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
 
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 (8th century), a church in Thessaloniki
 - Hagia Sophia (10th century), a church in Drama
 - Hagia Sophia (12th century), a church in Monemvasia
 - Hagia Sophia (14th century), a church in Mystras
 
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 Constantinople, 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 cathedral 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.
 
Other uses
- SS Sussex, an 1896 cross-English Channel passenger ferry also known as Aghia Sophia
 
See also
- Ayasofya Mosque (disambiguation)
 - Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney, Australia
 - Sofia (disambiguation)
 - Sofia Church (disambiguation)
 - Sophia (disambiguation)
 - Santa Sofia (disambiguation)
 
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