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Hagia Samoa, former church, now a museum where pope visited ISTANBUL: Pope John Paul II did not kneel to pray in the Highs Sophia (Holy Wisdom) as did his predecessor Pope Paul VI. Instead, during his 10 Dressed in his white papal centuries of powerful minute visit to the one-time robes and a white overcoat. sultans. Christian basilica, he gazed the pope and his Vatican The second room featured meditatively into space and cortege first visited the the fabulous emerald seemed to be praying Throne Room featuring the jewelled knife made famous wide, low throne of Sultan in the 1960s by the movie silently. "Topkapi,," which was based When Pope Paul VI visited Mehmet the Conqueror. on a fictitious attempt to Hagia Sophia in 1967, he steal the priceless treasure. secular shocked Turkish Finally the pope visited the state sensibilities by kneeling to pray at the place where He then walked into the "miniatures" room of the bordering on the museum, today's secular museum once inner courtyard and the held the Christian main museums on the right gardens that overlook the featuring the delicately Golden Horn -- the inlet off altar. Hagia Sophia, one of the brocaded regal robes of all the Bosporus Straits. most ancient churches of the Ottoman rulers from the The pope did not visit the Christendom, was a major founding to the end of the fabled harem rooms on the left side of the Topkapi church until 1453 when the empire. first Ottoman emperor Next he visited two rooms grounds or the huge stoneturned it into a mosque. of the treasury, displaying chimneyed kitchens on the the valuable gems and right which house Topkapi's bejewelled art objects priceless treasure of delicate When he completed the collected by nearly five porcelain art from China.
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Justinian declared, "Glory be to God, I have been found worthy to surpass the glories of the Temple of Solomon." Until 1453 the church of Hagia Sophia (also well An official Indian CALCUTTA (NC) known as Santa Sophia after said that his its Latin name) was government spokesman considered one of the government would not tax Mother Teresa's
Nobel -Prize
Christian architectural Nobel Peace Prize money. marvels of the world. There had been Press It was converted into a reports that the 69-year -old mosque under the Ottoman Roman Catholic nun might sultans. have to pay tax on the prize A minaret (prayer tower) money of $192,000, but the was added, the stained spokesman said such reports windows were changed to were a surprise to him and reflect Arabic Moslem the government had no
India a laughing stock.
The
Indian
Express
attacked "mindless legalists" who questioned Mother Teresa's Indian citizenship, which she took out some 30 years ago.
A Finance Ministry influence, and huge circular intention of taxing Mother spokesman said that time Moslem shields were hung Teresa. prize law, Indian Under needed to grant an was on the six main pillars of the money is exempted from tax exemption from tax Byzantine -style edifice. when the award has been payment on the $70,000 given by the Indian Norwegian People's Prize and that the $6,000 also But the magnificent mosaic government. also Indian newspapers com- given Mother Teresa at her Madonna and Child and plained that the idea of request is lieu of the Nobel revered by Islam delicate 10th -century taxing the prize had made reception in her honour. mosaics of the apostles were left intact. GMH Also left intact were many
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Brothers professed Two West Australians made their final commitment as Christian Brothers during Mass concelebrated by Bishop Quinn in Trinity College chapel last week. A second member of the Wedd family, Brother Donald H. WEDD, made his final profession for which his mother, Mrs. Joan Wedd of Brentwood, and four other members of his family, including Christian Brother Alan Wedd, were present. He has just completed two years of full-time science study and will join his brother on the staff at Aquinas College next year. Brother Peter Anthony HACKETT who also made his final profession is the son of John and Norah Hackett of Booragoon who were present for the ceremony. He is at present master in charge of the primary school at
the intricate
mosaics and carved-stone pillars supporting the building's 100 foot high dome. It continued as a mosque until the 20th century when Ataturk, the founder of
modern Turkey, moved Turkey's capital to Ankara and converted the magnificent religious edifice into a museum.
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CROWDING A major problem for the pope in his visit to Hagia Sophia was the constant
crowding of news photographers around him, their raised cameras and glaring lights often obscuring his vision. Trinity College. Holy the same A few days previously in Adelaide in The former imperial palace Spirit province Brother Dean McGlaughin formerly of Topkapi was also on the Trinity College made his final profession. pope's schedule.
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