How the Christian Capital of the World Became Muslim

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  • čas přidán 9. 01. 2023
  • How did Turkey go from being one of the most prominent countries in Christian history where the Nicene Creed was written to a nation with almost no Christians? In this episode of Neighborhoods & Nations, Steven Morales visits the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque to help us understand the religious history of Turkey.

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  • @soekmen1176
    @soekmen1176 Před rokem +1347

    I am a new Christian from Turkey who left the cult of Islam. Pray for us and the conversion of the Turkish people.

    • @MuhammadAli-wy6ku
      @MuhammadAli-wy6ku Před rokem +137

      Islam cult? It is clear that you were not looking sincerely for God. Cristians themselves declare that the trinity does not make sense and do not believe Jesus is God. Also 100% sure you do not know even the basics of Islam.

    • @Arefin_Saiful__
      @Arefin_Saiful__ Před rokem +77

      Christianity part of paganism.. It’s not Abrahamic faith 🫡

    • @soekmen1176
      @soekmen1176 Před rokem +159

      @@MuhammadAli-wy6ku If you do not believe that Jesus is God and the Trinity you're not Christian. These basics of faith were laid out in the Nicene Creed.

    • @soekmen1176
      @soekmen1176 Před rokem +14

      @@Arefin_Saiful__ I respect your opinion

    • @joestark_says
      @joestark_says Před rokem +25

      ​@@soekmen1176I wouldn't mind if you leave Islam but for Christianity? It is clear that you left it for idol worshipping along with other sins that so called 'Christianity' allows.

  • @carlose4314
    @carlose4314 Před rokem +306

    Constantine didn't make Christianity the state religion, he legalized Christianity.

    • @slimm7145
      @slimm7145 Před rokem

      And he killed every other christian group and burned their books in the process....hurray....a religion legalized not by God...but by a politician and a bible authorized not by the Almighty...but by king James....also known as the queen of England for obvious reasons

    • @mrawesome1688
      @mrawesome1688 Před rokem +24

      Yeah and converted to Christianity himself.

    • @Francis-qu2iu
      @Francis-qu2iu Před 2 měsíci +10

      You're right, but he did heavily promote and pave the way for his successors to do so.

    • @hcir5341
      @hcir5341 Před měsícem +3

      It was Theodosius who legalized Christianity.

    • @carlose4314
      @carlose4314 Před měsícem +14

      @@hcir5341 Theodosius made Christianity the state-religion. Constantine legalized it.

  • @christodouloselisseou9518
    @christodouloselisseou9518 Před rokem +848

    Haghia Sophia was not a Catholic but an Orthodox church!

    • @CatholicCrusader__30
      @CatholicCrusader__30 Před rokem +179

      Doesn't matter, we must take it back.

    • @muhamadfaizal2006
      @muhamadfaizal2006 Před rokem +37

      @@CatholicCrusader__30 😜

    • @CatholicCrusader__30
      @CatholicCrusader__30 Před rokem +85

      @@muhamadfaizal2006 yes abdool join us we can take it back. We need your help

    • @maddogbasil
      @maddogbasil Před rokem +64

      It shall be and always be a mosque inshallah

    • @thesmrsnn
      @thesmrsnn Před rokem +12

      @@CatholicCrusader__30 calm down my guy, you can go live there, why you wanna start a war :D

  • @vanessaastley4467
    @vanessaastley4467 Před rokem +322

    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

    • @GoingToAFuneral
      @GoingToAFuneral Před rokem +8

      Don’t you call Bishops “Father”? 😂

    • @Athargbar
      @Athargbar Před rokem +24

      La ilaha ilallah Muhammadurrasulullah ☝

    • @GoingToAFuneral
      @GoingToAFuneral Před rokem +15

      @@Athargbar Masha’Allah

    • @stevenjohnston3496
      @stevenjohnston3496 Před rokem +1

      @@GoingToAFuneral Real Christians call all ecclesiastical officials"Brother", Christ instructed us thus as recorded in Matt 23:9 call no man father. I do not refer to pastors as reverend, right reverend ect. Matt.19:17

    • @GoingToAFuneral
      @GoingToAFuneral Před rokem +3

      @@stevenjohnston3496 who’s God in christianity

  • @thanasisrks4944
    @thanasisrks4944 Před rokem +782

    It is sad how you did not mention the once overwealming presence of Greek, Armenian and some Bulgarian Orthodox Christians in the country. My great grandfather's whole family was a victim of the genocides against Christians and he successfully fled to Greece. We never converted, not all of us, we were killed, relocated, worked to death, or abducted and turned into Muslim jenisaries. Overall I love your videos, but this one had historical generalization, inaccuracy and could use more information.

    • @christodouloselisseou9518
      @christodouloselisseou9518 Před rokem +16

      Ακριβώς!

    • @shaybs
      @shaybs Před rokem +40

      I think a lot of Muslims were also mistreated in WWI. Millions expelled or killed in Eastern Europe. So it’s a bit complex.

    • @khalilfajloun3787
      @khalilfajloun3787 Před rokem +118

      @@shaybs WW1 was a secular conflict and it wasn't just Muslims who suffered from that catastrophic continental war unlike turkey who specifically targeted Christians

    • @hishamalaker491
      @hishamalaker491 Před rokem

      @@khalilfajloun3787 Well with Turkey in ww1 they weren't controlled by the caliph instead they were controlled by the young Turks Ultra nationalist Turks who seized power after a revolution couple years before ww1 and caliph as well as Sultan was just a puppet figure and about the Armenians well to be fair many Armenian gangs would massacre Turkish villages and many would cooperate with the enemy (Russian Empire) during the war so killing them is not justified but doesn't make them completely innocent also they were relocated well forcefully and in that relocation many died.

    • @hishamalaker491
      @hishamalaker491 Před rokem +5

      You might think being a Janisarrie is bad but its pretty good if you think about it, like your are a elite military force you are very educated, you live in better living standards and you are the center of the battle field instead of average Soldier.

  • @cgabriel777
    @cgabriel777 Před rokem +503

    it is shame that he did not mention the big Saints and theologians that lived in Capadocia (Turkey today). Saint John Hrisostom, Saint Gregory, Basil the Great, Saint Nicholas. An important Orthodox Christian community lived in Turkey until 1920, when Greece and Turkey made an exchange of populations. Constantinopol was the second Rome the capital of Eastern Roman empire.

    • @billldo71
      @billldo71 Před rokem +13

      It was the capital of Greece

    • @julesybethmedlini
      @julesybethmedlini Před rokem +19

      I think the name we have to point to is Jesus. Always.

    • @cgabriel777
      @cgabriel777 Před rokem +19

      @@julesybethmedlini The Church is the body of Christ, Saints are His friends, do you read the Bible?

    • @cgabriel777
      @cgabriel777 Před rokem

      @@julesybethmedlini when the Church is persecuted, actualy Christ is persecuted. Christians are persecuted in many countries from Middle East, Africa, China, North Koreea. We should support them

    • @julesybethmedlini
      @julesybethmedlini Před rokem +2

      @@cgabriel777 non stop all day long actually.

  • @umaryusuf537
    @umaryusuf537 Před rokem +306

    You forgot a key detail that there was a population exchange with Greece hence why most of Turkeys Christians left to Greece and other European countries and most of the Muslims from those countries came to Turkey. That’s a key detail not sure how you skipped over that 🥴

  • @SMules
    @SMules Před 5 měsíci +41

    You are truly a cinematographic genius. This video is once again such a treat for the eye! Never stop with your important work!

  • @ItsKrypticYT
    @ItsKrypticYT Před rokem +45

    2:07 Naaah my dude didn't just say that the former biggest church in Christian Orthodox religion looks like a catholic cathedral 💀

    • @markstein2845
      @markstein2845 Před 3 měsíci +13

      he's protestant, so he wouldn't know the small architectural differences between eastern and western churches.

    • @IoanVladareanu
      @IoanVladareanu Před 2 měsíci +4

      He's an American Protestant missioner!
      He's job is to preach the Protestant Gospel and using the 2000 years Orthodox Heritage for this!
      Anyway, I think it's a good thing!

    • @markstein2845
      @markstein2845 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Btw, this church was built 500 years before the church split into catholic and orthodox, so the style existed before the name.

    • @asmodai6244
      @asmodai6244 Před 26 dny +3

      It was built before the great schism, so the differences are less noticeable.

  • @Dlw-ez9of
    @Dlw-ez9of Před 2 měsíci +41

    As a tourist Hagia Sophia is not free to visit anymore. And as a non muslim youre not allowed to get on the bottom floor anymore

    • @MrSilverfish12
      @MrSilverfish12 Před 20 dny

      I went there six months ago, my girlfriend had to cover her head but our tour guide took us in with no problems. I think they only allow you in under guidance now?

    • @HalilYlmaz-jc3uj
      @HalilYlmaz-jc3uj Před 19 dny

      you are lying im from istanbul and you can visit it but if you are a women you have to cover your hair

    • @Abdal252
      @Abdal252 Před 14 dny

      A liar

    • @HalilYlmaz-jc3uj
      @HalilYlmaz-jc3uj Před 14 dny

      @@MrSilverfish12 thats true

  • @videonautics
    @videonautics Před rokem +129

    5:15 “At the place where, with divine help, the insolence of the enemy was put to shame, there our Christ-loving emperors Leo and Constantine restored with zeal the city of Nicaea, having erected in demonstration of their deed a trophy of victory by setting up a kentenarion tower, which Artabasdos, the glorious patrikios and curopalates, completed by his toil”.

    • @Gibeah
      @Gibeah Před rokem +3

      THANKS. OOF. THAT'S A VITAL PIECE OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION.

    • @harshidp6373
      @harshidp6373 Před rokem

      pin

    • @okayyeah8699
      @okayyeah8699 Před rokem +2

      The council of Nicea is where they created your current religion 😁

    • @Kay-br7by
      @Kay-br7by Před rokem +7

      @@okayyeah8699 Yours was formulated somewhere in Saudi Arabia or? 😄

    • @colbyharris7229
      @colbyharris7229 Před rokem

      @@okayyeah8699 Sorry man, thats a conspiracy theory with practically zero actual historical backing.
      My religion (evangelical Christianity) is based off the over 5,000 manuscripts written before the counsel of Nicaea, spread across the known world in over 4 different languages with 99% accuracy in translation to one another.
      And what do the majority of these manuscripts affirm about the Messiah Jesus? That he died and was raised from the dead. There are also a number of non-Christian sources that affirm that Christ was crucified and killed. So historically without the Bible as we accurately have it history confirms Jesus died and the Bible affirms history.
      Other religions on the other hand contradict known history and say Jesus never died, but if that is so, if the Messiah is still alive in heaven, why would another prophet need to be sent to us? Interesting. It is also interesting to note how long after Jesus Muhammed, if you follow him by chance, the prophet lived and his writings were recorded -a lot later than Nicaea.

  • @sandraagungagung9356
    @sandraagungagung9356 Před rokem +237

    I believe one day Christian will shine again. People has a heart and feeling and they need to have a real savior. .

  • @TheLychie
    @TheLychie Před 4 měsíci +15

    father, here am I. Please pray for me as I seek God's will in my life. My family too please as they prepare themselves for this calling.

    • @csar07.
      @csar07. Před 4 měsíci

      @Eli_Muwahhid There is one God. Rethink your mindset

  • @saltygreenapple1394
    @saltygreenapple1394 Před rokem +78

    15 minutes of video in Constantinople and not one mention of Greek or the Greek Orthodox church.. why is that?

    • @groundzero5708
      @groundzero5708 Před 8 měsíci +2

      now it has to be for tukish to recieve the gospel for chill .u r making chrisitnity a national issue

    • @kentaylor7698
      @kentaylor7698 Před 3 měsíci

      @@groundzero5708 what exactly are you talking about may I ask?

    • @IoanVladareanu
      @IoanVladareanu Před 2 měsíci +8

      Yes, true! This is because is an American neo-protestant Christian!
      Anyway, an historical correction for you: NOT Greek, but ORTHODOX is enough! Faith is more important than Nationalism.
      The Byzantines called themselves Romans, or Romanoi, not Greeks! Read history chronicles!

    • @kentaylor7698
      @kentaylor7698 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@IoanVladareanu Eastern Orthodoxy is not nationalistic

    • @IoanVladareanu
      @IoanVladareanu Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@kentaylor7698 Pay attention, my friend, to the starting comment which is referring to "Greek" Orthodox church . . .inducting to idea of Nationalism . . .
      I know the Greeks very well ...

  • @thephotoshopper5908
    @thephotoshopper5908 Před 11 měsíci +123

    I am a Greek Protestant from America. It saddens me to see that a land that has so much historical importance for Christianity is in Muslim hands. I hope there is revival in Turkey and throughout the world.
    🇺🇸🇬🇷🇹🇷

    • @samtech9622
      @samtech9622 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Christianity ended Greek Hellenism religion, culture and traditions. Egyptians, Greeks, Romans achieved a lot more success before they became Christians. Abrahamic Religions like Christianity, Islam, Judaism turned its followers into backward people and stopped all kinds of progress in the society. Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome was far superior than anything we have today. Christians burnt libraries and destroyed temples and imposed Christianity by force

    • @nfenro
      @nfenro Před 9 měsíci +5

      It is sad jesus let this beloved and historical Christian city fall under Islamic regime. Jesus isn't fair😭😭😜

    • @indonesianvolcano108
      @indonesianvolcano108 Před 8 měsíci +14

      ​@@nfenroislam take everything from chritianity
      Momo is gangster😊

    • @fan4life
      @fan4life Před 8 měsíci

      most Christians are already leaving Christianity and become atheist while Islam continues to grow

    • @jaredefrem1871
      @jaredefrem1871 Před 7 měsíci +12

      shows your true colours as a religion of war
      @@nfenro

  • @JohnMC117
    @JohnMC117 Před rokem +52

    The worship these Christians participated in was the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and continue to do so now.

  • @scottsimon1
    @scottsimon1 Před rokem +74

    The main reason for the decline of Christianity - declining birthrates. Many Christians are not having children or just having one or two. The average Muslim family has at least 4 children

    • @emptyhad2571
      @emptyhad2571 Před rokem +11

      Facts and that continues to this day

    • @etzelkaplan9677
      @etzelkaplan9677 Před rokem +28

      that was bound to happens as western men started marrying men

    • @hxhxhdnxjxjf7557
      @hxhxhdnxjxjf7557 Před rokem

      Thats true. But Religion is a choice. Muslims just stick to it.
      Islam will take over. Get used to it.

    • @bikesrcool_1958
      @bikesrcool_1958 Před rokem +2

      Except they aren’t Christian and we have some agenda over here that’s ruining us from the inside out

    • @etzelkaplan9677
      @etzelkaplan9677 Před rokem

      @@bikesrcool_1958 yeah wokeism 'lgbtq. church of England will now start using pronouns like. it. they. them. for god. not he.[uk mail] pope says ' gay marriage not a sin'. yahweh/jesus got it wrong. western tourists tried to bring their woke agenda to Qatar World Cup those carrying the gay pride flags were escorted out of the stadium. the muslim world wasn't having it families came to the stadiums to enjoy the games not watch these western christendom men go on the field to kiss his their husbands

  • @jessyjonas4988
    @jessyjonas4988 Před rokem +84

    "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
    “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:4-5

    • @build2270
      @build2270 Před rokem

      That is John though, not Jesus.

    • @elroi8325
      @elroi8325 Před 11 měsíci +2

      ​​@@build2270eally lot of people witnessed Jesus word.
      What about Alla? Alla words are only mohmad words, no one witnessed 😅

  • @lrdmiddlefinger
    @lrdmiddlefinger Před rokem +38

    Hagia Sophia is the only reason I want to visit Istanbul. One day!

  • @JohnMC117
    @JohnMC117 Před rokem +47

    St. Polycarp was also a bishop that knew the Apostle John

  • @thesendingbase7819
    @thesendingbase7819 Před rokem +21

    So good! thank you for your work!! Keep going.

    • @theguyver4934
      @theguyver4934 Před rokem

      Just like biblical and historical evidence proves that jesus and his apostles were vegatarians biblical and historical evidence also proves that the trinity, atonement, original sin and hell are very late misinterpretations and are not supported by the early creed hence its not a part of Christianity I pray that Allah swt revives Christianity both inside and out preserves and protects it and makes its massage be witnessed by all people but at the right moment, place and time
      The secret text of the Bible says ye shall know them by their fruits
      So too that I say to my christian brothers and sisters be fruitful and multiply
      Best regards from a Muslim [ line of ismail ]

    • @Karim_on_earth
      @Karim_on_earth Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@theguyver4934go worship your man elsewhere

  • @alexpreach6503
    @alexpreach6503 Před rokem +66

    There's a time and it has started ...and a New breed of Missionaries are being birthed ...many from Kenya 🇰🇪 and Africa 🙏🙏🙏 to the World 🌍

    • @kenmwaniki1331
      @kenmwaniki1331 Před rokem +2

      Yes

    • @joehouston2833
      @joehouston2833 Před rokem

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    • @braveheart8318
      @braveheart8318 Před rokem

      Good ole slaves adopted the religion of their colonisers and fell in love with the oppressors. How's the new breed of missionary-style is benefiting Africa? And you want to export that European curse to the world. No thanks!

    • @God-ob9zs
      @God-ob9zs Před rokem +1

      Gango these hunkys r racist against us africans we are commeditys for em 😂

    • @chillmemes5865
      @chillmemes5865 Před rokem

      Yeah, Africa and Eastern Europe are now carrying the Christian world on its back

  • @terverajir2855
    @terverajir2855 Před rokem +46

    Your cinematography and motion graphics is awesome, the message here is a cause for concern and prayer.

  • @standunitedorfall1863
    @standunitedorfall1863 Před rokem +16

    The Bible's Christian capital of the world is Jerusalem, and always will be. Yes, it is eternally important, and beloved by God Almighty above all others. It is where Jesus will rule from. Not anywhere else.

    • @etzelkaplan9677
      @etzelkaplan9677 Před rokem

      today Jerusalem holds the largest gay pride parade in the world. lol

    • @annefranciselizabeth3840
      @annefranciselizabeth3840 Před rokem

      Exactly correct. Rome is a usurper.

    • @volbound1700
      @volbound1700 Před 28 dny

      No, it is America. Duh! Nashville, Tennessee. (I hope you see this post as a joke).

  • @janismoller1752
    @janismoller1752 Před rokem +5

    What a great presentation...thank you!!!

  • @yardiemark
    @yardiemark Před měsícem +14

    My heart breaks to see the Hagia Sophia with it's Christian identity destroyed... I realize the creator of this video is Evangelical, but I appreciate the respect and reverence you are showing for the Orthodox history of the Christian Church

    • @hcn6708
      @hcn6708 Před měsícem +1

      Blame Western Christians

    • @kazali2978
      @kazali2978 Před 29 dny

      if you go to neighbouring christian countries you will find they are demolishing and rebuilding on the mosque land why dos'nt antone say anything about this

    • @ksrawat88
      @ksrawat88 Před 28 dny

      Imagine if Christian would have done this in any country to islam …

    • @crumpfyllc5571
      @crumpfyllc5571 Před 28 dny +1

      @@ksrawat88 spain did that you knowledge is very limited

    • @yardiemark
      @yardiemark Před 28 dny +2

      @@crumpfyllc5571 I could be wrong, but I think Spain has been a Christian country prior to being invaded by Islam

  • @adii.3665
    @adii.3665 Před 5 měsíci +9

    The city Beit lehem also lost it's christian. All middle eastern countries did, except for Israel. Lebanon was a christian country, now they are a minority, after decades of muslim immigration. Think about that.

    • @cjaoun23240
      @cjaoun23240 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Bethlehem still has a significant christian community

    • @femmis-bm4ss
      @femmis-bm4ss Před 2 měsíci

      Christian Haters are such drama queens 👑

  • @LS-wg1vp
    @LS-wg1vp Před 10 dny +1

    How sad the church is now 🕌. Greetings from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 🙏✝️✡️

  • @esthersahu9916
    @esthersahu9916 Před rokem +8

    Thanks for the video, God bless you.

    • @theguyver4934
      @theguyver4934 Před rokem +2

      Just like biblical and historical evidence proves that jesus and his apostles were vegatarians biblical and historical evidence also proves that the trinity, atonement, original sin and hell are very late misinterpretations and are not supported by the early creed hence its not a part of Christianity I pray that Allah swt revives Christianity both inside and out preserves and protects it and makes its massage be witnessed by all people but at the right moment, place and time
      The secret text of the Bible says ye shall know them by their fruits
      So too that I say to my christian brothers and sisters be fruitful and multiply
      Best regards from a Muslim [ line of ismail ]

    • @theharshtruthoutthere
      @theharshtruthoutthere Před rokem +1

      @@theguyver4934 GOD`S WORD IS TRUTH, THEREFORE REALITY.
      Why some are so naive and give GOD'S LIVING WORD an pagan origin? - calling Christianity a religion?
      All religions are pagan`s nonsense.
      GOD calls us all to come to the knowledge of truth not into believing a religion.
      We perish because of the lack of knowledge, not because the lack of beliefs in religions.
      Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”

    • @Alanboss777
      @Alanboss777 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@theharshtruthoutthereyour comment is the reason Christianity is dying

  • @winnemucca2067
    @winnemucca2067 Před rokem +35

    The words of jesus are the kindest of all and I’m so grateful to know his love
    I give my life to him and obey the commandments
    Christian’s are here but talking down upon them is a way to vanish them
    But the Bible doesn’t reflect that and I love you Jesus

  • @JeraldBaliteTV
    @JeraldBaliteTV Před rokem +2

    thank you for this

  • @justlisa9220
    @justlisa9220 Před rokem +48

    Watching this gets me so angry, I pray that the Lord will restore back all that we have lost in Jesus name Amen 🙏🏼✝️

    • @hospitallercross1155
      @hospitallercross1155 Před rokem +12

      It isss. all the Feel that suddenly when i read about the History of Islam started and Spread with Conquest..
      Let's focus with Constantinople & Jerusalem how muslim had Ruin it
      #Wewilltakeback
      #Hallelujah
      #GODWill

    • @reverentlygrim2666
      @reverentlygrim2666 Před rokem +10

      Cope and seethe 😁

    • @ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1
      @ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1 Před rokem +11

      BMA
      You should be angry about the equation 1+1+1=1!!!

    • @sarahhopeful6683
      @sarahhopeful6683 Před rokem

      @@hospitallercross1155 do you kind telling us how christianity was spread in Europe, Africa,, Asia and especially in the Americas? Not by turning the other chick. A look at the history books will enlightens you.
      Concerning Islam another look to history books and the continuous existence of multiple faith communities in all thd lands under Muslim control are proofs that we hear is further from the truth.

    • @ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1
      @ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1 Před rokem

      @@hospitallercross1155 BMA
      You suffering from disease of disbelief in your heart!
      And this disease is ever increasing!!
      And its eating you out your goodness, do not forget every human is accompanied by a Satan who purges bad thoughts inside!!!
      So do not follow his command & only in rememberence of "The God"(=Allah) hearts find peace!!!

  • @maneeshahooja
    @maneeshahooja Před rokem +5

    Informative. Thank you.

  • @uncreatedlogos
    @uncreatedlogos Před rokem +16

    One thing that is to note here that those Christians that are not Protestants are orthodox. And those proclaim the Gospel.
    They understand sin and Jesus forgiveness.
    So if they're not Protestants, that's no problem.
    Jesus Lives!

  • @killbill1175
    @killbill1175 Před rokem +93

    This was God's will! The eastern romans(greeks) were losing their faith and adopting heresy in their beliefs. As a Greek it hurts to see this cathedral be turned into a mosque. When you think about all the events that occurred in this church, it hurts the soul. Hopefully eastern orthodoxy which is the one holy catholic and apostolic church will be held once again in this beautiful church.

    • @carllucas89
      @carllucas89 Před rokem +21

      Orthodoxy will rise again my brother, Amen ☦️🇬🇷🇷🇸☦️

    • @killbill1175
      @killbill1175 Před rokem +2

      @@carllucas89 много љубави према србији🇬🇷+🇷🇸=☦️

    • @farukkonuralpeser2906
      @farukkonuralpeser2906 Před rokem +8

      Guys, I don't want to spoil your dream, but Catholics won't allow it. Turks will not allow your dreams in this geography.

    • @lou6749
      @lou6749 Před rokem +4

      @@farukkonuralpeser2906 this geography doesn't belong to the Turks they are there only for a period king Faruk Eser Insha Allah part of turkey is of Kurdish lands ALLAHU AKBAR !!!

    • @mustafanaser9789
      @mustafanaser9789 Před rokem +4

      Well the spanish also turned some big and important mosques into churches

  • @InAeternumRomaMater
    @InAeternumRomaMater Před rokem +25

    As a Christian you should rather focus on how to make Christianity thriving in the West instead of Anatolia, because without the West being a strong Christian power, help for the Romans of Anatolia will never come

    • @fan4life
      @fan4life Před 8 měsíci

      The Christian’s of the west are dressing up boys as little girls and accepting LGBTQ into churches 😂

    • @zainabhussein8142
      @zainabhussein8142 Před 6 měsíci

      Thank you

  • @veteangesiale9619
    @veteangesiale9619 Před rokem +106

    I found this rather inspiring and very informative. I appreciate vessel like you doing God's work so christian like me in the west knows what really going on with our brothers and sisters out there in the East. May Peace be with you all in the name of the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit my brothers and sisters in Christ. ❤

    • @theguyver4934
      @theguyver4934 Před rokem +4

      Just like biblical and historical evidence proves that jesus and his apostles were vegatarians biblical and historical evidence also proves that the trinity, atonement, original sin and hell are very late misinterpretations and are not supported by the early creed hence its not a part of Christianity I pray that Allah swt revives Christianity both inside and out preserves and protects it and makes its massage be witnessed by all people but at the right moment, place and time
      The secret text of the Bible says ye shall know them by their fruits
      So too that I say to my christian brothers and sisters be fruitful and multiply
      Best regards from a Muslim [ line of ismail ]

    • @arthurgoonie4596
      @arthurgoonie4596 Před rokem +4

      @@theguyver4934 none of that is true. what are you talking about? I would like sources please.

    • @joshkarunakar3752
      @joshkarunakar3752 Před rokem +2

      @@theguyver4934 1 john 5 : 7

    • @lou6749
      @lou6749 Před rokem

      @@theguyver4934 The Arabic Word MAAKIR explain ... Quran 3 .54 waiting for your answer dear 😂🤣✌️..

    • @John-critic
      @John-critic Před rokem +8

      @@theguyver4934 Who is this allah that Mohammed worshiped? We read that in the year 624 AD Mohammed changed the direction of prayer to the Kaaba. At that time the Kaaba was a place of pagan idol worship. So Mohammed bowed down in worship to a shrine for pagan idol worship where some 360 idol gods were being worshipped there at that time. We know from the Bible that our God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would never have condoned that one of his prophets would have bowed down in worship to a shrine for pagan idols. So clearly Mohammed’s allah is not the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. So who is Mohammed’s allah who is happy to be worshipped as “the god” amongst some 360 pagan idol gods? All we know for sure is that Mohammed’s allah is not our ONE TRUE GOD of the Bible.

  • @r1nabbp.l.f
    @r1nabbp.l.f Před rokem +33

    Shalom🤍🕊️..love you all brothers sisters around the world ...no matter you got persecuted please keep stand by Christ for through pass by Him....i am Christian doing ministry gospel and living in biggest muslim country in this world....love from Indonesia God bless✝️👑🤍🕊️

    • @hxhxhdnxjxjf7557
      @hxhxhdnxjxjf7557 Před rokem +3

      Then dont be arrogant and accept the truth.

    • @slimm7145
      @slimm7145 Před rokem +3

      Know sister in Adam in Eve...that a person's punishment in the hereafter depends on how much they were exposed to the truth and they rejected it....being in the biggest Muslim country and dying as a non Muslim is the worst that can happen to you....but it's never too late...

    • @r1nabbp.l.f
      @r1nabbp.l.f Před rokem +7

      @@slimm7145 shalom what you mean dying as Christian is the worst can happen? you suggest me to converted other Faith?....from my life experience that Jesus is My God and Saviour ....i confess and accept Him until my last breath ...God bless ✝️👑

    • @r1nabbp.l.f
      @r1nabbp.l.f Před rokem

      @@hxhxhdnxjxjf7557 Shalom🕊️🤍 i believers Jesus and i am doing ministry gospel with care love forgive in Him....God bless ✝️👑

    • @user-ck5kt1ci6k
      @user-ck5kt1ci6k Před rokem +2

      @@r1nabbp.l.f But Allah (SWT) is the God, Prophet Jesus (pbuh) prayed to.

  • @korayozbay9762
    @korayozbay9762 Před 7 dny

    Thank you! Been looking for videos/info on Protestantism in Turkey. This video was great and insightful. I have a Turkish background but live in Australia, and as a Christian it was really great to hear Turks talk about the Great Commission and to know there are Protestant Christians with a spiritual heritage 🙏🙏 Hope Radical can make more videos about Turkey and the Protestant church there!! 🇹🇷

  • @The_coolkids24
    @The_coolkids24 Před měsícem +1

    Thanks for making such a nice video.

  • @timisola
    @timisola Před rokem +6

    I have always wanted to see a documentary about Turkey, never late though

  • @ayhansofuoglu8835
    @ayhansofuoglu8835 Před rokem +41

    I from Turkey. I became a Christian. Yes,Turkish people they don’t know about Christianity. They have a wrong information about Christianity. They don’t know about their religion to😢

    • @altaf0
      @altaf0 Před 10 měsíci +6

      I love Jesus as Prophet ♥️ ISLAM is the only True Religion ☪️🇮🇳

    • @cometlee
      @cometlee Před 9 měsíci +2

      I would love to help you on your new journey as a Christian 😊

    • @moroccanchritsian17
      @moroccanchritsian17 Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@altaf0unfortunately not bro

    • @theONE-ws8lh
      @theONE-ws8lh Před 4 měsíci

      you're wrong buddy christianity is not of the lineage of abraham paul is a false prophet and muhammad was the last none have come since. He said the muslims would take Constantinople hundreds of years before and it happened thats divine intervention. Islam and judaism are the only 2 legitimate religions both believe in one god while christians invented this heretical trinity belief system @@moroccanchritsian17

    • @anonamemous6865
      @anonamemous6865 Před měsícem +7

      ​@@altaf0 Bro jesus is not a prophet. No prophet was able to bring back the dead, heal people, drive out evil possession, feared by kings etc. Jesus is God

  • @joonenigma7632
    @joonenigma7632 Před rokem +8

    Eye opener!

  • @antiochianius
    @antiochianius Před rokem +65

    As a Turk, this video is such a conscious work that I thank you for it.While the Christian people and the Muslim people lived together in the Ottoman period, they had a great harmony despite the differences. And there was no religious vilification. But when modern Turkey was established and all foreign ethnic populations were replaced by exchange, from that time this harmony came to an end. And some bad political developments push people towards exclusion. For 100 years, he learned about Christianity poorly, with unknowing exclusion about it. Nowadays, when young people give up being Muslims, their options are not another religion, but deism, atheism, etc. This is sad...

    • @vengeflly
      @vengeflly Před rokem

      We can all agree that secularism, and especially its Turkish version, Kemalism, is a scourge of the people and countries.

    • @arun1math
      @arun1math Před rokem

      barbaric turks came from central and did the genocide in anatolia

    • @jinchengyao2247
      @jinchengyao2247 Před rokem

      Young people become irreligious depend on the region, some region still very religious

    • @indonesianvolcano108
      @indonesianvolcano108 Před 8 měsíci

      Islam take everything from christianity

    • @parisstylianou9012
      @parisstylianou9012 Před 8 měsíci +1

      they had religious problems, christians they were paying jizya ,a taxation for not been muslim , also the practice of taking young Christian boys, ages 8-18, from their families, and raising them to serve in the imperial administration is known as devşirme, which means “lifting” or “collecting” in Ottoman Turkish, and was also known as the 'blood tax. No sir we didnt lived in peace! Genocides ,massacres and killing of innocents is the criminal record of the now days Turkey!

  • @David-ij2op
    @David-ij2op Před rokem +8

    Wonderful documentary
    God bless you
    Really bless

  • @kurtwinslow2670
    @kurtwinslow2670 Před rokem +10

    I'm for the Church being more agressive in Turkey. Because it was in John's time as well as now, Satan's throne. Pergamon (modern Bergama, in Turkey) is located on the Caicus River in western Asia Minor in the region traditionally called Mysia.
    ‘I know where you dwell, where the throne of Satan is, and you hold fast to my name and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.’”

    • @slimm7145
      @slimm7145 Před rokem

      Satan's throne is in Vatican and the White House....in night Clubs and in churches where priests filled with the holy spirit molested and raped children while under the vow of chastity

    • @SamiulHaque-dz8mi
      @SamiulHaque-dz8mi Před 3 měsíci +1

      That was for the altar of Zeus, not turkey as a whole.

  • @mramirez5239
    @mramirez5239 Před 3 měsíci +1

    My BOTHER. 🔥 "The truth is, in the Great Commission, we're not told to make the most amount of disciples possible. We're *actually* told to make disciples of *all* *nations* ; to reach all people groups."
    I also really appreciate your note on the Church responding to the physical needs among the lost, alongside the spiritual. That's solid, Biblical directive.

  • @josefinocastel8465
    @josefinocastel8465 Před rokem +38

    They persecuted the Christians in that place. So what happened now in Turkey ? In God 's wrath he send a devastating earthquake.

    • @voncarlowitz3506
      @voncarlowitz3506 Před rokem

      A few more earthquakes but on a scale of 12 on the scale of Richter and preferably during the summer period when many turks living in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium go visit their families in turkey. '
      We are sick of the turkish disrespect for everything that is not turkish.. They still deny having committed a genocide on the Armenians and Kurds and mant other nations.
      Turkey received 5 billion euro around 2016 for the syrian refugees in turkey but many of these people had to pay rent and buy food. A few syrians who lived in turkey for 3 years told me this.. Their families who lived in safe syrian zones had to send them money..
      What happened to the 5 billion euro??? Why did turkey open 15 embassies in Africa? Since then more and more islamic terror attacks have been commited in sub-saharan Africa. Even childeren are beheaded! Who finances these islamic jihadists!?
      Is this the religion of "peace and equality"!?
      STOP ISLAMIZATION!!

    • @splintercell5551
      @splintercell5551 Před rokem

      It’s called natural disasters 🤦 it happened even when Christians dominated the area

    • @kamelleon9131
      @kamelleon9131 Před rokem

      In God's wrath he give Muslims victory over Christians in constantinople

    • @israelh436
      @israelh436 Před rokem +1

      Yeah

    • @hishamalaker491
      @hishamalaker491 Před rokem

      They did no such thing they didnt prosecute any Christians in-fact during ottoman times many Jews and Christians would trade from there as it was a thriving trading hub if you would stop listening to your pastor and learn history then maybe you would actually know what is right from whats wrong and the devestating earthquake well i guess god sent it when they were secular and different than those who actually according to you ''Prosecuted the christians'' many Muslims would interpert it as god testing them or maybe as gods punishment or as something else in the end we cant really know and this guy named I*rael agrees only because he hates Muslims.

  • @Alien_Tech_ICP
    @Alien_Tech_ICP Před rokem +12

    First off thank you dear brother for doing this documentary
    May the Lord Jesus bless you richly.
    How can one help with this work?

    • @slimm7145
      @slimm7145 Před rokem

      Jesus: the Father, the father, the father....
      Christians: Jesus, Jésus, Jesus...

    • @elroi8325
      @elroi8325 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@slimm7145What?
      We Christians not just believe in numbers, we went from 150 to 2.7 billion.
      You idiots cant understand our Scriptures but copied it anyway with errors to justify that you blame Christians and jewss for corruption lol😂 thief religion

    • @thyatiran
      @thyatiran Před 10 měsíci

      @@slimm7145God the Son God the Father

    • @starX7995
      @starX7995 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@slimm7145Allah means God but who is ur Allah, my Allah is Jesus

  • @ailove313
    @ailove313 Před rokem +5

    What a great video. I really appreciate it.

  • @drew55555
    @drew55555 Před rokem +9

    Long live Constantinople! God Bless from The Philippines!

    • @emptyhad2571
      @emptyhad2571 Před rokem +3

      Philippines used to be a Muslim majority until the Spanish came.

    • @etzelkaplan9677
      @etzelkaplan9677 Před rokem

      no trinity trigod its roman demonic god

    • @Xi.jin-.Poooooh
      @Xi.jin-.Poooooh Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@emptyhad2571 nope 😂😂😂 give some credible evidence about your imaginary lies

    • @Xi.jin-.Poooooh
      @Xi.jin-.Poooooh Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@emptyhad2571 Islam came in the Philippines in 13th century while many in the Philippines believe in animism and Hinduism

    • @mimirotatito786
      @mimirotatito786 Před 29 dny

      ​@@Xi.jin-.PooooohThis is evidence that Islam did not spread by force like Christianity

  • @ordinaryvalley
    @ordinaryvalley Před rokem +12

    It was used as a mosque for almost 5 centuries before 1920s.

  • @CMc-cq8wl
    @CMc-cq8wl Před 11 měsíci +5

    These videos are very well made and informative and are showing Gods light around the world

  • @JorgeJimenezkagyu
    @JorgeJimenezkagyu Před rokem +9

    I thoght this video was going to be a historical video, but it was just a protestant proselitizing video. You didn't show the real causes why christianty slowly dissapear from Turkey and the rest of Middle East (wars, force conversion, economic and political factors, etc.) there is much more to this than 20th century secularism in turkish history

    • @slimm7145
      @slimm7145 Před rokem

      Never expect Truth and facts from some ideology driven person unless that ideology is actually the truth.... it's just emotions and crying over split milk

  • @germonchauhan6732
    @germonchauhan6732 Před měsícem +1

    It's really very interesting information & analysis! I will surely pray for Turkey & her Christians!👍👍👍

  • @MrMustang13
    @MrMustang13 Před rokem +11

    The good news is Rome is secure and that’s the main thing that matters.

    • @skp8748
      @skp8748 Před rokem

      Why? What's Rome got to do with anything

    • @andremarini7113
      @andremarini7113 Před rokem +8

      "Rome is secure". Surely you have not paid attention for the last 60 years. Especially the last 10 years.

    • @MrMustang13
      @MrMustang13 Před rokem +6

      @@andremarini7113 corruption isn’t the same the as total conquest. Better to sort out issues amongst ourselves than to be occupied and transformed.

    • @iramaenju1357
      @iramaenju1357 Před rokem +6

      Secure? For how long? It's not too far when Rome will be surrounded by the Islamic republic of Europa

    • @CatholicCrusader__30
      @CatholicCrusader__30 Před rokem

      You sure??? They were trying to attack Rome as well. You are letting millions of refugees in to Europe. Stop them.

  • @AllanTiembe-eq2wm
    @AllanTiembe-eq2wm Před 5 měsíci +3

    Let us all worship our living God, and pray for God's will 🙏🙏🙏

  • @areenkhokhar
    @areenkhokhar Před rokem +168

    We will take what was forcefully stolen from us! Hallelujah! Glory to Jesus Christ!

    • @reefmohammed3553
      @reefmohammed3553 Před rokem +18

      Is not yours it is a byzantine. Crying crying man 🤣🤣🤣

    • @alfuad111
      @alfuad111 Před rokem +2

      Stolen?dude your peoples is the one who leave your own faith, I mean looks how empty church this day. And 90% christian milenial don't even give a sh*t about your religions. Stop act like you'r the victims🤮

    • @cinesonicvibes
      @cinesonicvibes Před rokem +37

      @@maissae2004 Meanwhile, the two arguments for the Hagia Sophia’s having become Mehmed’s property are unsound. The first, which went viral online, says that Mehmed purchased the Hagia Sophia from the Christians, but there is no historical evidence of this,55 and the “purchase document” circulating as proof is a random page of the trust charter that mentions nothing about purchase. " Without lies Islam dies" everytime.

    • @cinesonicvibes
      @cinesonicvibes Před rokem +1

      @@reefmohammed3553 And Jerusalem is not yours, it belongs to the Jews. Stop stealing people's holy sites.

    • @aroongill8848
      @aroongill8848 Před rokem +4

      @@maissae2004 your dad also sold your mom to us

  • @jesseg3772
    @jesseg3772 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Doesn’t the Turkish Government Deny the Arminian Genocide to this day and if you speak of it you can get in all kinds of trouble in their country? Just wondering

  • @zahirhussain5913
    @zahirhussain5913 Před rokem +11

    "Turkey: First new church in 90 years"
    Ankara : Turkey's Islamic rooted government has authorised the building of the first church in the country since the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1923 , AFP learned.
    The church is for the country's tiny Syriac community and will be built in the Istanbul suburb of Yesilkoy on the shores of the Sea of Marmara , which already has Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Catholic churches.
    The country's ancient Syriac minority, which now numbers less than 20,000 , live mostly in the southeast, and tend to be either Orthodox or Catholic.
    Evidence: The Hindu
    January -4-2015
    ( This famous daily newspaper is from India)

    • @theancientsancients1769
      @theancientsancients1769 Před rokem

      Well Greeks won't just ban any Mosque they turned existing ancient mosques to nightclubs!

    • @mrawesome1688
      @mrawesome1688 Před rokem +3

      So that excuses in violating another religious building so you van allow them to build another one?

    • @zahirhussain5913
      @zahirhussain5913 Před rokem

      @@mrawesome1688
      " Hagia Sophia museum restored into mosque."
      ----- This article from"vaigarai velicham " monthly magazine - 2020 ( Translated from Tamil language )
      Hagia Sophia museum restored through proper channel (court procedure has given opportunities to defend) into a place of monotheistic worship Ayasofya mosque thereto representatives of very tiny populated Christians in Turkey are protesting.
      Even before Turkish court's judgement,the Turkish Christians approach were of threatening tone.
      In June 2020 Istanbul based Ecumenial Patriarch Bartholomew-I, the the spiritual leader of the world's orthodox Christians, warned that the building's conversion into a mosque "will turn millions of Christians across the world against Islam.
      Garo paylan-- member of Armenian Christian party, named, People's Democratic party and Turkish MP--wrote "To convert Hagia Sophia into mosque will make life more difficult for Muslims in Europe".
      Of the Turkish's population of 8 crore 40 lakhs in 957 districts,Christians are only 1,00,000 ie 0.1 percentage of Turkish population.
      Of the Christian population 7000 are Protestant,2500 are Greek orthodox and 90,000 Armenian orthodox.
      The priest and politicians around the world,especially, in Greece,Russia,US and france have expressed their hidden ill opinion in the words of "regrets, concerns,and reconsideration".
      Their approach has exposed their "communal cat out of the bag".
      They conceit, it was due to democracy, secularism, socialism etc,humans have achieved modern and new world past 150 years.
      During this period, numerous non-christian worship places were demolished or converted by white Christians, these atrocities have been recorded by themselves.
      The records of white Christian attack on worship places are well defined and strongly evidential.This self-styled radicals can advise others only after paying justice for these atrocities.
      On August 2010, Turkish president Erdogan reopened sumela monastery in Trabzon province of Turkey to working church.
      Following this, at least 1500 pilgrims-- many from foe countries Greece and Russia-- ( Look ! Erdogan embraced the people from outside of his country without mentioning " this is internal matter of turkey " ) traveled to the sumela monastery for services led by Patriarch Bartholomew-I.
      But Turkish's wish of restoring the "Fethiye museum" in Athens city of Greece into mosque is ignored for over 10 years.This shows white Christians communal mind set.Those who oppose the Restoration of Ayasofya mosque must be remember with all gratitudes.
      Why didn't the self-styled secular European Christian leaders oppose the restoration of sumela monastery and St.Paul church?
      No one stated it as a great failure or disappoint for the long term vision and secular attitude of kemal Ataturk.
      The Turkish president, Erdogan, has proved he is not against any religion by restoring sumela monastery.
      when buzzing araised regarding this,the president interfered and explained," we lose nothing if 500 are 2000 people meet to perform religious duties together.He stood with Christian minorities.He didn't favour only the people who voted for him.He desired to be a neutralist.
      Only after 10 years of this restoration, he restored the worship place of his own faith, and he follows by legal battle.
      He has provided priority to minority Christians and delayed to fulfill the the needs of majority muslims.Responsible and caring mother always gives priority to the fragile child.
      Erdogan responding to the opposition from the Christian world regretted, "We turks always honour worship places of non- Muslims, but monuments and artefacts of ottoman khilafat in East Europe and Balkan region are not preserved and slowly vanishing".
      This intention of white Christians leads to the automatic destruction of Islamic treasures.
      Western Christians diplomacies of cheating under the blanket of secularism, freedom of expression,democracy etc. Islamic symbols by laying it unpreserved are continuous warning signs for the Muslims

  • @JesusChristisKingandLord
    @JesusChristisKingandLord Před rokem +23

    I love Lord Jesus and I love history❤~ Southeast Asia

    • @testing-je7yz
      @testing-je7yz Před rokem +3

      You are above worshipping Jesus the son of Mary. Worship tne God of Jesus.

    • @thanhcarmen4623
      @thanhcarmen4623 Před rokem +2

      Jesus was not God. He was a prophet sent by The Almighty God

    • @aditamatanuharjo8728
      @aditamatanuharjo8728 Před rokem

      ​@@testing-je7yz I (JESUS) and God ( The Father) are one , John 10:30

    • @testing-je7yz
      @testing-je7yz Před rokem

      @@aditamatanuharjo8728 One in message because Jesus has no will of his own. Jesus said " I myself can do nothing", yet the father can do all without the help of Jesus or whatever ghost. Dont play yourself into the hands of the very same people who rejected when Jesus was alive yet followed Paul in number as it benfited the empire of men.

    • @aditamatanuharjo8728
      @aditamatanuharjo8728 Před rokem

      @@testing-je7yz Do u dare say u and God Are one? I didnt dare, all prophets didnt dare. Only JESUS dare say I and God are one , John 10:30

  • @emptyhad2571
    @emptyhad2571 Před rokem +2

    How turkey lost most of its Christian
    Conversation, forced conversion, birth of more Muslims, Population Exchange between Turkey and Greece and Armenias mostly moving to armenia or became turkified?

    • @etzelkaplan9677
      @etzelkaplan9677 Před rokem +1

      god bless the turks. if not for them they would be under the western values men marrying men. pope says its not a sin. not surprised

    • @greatman5885
      @greatman5885 Před rokem

      @@etzelkaplan9677 the pope doesn't speak for every christian read the bible

    • @etzelkaplan9677
      @etzelkaplan9677 Před rokem

      @@greatman5885 romans the founders of christianity and its 3 coequal godheads

  • @terverajir2855
    @terverajir2855 Před rokem +2

    I love your collages, I would want to meet with the person that does them for you.

  • @gman9461
    @gman9461 Před rokem +9

    Revelation 2:12-13
    [12]“And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:
    [13]“I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
    Pergamos is modern day Turkey. I shall not elaborate further

    • @jamesi9909
      @jamesi9909 Před měsícem

      All the 7 churches are in modern day turkey. Pergumum had pagan temples that's why that language is used there

  • @user-cs6yd8dc8d
    @user-cs6yd8dc8d Před 5 měsíci +3

    Agia Sophia is the Greatest Orthodox Church...builded by Greeks Architectures Isidoros and Anthemios !!!!
    The Church finished at 537 AD.

  • @azikazikazik
    @azikazikazik Před měsícem +1

    Alhamdulillah it's such a great Muslim city my favorite

  • @saimonenabati6100
    @saimonenabati6100 Před měsícem

    GOD BLESS YOU CHRISTIAN BROTHER .
    THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WONDERFUL ARTICLE
    FROM CHRISTIAN BRO IN FIJI 🇫🇯 .

  • @thepickle5214
    @thepickle5214 Před rokem +5

    I don't know man a lot of pretty important things like context were left out of this vid in my opinion

  • @NoName-nn8lj
    @NoName-nn8lj Před 11 měsíci +3

    Now make one about Spain and Portugal!

  • @aristidesg11
    @aristidesg11 Před 7 dny

    Pray for our God to strengthen the souls of our brothers and sisters persecuted around the world 🌍 in JesusChrist’s name. Amen.

  • @mohammedhussain-wp6hn
    @mohammedhussain-wp6hn Před 5 měsíci +4

    Turkey is a great country.

  • @MaximusAugustusOrthodox
    @MaximusAugustusOrthodox Před rokem +21

    Christ is Lord 🙏❤️

    • @DopexBoyFilms
      @DopexBoyFilms Před rokem

      Who worshipped his lord whilst you worship him, embarrassing. 😂

    • @aligulzar3450
      @aligulzar3450 Před rokem +2

      Christ is servant of God and his prophet .

    • @gloryj8712
      @gloryj8712 Před 11 měsíci

      @@aligulzar3450 .. Damp don’t apply your ideology on Christians

    • @thyatiran
      @thyatiran Před 10 měsíci

      @@aligulzar3450who told you that, Muhummad? He’s those things + more

    • @aligulzar3450
      @aligulzar3450 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@thyatiran Christ throughout his life on earth proclaimed the oneness of God.

  • @chelseabaker1994
    @chelseabaker1994 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Fun fact, St.Nicholas also lived in Turkey.

  • @ahmed-rb7sb
    @ahmed-rb7sb Před rokem

    We don't have the origional bible how can we relay on the present one with so many versions additions and contradictions in it ??

  • @LABoyko
    @LABoyko Před rokem +9

    The Christian churches in Turkey operate underground. Probably a lot more of them there than indicated in this video, but they must remain cagey about worship. Wholeheartedly agree the greatest effort to spread the gospel should be where populations are the most imperiled.

    • @slimm7145
      @slimm7145 Před rokem

      The most places where Christianity is thriving is ingorance and illertecay ridden countries....hey 👋...we are not in the middle ages... every one has a mobile phone 📱 with one click they have access to millions of videos and books and Bibles and church Livestreams ....so your silly excuses are just .... Silly

  • @stephanottawa7890
    @stephanottawa7890 Před rokem +6

    Dear Radical....You made so much effort and spent so much money, but you lack some basic understanding and knowledge. The Turks come not from Turkey, but Turkestan. Slowly they invaded starting in the 10th century the area which is now Turkey. Before the beginning of the invasions, the area of Asia Minor was the eastern part of the Roman Empire. It was inhabited by Christians who for the most part spoke Greek and were Orthodox. The Turks who first invaded were not Ottomans and were not even Moslems. At that time many Turks were nomadic pagans who worshipped various spirits. Once they became Moslems, they took on a militant attitude and started what was more of a series of war. When they took over a place they gave the inhabitants 2 or 3 choices: Die or convert to Islam or die or convert or enter a stage somewhere between slavery and serfdom where one could remain Christian, but pay a lot of taxes. Churches could not be built or even repaired. Schools were closed for Christians. It was horrible and it was all done on purpose, namely to break down the Christians so that in the next generation or so, they would give up and accept Islam and become Turks. Also settlers were brought in from Turkestan and other lands where the Moslem heresy had already reigned. Thus gradually, but surely the Christians were pushed out. The final nail on the coffin was the genocide of the Armenians and the Assyrians in the First World War. At that time millions of Christians were killed with the help of the Kurds. After that a war was fought between Greece and Turkey. Greece lost the war and consequently the remaining Greek population in Turkey was either killed or exiled. The Greeks of Constantinople were somewhat spared as it was under British occupation at the time. These are the facts that you should know before producing such a program. At for the protestants, these people originated when western missionaries came in to help Christians who were basically starving. In exchange for food, some converted. They too were forced out, so the protestants who you are talking about might be turkified Greeks or Armenians who were able to remain in the secular state of Ataturk once it was established. The few churches that remained were either destroyed, turned into garages or mosques. Hagia Sofia was turned into a mosque at the time of the Fall of Constantinople and only became a museum under Ataturk. I am glad that you got at least one fact straight which was the main point that you were trying to make at the beginning of the film. I pray that the Turks do become Christians and link up with the faith of Nicaea which is the Orthodox Faith. That is the faith that you should be promoting as that was the faith preached by St. Paul when he first entered these lands. Protestantism in all its bizarre forms only started in the 16th century. It has very little to do with the original Faith of Christ, St. Paul or the Holy Martyrs.

  • @yapiciyapici5874
    @yapiciyapici5874 Před 26 dny

    as a local muslim dude I love to see more Christians in Istanbul.

  • @Gibeah
    @Gibeah Před rokem +2

    the music sounds like a doordash ad or something🤣🤣🤣 that upbeat rousing rhythm...

  • @carlose4314
    @carlose4314 Před rokem +26

    Hagia Sophia needs to be a church again.

    • @slimm7145
      @slimm7145 Před rokem +4

      Start by saving the existing ones first....they are empty...man ! Do you christians like collecting stones and filling them with idols ? What for?

    • @carlose4314
      @carlose4314 Před 11 měsíci

      @@slimm7145 Save the existing ones, and retake the ones that were abandoned.

    • @fan4life
      @fan4life Před 8 měsíci

      So it can be empty like most Churches in the west? 😂 You Christians don’t even follow your religion anymore

    • @ritwehbee5002
      @ritwehbee5002 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@slimm7145you worship a stone

    • @ritwehbee5002
      @ritwehbee5002 Před 4 měsíci

      It will be in 2025

  • @JabbarTV1
    @JabbarTV1 Před rokem +5

    Good work there
    How about you do a similar one from Spain? the other way around happened there.
    you can start from Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, which is basically the Great mosque of Cordoba.

  • @dandjmcfetridge3687
    @dandjmcfetridge3687 Před 3 měsíci +2

    God Is still doing wonders

  • @alexpreach6503
    @alexpreach6503 Před rokem +2

    Wow inspiring ....am challenged

  • @denetv
    @denetv Před 3 měsíci +3

    As a Turkish Catholic Christian living in Turkey, I thank you for this video. The Gospel is active in Turkey, but I would like you to consider why people are still so far away from the Lord. And a small note, Turkey is now pronounced "Turkiye". This is officially announced.

  • @Thoughtflux
    @Thoughtflux Před 3 měsíci

    This is such a wonderful video! Thank you for making it. I'm not an orthodox but feel deeply about Hagia Sophia. Turkey has been colonized and they continue to oppress Armenia. Pray for this region brethren.

  • @aaanawaleh
    @aaanawaleh Před rokem +1

    High quality production but you missed a few things in the narration. Population exchange with greece etc.

  • @princemkenya1944
    @princemkenya1944 Před rokem +13

    I feel pain watching this 😢 but every knee shall bow down to Jesus Christ including all those who demolished and persecuted christians with this third degree we know them but God knows them more

    • @hxhxhdnxjxjf7557
      @hxhxhdnxjxjf7557 Před rokem +2

      Christianity is dieng every were Islam is rising and you can’t do everything about it churches are empty

    • @aligulzar3450
      @aligulzar3450 Před rokem +2

      We only bow before one and only God, not before tritarian Gods.

    • @jkfsyh2022
      @jkfsyh2022 Před 4 měsíci

      Slave metal.
      Open your eyes, heart and brain.
      Weep for the hundreds of millions of black Africans, Aborigines and Indians who were tortured and genocided by Christians.

    • @antimony4127
      @antimony4127 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@hxhxhdnxjxjf7557 Not everywhere. Only in America. It's growing everywhere else. The biggest download of the Bible is happening in Iran.

    • @antimony4127
      @antimony4127 Před 3 měsíci

      @@aligulzar3450 We bow down to one God too. Just not your moon god.

  • @vijaydungdung5821
    @vijaydungdung5821 Před rokem +12

    Coming day all muslims people also believe in Jesus Christ who was the only alive God. Amen

    • @Durray13
      @Durray13 Před rokem +2

      cope 😂

    • @mrniceguy8298
      @mrniceguy8298 Před 11 měsíci

      why would Isa judge the entire world according to the Quran??
      it is not supposed to be mohammad, who is the best human being on earth who ever walked

    • @Durray13
      @Durray13 Před 11 měsíci

      @@mrniceguy8298 neither of em' gonna judge anyone. if u don't know what u talking about, just go back watch your chinese-cartoon 'kay?

    • @Patricia-xz1vz
      @Patricia-xz1vz Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@mrniceguy8298yeah but your prophet is not God but Jesus is the Messiah, he was even mentioned in your book many times, that’s something you can’t deny.

  • @peterduncan1519
    @peterduncan1519 Před 4 měsíci +1

    The Turks under Ataturk also expelled Greeks (Orthodox Christians)

  • @hospitallercross1155
    @hospitallercross1155 Před rokem +14

    No its not Istanbul. IT CALLED CONSTANTINOPLE.
    ☝🏽☦️
    #Wewilltakeback
    #Hallelujah

  • @susannabonke8552
    @susannabonke8552 Před rokem +12

    Even the NAME holy wisdom ( Hagia Sophia ) refers to Jesus!!

    • @hxhxhdnxjxjf7557
      @hxhxhdnxjxjf7557 Před rokem

      Christianity is dieng every were Islam is rising and you can’t do everything about it churches are empty

    • @slimm7145
      @slimm7145 Před rokem

      @@hxhxhdnxjxjf7557 churches are not empty...they are full, full , full with idols

    • @mrawesome1688
      @mrawesome1688 Před rokem

      ​@@slimm7145 and paintings just take down the tapestries inside Haghia Sophia and look at the walls. The turks keep them hidden for a reason 😂

    • @mrawesome1688
      @mrawesome1688 Před rokem +1

      Also the name is also Greek. They manage to change the name if the city in the 1930s by kicking all the greej population out of the country. But the Church still carries its original Greek Christian Name.

    • @CatholicCrusader__30
      @CatholicCrusader__30 Před 10 měsíci

      @@slimm7145 meanwhile you worship a stone lol

  • @lapisfix
    @lapisfix Před 4 měsíci +1

    the scripture pretty much says about constantine getting a divine help that crushed the enemy and put their enemies to shame and says that leo and constantine restored the city of nicaea and as a trophy the set up kentenarion tower which artabasdos the patriacian and curopalates (which is a title )completed by his struggle.

  • @RandomIndianGyani
    @RandomIndianGyani Před 2 měsíci +1

    Both christianity and islam has suffered the attack of secularism and liberalism

  • @adamrahman1162
    @adamrahman1162 Před rokem +18

    I, as a muslim, sympathize with the christians in the past history of turkey, but this has happened to many muslims in many other nations as well. Im glad that it is peaceful today, and i am glad to see more christians. We might disagree on things, but we have more likenesses than differences. A beautiful verse from the Holy Quran - "God has made mankind into many nations to compassionately get to know one another".

    • @jadenphilander8799
      @jadenphilander8799 Před rokem +15

      Your prophet did that to many nations.

    • @7MA7AM7
      @7MA7AM7 Před rokem +4

      @@jadenphilander8799 name 1

    • @jadenphilander8799
      @jadenphilander8799 Před rokem

      @@7MA7AM7 Muhammad sent several armies against the Byzantine Empire and the Ghassanids in northern Arabia and the Levant, before conquering Mecca in 630 and leading a campaign against some Arab pagan tribes close to Mecca, most notably in Ta'if. Anyone who didn't accept him as a prophet or messanger of Allah, was killed by him, he always went to war with people who never saw him as a prophet, that's why he killed Safiyas family and then slept with her a few hours afterwards because he had sex with his slaves.

    • @annefranciselizabeth3840
      @annefranciselizabeth3840 Před rokem +8

      To determine if belief systems are wholesome or pernicious, examine their practical effect. Judged by its actual results, Islam is the worst of all the main religions.
      How so? Very simple. Out of the billions of Muslims in the world (living or dead), NOT A SINGLE MUSLIM has made any original contribution to any aspect of MODERN science or indeed any other empirical branch of knowledge SINCE THE MODERN ERA. If there were only Muslims in the world we could not have this online interaction. Islamic backwardness is almost incredible, given the fact that Persians and North Africans used to be far ahead of the West and only became backward once Islam became entrenched. On the other hand, the West which used to lag behind them became synonymous with modern civilization during the Christian era.
      I do not claim to fully understand why Islam has such a catastrophic effect, but it may have to do with the so-called FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAMIC RETROGRESSION:
      1/ SHARIA: (especially 3 aspects of the Sharia - Polygamy, Subjugation of women, & Second-Class citizenship of non-Muslims). Each of these 3 aspects is disastrous. Polygamy distracts men, discounts women and divides children. Female subjugation renders half the population impotent (if Marie Curie had been a Moslem, we would have no X-Ray in any hospital!). The practical effect of the enforced Second-Class citizenship of non-Muslims is that Islamic nations can never have true peace.
      2/ MOHAMMED'S EXAMPLE: There is a great difference between Christian iniquity and Muslim iniquity. The Christian is disobeying the example and teaching of Christ, and so can be called to repentance. On the contrary, when Muslims engage in slavery, rape, murder, genocide, paedophilia, looting, oppression, feudalism, forced conversion, honor-killing, fascism, etc they are following the personal and repeated example of Muhammed and so cannot repent, because there is no higher standard to hold before them. That difference is at the heart of the problem with Islam.
      3/ ISLAMIC FATALISM DISCOURAGES PROACTIVENESS
      4/ ISALMIC LOW VIEW OF HUMANITY: Islam rejects the three key doctrines through which Christianity dignifies humankind, namely:
      (a) The Fatherhood of God
      (b) The Incarnation of Christ
      (c) The In-dwelling of the Holy Spirit
      5/ REJECTION OF THE CROSS - Therefore, no theological basis for God-man or man-man reconciliation (necessary for peace and harmony).

    • @slimm7145
      @slimm7145 Před rokem

      Don't sell your religion to please disbelievers ....be proud of the truth you have....as for the Jews and christians don't be happy for them...but have pity on them....

  • @datbo1
    @datbo1 Před rokem +5

    and mind you, these mosques were built to resemble the churches. Especially post 1453, when the most known guideline for a mosque became the Haghia Sophia.

  • @rosekamau2974
    @rosekamau2974 Před rokem

    I Love what am Watching. 🙏🙏

  • @updownleftrightasdw8423

    i think what he meant to say is that there are more christians in nicea in the first century than in the 21st century.

  • @andrewt35
    @andrewt35 Před 9 měsíci +12

    Great documentary my friend, but you did leave out a lot about the Byzantine empire and Greek Orthodoxy! These are vital to understanding Christianity in modern-day Turkey, which died with the ethnic cleansing of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Christians!

    • @lizh.413
      @lizh.413 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Thanks for remembering the Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks - a disappointing oversight in this documentary.

    • @markzepp481
      @markzepp481 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Exactly people forget the original people who had there lands conquered and taken over viciously where originally Christian

    • @jaycost4589
      @jaycost4589 Před 4 měsíci

      He’s a non denominational American Protestant so I assume this his working knowledge of Holy Orthodoxy is extremely limited

    • @jaycost4589
      @jaycost4589 Před 4 měsíci

      Hopefully he takes it upon himself to do a documentary on the One True Holy Orthdox Faith 😊

  • @bobi-3-4010
    @bobi-3-4010 Před rokem +4

    It was an Orthodox church, not a catholic cathedral. Unfortunately it's now a mosque.

  • @shaunstakiw2722
    @shaunstakiw2722 Před 5 měsíci

    What's with the building mosques on top of other religions holy sites?

  • @kentaylor7698
    @kentaylor7698 Před 3 měsíci +1

    ..if the early Church had a Cathedral then that would mean the early Church also had an altar in the Cathedral. Which would mean they would have done the Divine Liturgy and Holy Eucharist...