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Showing posts with label sumela monastery. Show all posts

The Guardian newspaper, published every weekend excursion devoted attachment to Turkey.

18-page supplement on the first page in a picture was from Cappadocia. Enclosed, Antioch and the surrounding area, places such as Istanbul, the Black Sea region and are being introduced.

One article in the appendix, said in Turkey offers numerous options, especially the adventurous travelers. Rafting on the Coruh River in the Black Sea region can be done, tırmanılabileceği Mount Ararat, bicycle tours along the Aegean coast and the Taurus mountains, jogging katılınabileceği told.

The other article referred to the culture of nightlife and taverns of Istanbul, the chapters in entertainment and fine dining options on where to go places suggested.

Sumela Monastery and its surroundings, as well as relevant historical information as described in another article, also published an article in the Aegean region related to the camel wrestling.

A local mayor has launched initiatives to open the Sumela Monastery

Ertugrul Genc, the mayor of Trabzon's Macka town, said he was working to enable Christians celebrate their religious feasts at the Sumela Monastery.
"Our aim is to open Sumela Monastery to celebration of religious feasts of Christians and Orthodox people. This can be Christmas or Easter," Genc told AA correspondent.

Genc said the municipality had launched efforts to open the monastery to a religious mass in the Easter, and had met executives of the Turkish Culture & Tourism Ministry and Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I.

On August 15, 2009, the Sumela Monastery was opened to one-day religious mass.

Standing at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altindere valley in Trabzon's Macka town, Sumela Monastery lies at an altitude of approximately 1,200 metres. Founded in the year 386 AD during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I (375-395), legend has it that two priests undertook the founding of the monastery on the site after having discovered a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain.

The principal elements of the Monastery complex are the Rock Church, several chapels, kitchens, student rooms, a guesthouse, a library, and a sacred spring revered by Orthodox Greeks. The entrance to the Monastery leads up a long and narrow stairway.

The inner and outer walls of the Rock Church and the walls of the adjacent chapel are decorated with frescoes. The main subject of the frescoes are biblical scenes telling the story of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

which has a fascinating beauty Sumela Monastery, visitors flocked to the

Macka district of Trabzon Altındere Valley foothills of Montenegro established the rocks and the enchanting beauty of the surrounding natural vegetation with a Sumela Monastery, is inundated with visitors. The first time after 88 years on August 15 last year, the Christian Orthodox rite, and thus allowed to hold an increasing awareness of the world-historical monastery, the most intense periods of living in terms of visitor traffic. With about 300 meters below the monastery, the ruins at the base of the valley this year, a total of 1 million tourists will visit the location is estimated.
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Macka Mayor Ertugrul Young, a 9-day holiday for tourism is extremely positive, with the Victory Day is a coincidence, a separate application conflicts by specifying the first day of the Feast of Sugar,''holidays coincide days hosted Sümela'da 6 thousand tourists, this is a record. By allowing a service held in the monastery, the increase in awareness of this, we have a big impact,''he said.

Due to the intensity of tourists during the holiday town of Macka Sumela monastery about 15 kilometers up to 20 minutes, even vehicle traffic crashes took place from time to time, vehicle miles of tail formed by said Young,''I wish our paths had a larger density of the traffic kilitlenmesiydi but this is a beautiful tourist thing. In contrast to previous months even in Ramadan, such as hotel occupancy rate was almost the other months. This is a positive value for us, we hope to continue to increase. We aim to 1 million tourists per year visit Sümela'yı''he said.


Increased interest in the Black Sea

Sumela Monastery of the Virgin Mary by Christians last year and this year, rising to the sky on August 15, which is considered sacred and are allowed to perform ritual reminiscent of the young Orthodox Christians,''the Black Sea and Sümela'ya interest is growing with each passing day. Sümela'da this, we made last year and this was a huge influence in terms of rituals in the introduction. The first 6 months of last year, compared with the first 6 months of this year was increased by 40 percent the number of tourists from Sümela'ya. This number will increase after this year's ritual anticipate''he said.
No matter the other days of the month''Sümela'da sacred "proposal

Tourism in the region who expressed more canlanacağını Young,''Sumela monastery, not only on August 15, sacred to Christians, we want to be open to other days in the liturgy. This is the area's tourism creates a noticeable vitality, and increases the number of tourists. This trades, hotels reflected''he said.

Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of the Monastery of Sumela ritual so that it is important for tourism in the city, pointing to the arrival of the young,''Patriarch Bartholomew after this year's ceremony on Maçka'daki Kuştul Vazelon and monasteries to visit in the coming years due to interest in the monasteries shows the number of tourists from the region will increase. Even now it only seems to increase the number of tourists visiting the monastery on this 2. We do not know the number of tours for visitors to come and Vazelon'a Kuştul but observed an increase,''he said.


Vazelon Kuştul and should be restored

Young, Kuştul for tourism in the region, pointing out the need to restore monasteries and Vazelon,''This 2 monastery or improvement, or at least should be restored. In addition to these monasteries and corrupted paths of the vehicle and the need to improve. To be away from the center of town because of bad roads and monasteries not only more tourists, Macka. I am sure that if you Macka improvements, so the tourists to the region remains a day to stay at least 2 days. Therefore increase the income of local tourism,''he said.

Macka Mayor Ertugrul Young, the development of tourism in the region meant to increase employment and investment in tourism by the expression,''the local historic sites, natural vegetation, waterfalls and wild animals in the most suitable for tourism. Evaluate the benefit of our country as it has completed''.

The Greek Orthodox monastery and church complex in the former monastery of Sumela

The church is believed to have been built between AD 375-395. Frequently encountered in Anatolia Cappadocia churches built in the style, even the church there is a cave-like area in Trabzon Maşatlık. Become the first establishment of the church and the monastery is not known much about the transformation between the thousand-year period. According to the legend of the Black Sea Greeks from Athenian Sophronios with two monks Barnabas saw the same dream, dream, Jesus, the disciples of St. Luka icon they have three of Panagia, the icon of Mary holding baby Jesus, is located in the arms of the Sumela ' They saw the place. Then come to Trabzon by sea, as ignorant of each other, told each other, and there encounters dreams they have taken the first foundation of the church. However, the frescoes of the monastery took place frequently, given a special importance to Trabzon Emperor III. Aleksios'un (1349-1390) founder of the monastery is believed to be true.
14. Turkmen raids century monastery, who was also exposed outpost in the defense of the city's status has not changed after the Ottoman conquest. Yavuz Sultan Selim in Trabzon during the two large chandeliers here as a gift to the prince, Sultan Mehmed II. Murat, I. Selim II. Selim III. Murad Ibrahim, IV. Mehmed II. Solomon and III. Ahmed is the edicts of a cloistered. Concessions provided to the monastery during the Ottoman period, especially during the Islamization of Macka in Trabzon and Gumushane and a secret Christian and Christian villages in the northern Gümüşhane has created an area surrounded by .

18 April 1916 which lasted until 24 February 1918 during the Russian invasion of other monasteries near Macka, such as seeking to establish an independent Greek state of Pontus, was the headquarters of the militia, with an exchange of populations after sending the region into oblivion due to the Christians of Turkey to Greece The fate of the abandoned until recently by the Ministry of Culture is repaired.

Exchange with the Black Sea Greeks in Greece who moved to the town of Veria Sumela have built a new church which they called. Each year in August, just as they did in the past, the new monastery around Trabzon Sümela'da organize well-attended festivals.

In 2010, with the permission of the government in the Republic of Turkey adopted by Christians as the day of the ascension of the Virgin Mary into heaven, and sacred ritual held on 15th August in the first after an interval of 88 years, Dimitri Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew led the liturgy.