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Panagia Sumela: Mass Held Amid Tight Security and Sparse Attendance Amid Nationalist Protests

The Ecumenical Patriarch did not attend the Divine Liturgy and instead the Metropolitan of Kallioupolis and Madytos, Stephen, presided

Erdogan-backed groups campaign to cancel Orthodox Christian ceremony in northeastern Turkey

Retired admiral Cihat Yaycı who leads the Turkish Maritime & Global Strategies Center has launched a campaign to revoke the permit issued for the ceremony

Panagia Sumela Monastery frescoes destroyed in Turkey (photos)

The authorities say no damage was done