936 AD — Constantinople
The great city will fall into the hands of the infidels. The cross will be removed from the great church and the crescent will take its place. But the city will not remain in their hands forever. A day will come when the cross will shine again on Hagia Sophia.
ConstantinoplefallHagia Sophiacrosscrescentrestoration
Orthodox hagiographical tradition
by St. Andrew the Fool-for-Christ