After 557 years will run the Hagia Sophia?

Many questions present the project and the assurance of the President of "World Parish of St। Sophia" Chris Spyrou, that in September it celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Hagia Sophia, after 557 years।This is because there has not been informed by the Greek Government nor personally Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, but the most basic Hagia Sophia a museum and is considered extremely difficult to give an authorization by the Turkish government।At a press conference given yesterday in Thessaloniki, the president of the World Parish and Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Anthimos, Mr. Spiro has made known that the liturgy will be held Friday, September 17, the day of the feast of Wisdom, Faith, Love and Hope the Orthodox Christians.


As said, the World Parish has already informed by registered letter of the Prime Minister of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, for his decision to attend the Istanbul that day and to operate the Hagia Sophia. Asked if the representatives of the World Parish informed the Greek Foreign Ministry, the initiative taken by Mr Spiro said that it is not a political issue and that the agency is based in USA. "No government has the right to determine the use of sacred sites, to appoint priests and bishops, and to identify the clothing of priests and religious workers," said Spiro. Moreover, Mr. Spiro is not known if they received a reply from Mr.Erdogan, and stressed that it has informed the Patriarch Bartholomew to not bring him in a difficult position. Officially, the last function in the Hagia Sophia was committed 557 years ago, but on January 19, 1919, but operated by the operator Lefteris Noufraki priest and a few men of the Greek expeditionary force in Crimea