A large number of men and women, who grew increasingly persecuted by, he turned to the biggest church in Constantinople, called Hagia Sophia. Gathered here men, women and children. Soon, however, were caught by the Turks without resistance. Many men were killed in the temple by the Turks. Others in other parts of the city took to the streets without knowing about that. Soon others were killed, others were caught but many of the brave Greeks seemed resisted and killed, not to see women and children slaves.
"Across the City could see nothing else than those who kill those who killed and those who hunt and those who were leaving." Laonikos Chalkokondili, "Proof of stories" (translation). The people spreading the song's message as the hard will of God. They took the city, took it, got to Saloniki, and took St Sophia, the great monastery, which was three hundred and sixty two bells bells and bell every priest, every priest and deacon. Simao THE worthy to go and the king of the world IRTH voice 'from heaven and from Archangel mouth. At 2:30 in the afternoon the thousand year old Byzantine Empire, the symbol of Hellenism and Christianity, was abolished.
HLaiki muse laments the fall of Constantinople: "cease the cherubic, and we lowered the holy because it is God's will, to the City tourkepsi"."The Lady shed tears and upset the pictures." But the brave spirit of the nation optimistically declares: "He was silent, lady Lady, do not cry and not cry, again with years sometimes, again, ours is going to be."Weeping and wailing and lamentation sigh and sorrow, tribulation aparamythitos fell Romaiois percent. Echasasin the spitin them, the city holy, courage and pride and apantochin them. On the 'pen? On the sued? When' lthen the Mantato? Karavin ekatevaine in parts of the galley and Tenedos ypantise stands and anarota it: - "Karavin, whence erkesai and whence you descend?" - "Erkomai even the 'curse and on the predominant darkness, even the astrapochalazin, even the Polin the RES anemozalin come to astrapokamenin. I do not gomarin vasto, I bring bad news promptly by the Christians, bitter and baited. "(Elementary, extract).
Laofilesteros The legend is about the last emperor marmarose in the church of Hagia Sophia. The tradition passed from mouth to mouthimmediately after the conquest of Constantinople.
When the city passed into the hands of the Turks, the people could not believe that such a structure has fallen into Muslim hands. Sospread that the king hid behind a pillar of the church of Hagia Sophia, was lost in the corridors and remained hidden there.
The hours of waiting the "marmarosan". The fact is that no one has found the corpse of the last defender, the emperor ConstantinePaleologos. Lost and believed that the Angel of the Lord and hidmarmarose. Once the time comes to life God will give him strength and life again and all will once again from the beginning. The City will be free again.
The Altar.The altar was made of gold. Hanging over her 30 crowns of the emperors, among them that of Constantine. And it is said that this was to remind Christians of treason of Judas. The thirty pieces of silver.According to tradition before Muhammad, the B occupy Constantinople, the Emperor Constantine / nos ordered to transfer the altar and all the relics of St. Sophia away from the city to avoid falling into the hands of the Turks. Three Venetian boats thus began the town filled with all these treasures, says the legend, but the third of them carrying the Altar sank in the waters of the Bosphorus in the Marmara region.Since then, at that point which is immersed the altar the waters of the sea is always calm and serene, no matter the weather conditions in the surrounding area. This phenomenon testified modern Turkish scientists who have made occasional attempts to discover who is this strange phenomenon, but due to the muddy bottom of the recommendation, drew inconclusive.
"The Venetians superbly wondrous and Holy Exakousti Bank of St. Sophia, the valuable and oraiotatin, took the church and put in the boat, and as did Armenia and epigainan to Venice, oh miracle! Near the island of Marmara opened and the boat fell into the sea the altar kxai evoulise and is there to this day, and this is obvious and witnessed by everyone, because around that part, when am doing storm, the sea waves across terribly am doing , unto the place where the altar is calm and not agitated the sea. And ypagainoun tines with over there and take the one from the sea, where the altar, and smells myrodian prodigiously from the holy chrism where perfumes and other "The father of Greek folklore, Nicholas Politis, writes about the incident:"The day parthiken the City put in a boat on the altar, go to the Franks, not to fall into Turkish hands. But where the sea of Marmara, the boat and opened the altar evouliaxe the bottom. In part the sea that is oil, as much storm and they are around. And know this part of the tench is always there and the smell that comes out. Many even worthy to idoun the depths of the sea. "Three kara - kroustallenia my kara three - three boats fefgouni,which means the policy, our hearts cry, cries and sighs.the 'to load the Cross, and t' other Vangelisthird of the best, the altar, weOur failure to get the dogs, and our magarisounThe Mary sighed, and shed tears as' powder .........The altar of St. Sophia rests on the seabed, on the sand and shells.The spot where the boat sank, the sailors know well and easy to find.Indeed, even when the wildest storm, the waves swell around and makes the sea roars, there is peace and quiet.From the smooth, shiny surface of the water rising sweet scents and echoes of angelic chants. Many worthy divers who collect sponges, corals or fish, they tried to come down and see the capsized boat.Nobody did it. The sea is very deep in this place, guarding the altar and the relics of the Saints from every profane eye.But when will the City Again, the altar, who lives in sand bottom will rise to the surface as the diver ascends. I sail alone in Byzantium and will take from where i arrives. Will bring back the Hagia Sophia and cheerful hymns will dedicate it to the Wisdom of God.Then, inside the Basilica built by Justinian the Great, will shine again mosaics, images of saints, the words of the Gospel and the cross will xanafanei over the marble table flush waves.
historian Duke laments the fall the fall and describes arpagin the treasures of the City;
"O city, town, city passes head! O city, city, center of the four Parties of the world! O city, city, Christians pride and barbaric annihilation! O city, city, another paradise planted to the west, having Endon plants Padoa spiritual fruits abound! where is your beauty, paradise? to you or the graces of the Spirit beneficial Russian soul and body? that the apostles of the Lord my body, the long planted in evergreen tῷ paradeisῳ, having the midst of them as purple robe, his lonchin, the sponge, the reed, kiss atina efantazometha HRS stafrῷ ypsothenta Oran. Of the saints whose relics, as the witness? that Constantine the Great and other kings, corpses? agyiai century, the periafla, century three-way, the farmers, the vines perifragmoi, everything full and meaningful relics of saints, noble body, body pure, ascetic anchoress.O the loss! ethento, ladies, thnisimaia your dirty slaves per peteinois heaven, Tash flesh of your saints thiriois percent of the earth round about the new Zion, and not a son not buried. SEE O, O epigaie heaven, O heavenly altar, O divine and sacred mosques, churches beauty Oh, my God, holy and Papers words, my laws are ancient and new, my God daktylῳ Writing slates, O God Gospels lalithenta mouth, my theologiai sarkoforon angels, my didaskaliai pnefmatoforon men, O paidagogiai demigods heroes, my city, my city, my army to measure before, but now perish as a pontizomeni tῷ ships sail in, my oikiai And palaces and temples pantodapa walls today, and as always senses animate synthrino, Jeremiah hath tragῳdias Exarch of the Round."How sat alone peplithymmeni citizens or peoples? Egenithi as a widow in peplithymmeni ethnesin, ruling in chorais egenithi to tax, weeping willows wept in the night, and tears on her jaw it, and I ask, Is not there is always to it from loved it such persons are the lamentations and his kopetoi of Jeremiah, whom ekopsato in tῇ palaios fall of Jerusalem, he oimai and on the new call on the spirit tῷ profitῃ ypedeixen. Which language toinyn exischysei to speak, and speak of his genomenin in the city disaster and the captivity deinin metoikian and bitterness, not suffered quite a from Jerusalem to Babylon or in Assyrian, But From Constantinople against Syria, to Egypt, unto Armenian , unto Persians, unto Aravian, unto Afrikin, unto sporadin Italian, in tῇ Asiᾳ tῇ mikrᾷ and in thy loipais eparchiais. And how can these things? In tῇ Paflagoniᾳ son of man, and in Egypt the wife, and children in the mutant sporadin cient, by effecting to others, originate at the glottis and from glottan piety against wickedness and divine Scriptures at the bizarre letters. Phrixus, thou sun and earth.stenaxon egkataleipsin unto the panels in his genomenin tῇ imeterᾳ geneᾷ dikaiokritou Despite of God for our sins. essential are one worthy atenisai at the OMMA heaven, Save where nenefkotes under earth and unto their faces thentes kraxomen thou art righteous, Lord, and your fair or critically. imartomen, inomisamen, idikisamen beside all the nations, and always things which induced us, in an equitable alithinῇ he elicited. feisai than us, sir, pray.ICU day, then, the fall has fired three ships, each porefesthai them unto the city eparchy, and, bearing that burden vythizesthai. And he what burden? luxury clothing, utensils of silver gold copper kattiterina, books for number, prisoners, priests and laity, and monks, and monazousai. always the full burden of the century he skinai fossatou complete capture and from above arithmithenton Padoa Of the species. And he idein midst of barbarians wear a bag pontifical, and hetero zonnymenon golden stole, tractors kynas dressed instead of lambs sagismaton weave. else in symposiois seated, and the holy front discs plus diaforois oporais esthiontes, and sheer drinking from the sacred crater. Tash the books employ, for number exceeds, thy amaxais fortigosantes everywhere in tῇ anatolῇ goes down, and dispersed. di a coin ten books epipraskonto, Platonic Aristotelian theological and everything else kind of book. After Gospels Padoa world in favor of measures, anaspontes gold and silver, But epoloun but erripton. Tash image EMPL delivered with fire, plus tῇ anaftheisῃ krei epsontes isthion flame. "A.ELLINON DELIVERY
