Panagia Soumela
Greek church
Dormition of the Virgin Mary Celebrated in Splendor Across Greece
Greece celebrated the Dormition of the Virgin Mary with great splendor and devotion at places of pilgrimage across the country and beyond.
Greek church
Turkey Bans Liturgy at Historic Monastery of Panagia Soumela
Turkey has forbidden the liturgy at the historic Orthodox monastery of Panagia Soumela on the August 15 religious holiday.
The Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople informed the Christian community of the decision in a statement released on Thursday. However, no explanation...
Greek church
Greece Blasts Turkey Over Panagia Soumela “Desecration”
Greece and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew blasted Turkey on Tuesday over the "desecration" of the Panagia Soumela Monastery which was turned into a nightclub for an advertising video clip.
The controversial video clip, with a DJ playing loud electronic music in...
Greek church
Orthodox Outrage as Panagia Soumela Turns into Nightclub in Ad
The courtyard of Panagia Soumela Monastery turned into a nightclub in advertising video clip, causing outrage in the Orthodox World
Greek News
Pontian Greek Representative Detained in Turkey on Eve of Feast of Panagia
George Varythymiadis, a representative of the Pontian Greeks, was detained at the Istanbul airport by the Turkish authorities on Friday.
events
Greek President Calls on the World to Recognize Pontian Genocide
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Thursday joined thousands of Pontian Greeks who gathered at the church of Panagia Soumela at Mt. Vermion in northern Greece to celebrate the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.
Pavlopoulos attended a memorial service in memory...
Europe
Panagia Soumela Monastery will Not be Open for Dormition of Virgin Mary Liturgy
The emblematic Panagia Soumela Monastery in Trabzon, Turkey will not be open for the Dormition of Virgin Mary liturgy on August 15 since restoration works are not completed yet, according to a Skai television report.
The monastery, which is the most...
Culture
Historic Soumela Monastery in Pontus Reopens
The historic Panagia Soumela Monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary and located in Trabzon in the Black Sea is to reopen its doors to the public on May 25, 2019 after more than three years of restoration work.
The religious...
Greece
100 Years Since the Pontian Genocide
It has been 100 years since the Pontian Genocide, and Pontic Greeks remember May 19 as a black day each and every year. At the same time, it is a date used to strengthen the bonds between them all...
Greece
A Journey with Symbolism: Bicyclist Connects Panagia Soumela Monasteries in Veria, Trabzon
In a long journey full of religious and cultural symbolism, 34 year-old George Lipiridis recently bicycled from the Panagia Soumela Monastery in the Greek region of Macedonia, to the Panagia Soumela Monastery in present-day Turkey, near the city of...