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St. Antoine Catholic Church (Saint Antoine Church / Saint Anthony of Padua Church) is a Neo-Gothic place of worship located on İstiklal Caddesi in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, recognized as the city’s largest Catholic church. The building was constructed between 1906 and 1912 according to the design of architect Giulio Mongeri. An earlier church bearing the same name was built in 1725 in Pera by the local Italian Catholic community; this structure was later demolished to make way for the la

Water Cult in Turkish Mythology is a collective of beliefs and practices centered on attributing sanctity to water entities such as rivers, lakes, springs, and pınar; viewing water as a life-giving, purifying, and in some contexts, protective and healing force. Associated with this worldview are various ritual practices involving water, including offerings and kurban sacrifices at water sources, pilgrimages and supplication rituals performed at waters deemed “sacred,” taboos prohibiting certain

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein is a Palestinian religious figure, educator, preacher at Mescid-i Aksa, President of the High Fatwa Council, and Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine. After serving in educational institutions, waqf organizations, and Islamic councils in Jerusalem, he was appointed mufti in July 2006. During his tenure, he focused on the religious and administrative status of Mescid-i Aksa, the right to worship in Jerusalem, Palestinian access to holy sites, and the occupying forces’ pr