Cishe eminyakeni emine ngemva kokuba uHagia Sophia eguqulwe waba i-mosque, elinye ithempeli eliyisakhiwo sodumo laseByzantium eConstantinople lizoqala ukusebenza njenge-mosque. Lena yiHora Monastery edumile, osekuyiminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa nesishiyagalolunye iyimnyuziyamu.
Njengoba kubikiwe iphephandaba elisekela uhulumeni i-Yeni Şafak, iHora Monastery kulindeleke ukuthi ivule iminyango yayo njengendawo yokukhulekela yangoLwesihlanu ngoFebhuwari 23. UMongameli waseTurkey u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan wenze isinqumo salokhu emuva ngo-2020 kanye nesinqumo sikaHagia Sophia, kodwa izinhlelo “zamiswa” ukuze kwenziwe umsebenzi othile wokubuyisela.
Isonto okukhulunywa ngalo, okuyithempeli elibaluleke kakhulu e-Istanbul ngemuva kukaHagia Sophia, laguqulwa laba yi-mosque ngama-Ottomans, kwathi ngomyalo kaMustafa Kemal Atatürk, laba umnyuziyamu.
Ngo-2019, nokho, isinqumo sakhishwa yiNkantolo Ephakeme YaseTurkey sokuyiguqula ibe yi-mosque. Ngo-2020, kwanqunywa ukuthi amandla esikhumbuzo azodlulela ku-Directorate of Religious Affairs, eTurkey Diyanet.
Ngokwemithombo yezindaba yaseTurkey, “i-mosque eyingqopha-mlando, efakwe ngokhaphethi ababomvu abenziwe ngokwezifiso, kulindeleke ukuba ivulwe ukuze ikhulekelwe ngoLwesihlanu, ngo-February 23.” Iphinde yabika ukuthi “imidwebo eqoshiwe nemidwebo eqoshiwe iye yalondolozwa ngesikhathi ilungiswa futhi izotholwa izivakashi.”
IHora Monastery itholakala engxenyeni esenyakatho-ntshonalanga yesikhungo somlando sase-Istanbul.
Iqanjwe igama layo endaweni yayo - ngaphandle kwezindonga zenqaba ze-Imp. UConstantine Omkhulu. “Horion” noma “Hora” abaseByzantium babiza izwe elingaphandle kwezindonga zezinqaba. Lapho imp. UTheodosius II wakha izindonga ezintsha zaseConstantinople, isigodlo sagcina igama lendabuko "eHora", nakuba sasingasekho ngaphandle kwezindonga. Isigodlo saziwa ngamatshe ayigugu - phakathi kwezidume kakhulu i-mosaic enomunye wabasunguli bethempeli, uTheodore Metochite, ethula ithempeli elisha kuKristu. Isonto lalinama-vestibule amabili ayehlotshiswe ngama-mosaic namafrescoes. I-mosaic ye-exonarthex (umpheme ongaphandle) iyiziyingi eziyisithupha ezibonisa uKristu ephulukisa izifo ezihlukahlukene. Izithonjana eziningi nazo zihlobisa amadome nezindonga. Izithonjana ziphakathi kwezithombe ezinhle kakhulu zaseByzantine. Imibala igqamile, izilinganiso zezitho ziyavumelana, futhi ukubonakaliswa kobuso kungokwemvelo.
Umlando wakuqala wesigodlo awaziwa ngokuqiniseka. Isiko libeka isisekelo salo ngekhulu lesi-6 nguSt. Theodore, futhi kuthiwa kuKrispus, umkhwenyana we-imp. Phocas (7th century). Namuhla kufakazelwa ukuthi isonto lakhiwa phakathi kuka-1077-1081, ngesikhathi se-Imp. Alexius I Comnenus, esizeni sezakhiwo ezindala kusukela ngekhulu lesi-6 nelesi-9. Yalimala kakhulu, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuzamazama komhlaba, futhi yalungiswa ngo-1120 ngu-Isaac Comnenus. UTheodore Metochites, isazi sezwe saseByzantine, isazi semfundiso yenkolo, umvikeli wezobuciko, waba nesandla ekulungisweni kwayo (1316-1321) futhi waba nesibopho sokwengezwa kwe-exonarthex, isonto eliseningizimu kanye nomhlobiso wethempeli, okuhlanganisa ama-mosaic amangalisayo namafrescoes ane yasinda kuze kube namuhla. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wanikeza indawo enkulu yesigodlo, ngesikhathi esifanayo akha isibhedlela futhi wanikela kuso iqoqo lakhe elimangalisayo lezincwadi, kamuva elaheha izazi ezidumile kulesi sikhungo. Isigodlo sezindela saguqulwa saba i-mosque ngomyalo weGrand Vizier kaSultan Bayazid II (1481-1512) futhi yaziwa ngesiTurkey ngokuthi iKahriye Mosque. Ingxenye ebalulekile yokuhlobisa kwethempeli yacekelwa phansi. Ngo-1948, kwenziwa uhlelo lokubuyisela, futhi kusukela ngo-1958 isikhumbuzo sisebenza njengemnyuziyamu.
