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Russian Tourists Detained in Hagia Sophia for Reading Bible

A Russian couple was detained in Istanbul and faces deportation after being caught reading the Bible inside the Hagia Sophia.

16 Jul, 13:10 — 16 Jul, 13:10
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Russian couple detained, face deportation after Bible reading at Hagia Sophia

Two Russian tourists were detained in İstanbul after one of them allegedly read aloud from the Bible at Hagia Sophia, the sixth-century Byzantine cathedral reconverted into a mosque in 2020, Turkish Minute reported. The couple, identified by Russian media as Igor and Viktoria Filonov, were detained on July 14 in the visitor section of Hagia […] The post Russian couple detained, face deportation after Bible reading at Hagia Sophia appeared first on Stockholm Center for Freedom.

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naftemporiki16 Jul, 12:30First to report

Κωνσταντινούπολη: Συνελήφθησαν Ρώσοι τουρίστες που διάβαζαν τη Βίβλο μέσα στην Αγία Σοφία

newsbeast16 Jul, 12:36

Κωνσταντινούπολη: Χειροπέδες σε Ρώσους τουρίστες που διάβαζαν τη Βίβλο μέσα στην Αγία Σοφία

stockholm-cf16 Jul, 13:10

Russian couple detained, face deportation after Bible reading at Hagia Sophia

7h later
iefimerida16 Jul, 20:01Latest update

Ρώσοι τουρίστες συνελήφθησαν στην Κωνσταντινούπολη: Διάβαζαν δυνατά αποσπάσματα της Βίβλου μέσα στην Αγία Σοφία

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