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=== First church ===
[[Image:Byzantinischer Mosaizist des 9. Jahrhunderts 003.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Patriarch St. John Chrysostom]]
[[Image:Haghia sofia inside2.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Interior View to [[mihrab]] and dome]]
Nothing remains of the first church that was built on this location, known as the ''Megalè Ekklèsia'' (''Great Church''), or in Latin "Magna Ecclesia".<ref name="Great Church">{{Cite web| url=http://www.virtualworldheritage.org/papers/3181_976-Virtual_Hagia_Sophia.pdf|title=Virtual Hagia Sophia: Restitution, Visualization and Virtual Life Simulation|accessdate=2007-07-03|author=Alessandro E. FONI, George PAPAGIANNAKIS, Nadia MAGNENAT-THALMANN}}</ref>
It was built next to the area where the imperial palace was being developed and next to the smaller church [[Hagia Eirene]], finished first and acting as cathedral until the Hagia Sophia was completed. The Hagia Sophia was inaugurated by [[Constantius II]] on 15 February 360. Both churches acted together as the principal churches of the [[Byzantine Empire]].
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