August 25, 2020. The city's famous museum will be reconverted to a mosque and opened to Muslim worship following a Presidential decree. The decision to transform the museum into a mosque comes just a month after President Erdogan controversially changed the Hagia Sophia Museum back into a mosque. The Chora Church Museum dates back to the Byzantine era when it was originally built as a monastery, during the Ottoman era it was converted into a mosque before being changed to a museum in 1948. The interior is decorated with some of the oldest Byzantine mosaics and frescoes.

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#5945106

26 August 2020

Tourists seen inside the Chora Church Museum in Istanbul, Turkey on August 25, 2020. The city's famous museum will be reconverted to a mosque and opened to Muslim worship following a Presidential decree. The decision to transform the museum into a mosque comes just a month after President Erdogan controversially changed the Hagia Sophia Museum back into a mosque. The Chora Church Museum dates back to the Byzantine era when it was originally built as a monastery, during the Ottoman era it was converted into a mosque before being changed to a museum in 1948. The interior is decorated with some of the oldest Byzantine mosaics and frescoes.

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#5945108

26 August 2020

Tourists seen inside the Chora Church Museum in Istanbul, Turkey on August 25, 2020. The city's famous museum will be reconverted to a mosque and opened to Muslim worship following a Presidential decree. The decision to transform the museum into a mosque comes just a month after President Erdogan controversially changed the Hagia Sophia Museum back into a mosque. The Chora Church Museum dates back to the Byzantine era when it was originally built as a monastery, during the Ottoman era it was converted into a mosque before being changed to a museum in 1948. The interior is decorated with some of the oldest Byzantine mosaics and frescoes.

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#5945110

26 August 2020

Tourists seen inside the Chora Church Museum in Istanbul, Turkey on August 25, 2020. The city's famous museum will be reconverted to a mosque and opened to Muslim worship following a Presidential decree. The decision to transform the museum into a mosque comes just a month after President Erdogan controversially changed the Hagia Sophia Museum back into a mosque. The Chora Church Museum dates back to the Byzantine era when it was originally built as a monastery, during the Ottoman era it was converted into a mosque before being changed to a museum in 1948. The interior is decorated with some of the oldest Byzantine mosaics and frescoes.

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#1464285

28 September 2016

Boys pray near Torah ark in the Six-domed Synagogue in Qırmızı Qəsəbə, or Red Town, Quba district of Azerbaijan on 28 September 2016. Qırmızı Qəsəbə is a biggest compact settlement of the Mountain Jews in the world. The population of the Town is near 4 thousand people. Residents of the Red Town work and live mostly in Moscow. They build or renovate houses and residences and spend in the town summer vacations. People also use to come back to the Qırmızı Qəsəbə when one of the relatives die. They visit a Synagogue every day for special prayer. (

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#513093

3 April 2015

Gilbert Bargayo shows his back wounds he suffered from the whipping he took during the station of the cross, in Cebu, on April 3, 2015. Gilbert Bargayo 55 years old makes his 21st crucifixion this Good Friday April 3 2015 at Tuburan Cebu City. Mr Bargayo started his crucifixion at the Age of 30 and had the idea when he was 16 years old and was told by Jesus Christ in his dream about his mission. His sacrifice every good friday will help him build a chapel in his hometown.

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#513091

3 April 2015

Gilbert Bargayo bends the tip of an electrical wire that is going to be used to whip his back during the station of the cross, in Cebu, on April 3, 2015. Gilbert Bargayo 55 years old makes his 21st crucifixion this Good Friday April 3 2015 at Tuburan Cebu City. Mr Bargayo started his crucifixion at the Age of 30 and had the idea when he was 16 years old and was told by Jesus Christ in his dream about his mission. His sacrifice every good friday will help him build a chapel in his hometown.

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