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Re:The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago by shrubble on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @04:18PM (#22478810)
The last Orthodox church services were in 1453. So I doubt that there will be many critics who remember back that far :)
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Re:The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago by sb057 on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @05:06PM (#22479161)
Actually, there was an (incredibly unauthorized) service held in 1919 during the Allied occupation of the city:

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/09/26/the-brave-greek-...

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Re:The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago by beloch on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @06:56PM (#22479930)
That could have turned out so much worse for all involved, but I suspect those involved had different perceptions of the risks than we do now. Though there was still some risk of dying, this must have seemed like a cakewalk compared to jumping out of a WWI trench!
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Re:The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago by briandear on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @05:47PM (#22479468)
What an amazing story! Thanks for sharing that.
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Re:The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago by mbdesign on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @06:06PM (#22479597)
Great story.
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Re:The sound of the Hagia Sophia, more than 500 years ago by peapicker on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @04:50PM (#22479058)
Some Greek chanters got permission to go into the Hagia Sophia and record a TV special (for Greek TV) of chant music several years ago. While not a service, it is the music that would have been used at a service. (Either that, or this is another case of convolution reverb and some clever video editing. I'm not sure. But it sounds pretty cool.)

Part of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1aUZcHaJb4

Another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eCZyvczZaM&t=98

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