Hagia Sophia (disambiguation)

Hagia Sophia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 537 as the Greek Orthodox patriarchal cathedral, later becoming a Roman Catholic cathedral, then a Sunni mosque, then a museum. It currently functions as a mosque.

Hagia Sophia or Saint Sophia may also refer to:

The Greek for Holy Wisdom, a concept in Christian theology

Saints

Saint Sophia of Egypt, Coptic martyr, feast day 5^th of Tout (Coptic calendar)
Saint Sophia of Milan, feast day 17 September
Saint Sophia of Rome, martyr, feast day 15 May
Saint Sophia of Sortino (Sicily), martyr, feast day 23 September
Saint Sofia of Suzdal (died 1542), see Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova
Saint Sophia of Slutsk (died 1612), see Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill

Churches

Australia

Saint Sophia Cathedral, Sydney (1928), a Greek Orthodox cathedral in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
St Sophia Greek Orthodox Church (c. 1980s), a Greek Orthodox church in Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales

Belarus

Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk (11th century), a cathedral in Polotsk

Bulgaria

Saint Sofia Church, Sofia (6th century), a church in Sofia
Hagia Sophia Church, Nesebar (9th century), a church in Nesebar

China

Saint Sophia Cathedral, Harbin (1907), a church in Daoli, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province

Cyprus

Saint Sophia Cathedral, Nicosia (11th century), a former church in Nicosia; now a mosque since 1570

Greece

Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki (8th century), a church in Thessaloniki
Hagia Sophia (10th century), a church in Drama
Hagia Sophia (14th century), a church in Mystras

Italy

Santa Sofia (Benevento) (8th century), a church in Benevento
Santa Sofia, Naples (1487), a church in Naples
Santa Sofia Church (Padua) (10th century), a church in Padua
Santa Sofia a Via Boccea (1968), a church in Rome
Santa Sofia (Venice) (11th century), a church in Venice

North Macedonia

Saint Sophia, Ohrid (9th century), a church in Ohrid

Russia

Saint Sophia Church, Moscow (17th century), a church in Moscow
Nikolskaya Church (1813), a church in Kamenki, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod (11th century), a church in Novgorod
St. Sophia Cathedral, Pushkin (1788), a cathedral in Pushkin, St Petersburg
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Vologda (1570), a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Vologda

Turkey

Little Hagia Sophia (6th century), originally a church in Istanbul, now a mosque
Hagia Sophia, Iznik (6th century), originally a church in Nicaea, now a mosque
Hagia Sophia, Trabzon (13th century), originally a church in Trabzon, now a mosque

Ukraine

Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv (11th century), a church in Kiev
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Zhytomyr (1748), a cathedral in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr

United Kingdom

Saint Sophia (London) (1882), a cathedral in London

United States

Saint Sophia (Los Angeles) (1952), a cathedral in Los Angeles
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral (1948), a cathedral in Miami
Saint Sophia Cathedral (Washington, D.C.) (1951), a cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Places

Santa Sofia d'Epiro, an Arberesh town and comune in Cosenza, Italy
Santa Sofia, Emilia–Romagna, a comune in Forlì-Cesena, Emilia–Romagna, Italy
Santa Sofía, Boyacá, a town and municipality in Boyacá, Colombia

Other uses

Santa Sofia (grape), an Italian wine grape that is also known as Fiano
SS Sussex, an 1896 cross-English Channel passenger ferry also known as Aghia Sophia