Also known as Mother Mary or Virgin Mary, it is carved out of rocks in a wooded area on the slope of mountain in Macka, 300 meters (984 feet) above Altindere Valley Centuries-old frescoes that ...

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The ancient Sumela Monastery in Türkiye’s Black Sea province of Trabzon offers nature, history and culture to its visitors. Also known as Mother Mary, or Virgin Mary, it is carved out of rocks in a ...

Turkey expects to open the Sumela Monastery in Black Sea province of Trabzon after restoration works end soon, Culture and Tourism Minister said Monday. Mehmet Ersoy said the aim is to open the ...

A historic mass at the Sumela Monastery in the Black Sea coastal province of Trabzon – a first in republican history – took place yesterday. Some 3,000 Orthodox Christians gathered for the mass at the ...

An ancient monastery in Turkey opened its doors to hold a mass for Ascension for the seventh time since resuming religious services after an 88-year pause. The Sumela Monastery is located in Macka ...

The ancient Sumela Monastery in Türkiye’s Black Sea province of Trabzon province offers nature, history and culture to its visitors and has hosted nearly 600,000 visitors, a Turkish official said.

Following Sunday's historic Mass at Sumela Monastery in the Black Sea province of Trabzon, both the Turkish and Greek prime ministers expressed hope for improved ties. The mass, the first one since ...

Turkish authorities are said to have allowed a DJ to play electronic music in the tourist attraction, believed to be over 1600 years old, for a promotional advertisement. Greece's foreign ministry ...

If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. Since its founding in the 4th-century CE by some of the earliest Christians to arrive along ...