Hagia Sophia: Construction, Renovation, and Liturgical Use (532–1453)

1. Justinian orders new Hagia Sophia begun

   Feb 23, 532Labels: Justinian I, Hagia Sophia

   • Britannica Hagia Sophia
   • EBSCO

2. Hagia Sophia inaugurated and dedicated

   Dec 27, 537Labels: Justinian I, Patriarch Menas

   • Britannica Hagia Sophia
   • EBSCO

3. Earthquakes crack dome and semi-dome

   Dec 1, 557Labels: Hagia Sophia, earthquake

   • Hagia Sophia Wikipedia
   • Columbia MCAH

4. First dome collapse damages sanctuary furnishings

   May 7, 558Labels: Hagia Sophia, sanctuary

   • Columbia MCAH
   • Hagia Sophia Wikipedia

5. Rebuilt, higher dome re-dedicated

   Dec 24, 562Labels: Isidore the, Hagia Sophia

   • Columbia MCAH
   • Hagia Sophia Wikipedia

6. Apse Virgin-and-Child mosaic unveiled

   Mar 29, 867Labels: Theotokos mosaic, Patriarch Photios

   • Pappas Institute
   • Medieval Mosaics

7. Earthquake damages west side of dome

   Jan 9, 869Labels: Hagia Sophia, earthquake

   • Sanidopoulos
   • Hagia Sophia Wikipedia

8. Imperial Gate mosaic of Leo VI installed

   Jan 1, 900Labels: Leo VI, Imperial Gate

   • Wikimedia Commons
   • Hagia Sophia Wikipedia

9. Earthquake collapses western dome sector

   Oct 26, 989Labels: Trdat, Hagia Sophia

   • Hagia Sophia Wikipedia
   • Trdat Wikipedia

10. Trdat’s dome repairs completed

    Jan 1, 994Labels: Trdat, Hagia Sophia

    • Trdat Wikipedia
    • Byz Domes

11. Fourth Crusade converts church to Latin cathedral

    Apr 1, 1204Labels: Latin Empire, Hagia Sophia

    • Hagia Sophia Wikipedia
    • Britannica Hagia Sophia

12. Orthodox restoration prompts Deësis mosaic

    Jan 1, 1261Labels: De sis, Hagia Sophia

    • Hagia Sophia Wikipedia
    • Met Museum

13. Earthquake causes major 14th-century dome collapse

    Jan 1, 1346Labels: Hagia Sophia, earthquake

    • Byz Domes
    • Tech Annals

14. Buttressing added after late-Byzantine repairs

    Jan 1, 1354Labels: buttressing, Hagia Sophia

    • Tech Annals
    • Byz Domes

15. Ottoman conquest ends Byzantine liturgical era

    May 29, 1453Labels: Ottoman conquest, Hagia Sophia

    • Britannica Hagia Sophia
    • Hagia Sophia Wikipedia

16. Nika Riot destroys earlier Hagia Sophia

    Jan 1, 5321Labels: Nika Riot, Theodosian Hagia

    • Britannica
    • Britannica Hagia Sophia