Orthodox Diocese of Gulu and Eastern Uganda condemns the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque

Orthodox times / Patriarchate of Alexandria
Orthodox Diocese of Gulu and Eastern Uganda

In a message issued by Bishop Silvester, the Orthodox Diocese of Gulu and Eastern Uganda condemns the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, saying, “Together with all Orthodox Christians worldwide, and all Christendom, in general, we express our great grief and pain over the conversion of our Cathedral of Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) into a mosque by the Turkish Muslim leaders.”
“As we mourn, we put our Hope in Christ our God, and as the psalm says: ‘we pour our supplication before Him; we declare our affliction in His presence’ [Psalm 141 (142)]. We condemn such an act as ungodly, unacceptable, unfair, uncivilised in times that as humans in our different nationalities and religions we are trying as much as we can to co-exist peacefully with love and mutual respect.”
 

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