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Sümela Monastery is an ancient Greek Orthodox monastery and church complex at the height of 1.150 m above sea level on the Kara (Ancient Greek name: Mela) hill on the western slopes of the creek (Ancient Greek name: Panagia), which is located within the borders of Altındere valley in Maçka district of Trabzon province. its name is Panagia Sumela (Παναγία Σουμελά) or Theotokos Sumela.

history
It is believed that the church was built between 365-395 AD. It was built in the style of Cappadocian churches, which are common in Anatolia; there is even a similar cave church in Maşatlık in Trabzon. Little is known about the millennium between the first establishment of the church and its transformation into a monastery. According to a legend among the Black Sea Greeks, two monks named Barnabas and Sophronios from Athens had the same dream; In their dreams, they saw the place of Sumela as the place where the icon of the Virgin Mary holds the baby Jesus in her arms, from the three Panagian icons of Saint Luke, one of Jesus' disciples. Then they came to Trabzon by sea unaware of each other, there they met and told each other dreams and laid the foundation of the first church. However, the frescoes in the monastery often take place, given special importance to the Emperor of Trabzon III. Alexios (1349-1390) is believed to be the true founder of the monastery.

In the defense of the city, which was exposed to Turkmen invasions in the 14th century, the status of the monastery which served as an outpost has not changed after the Ottoman conquest. It is known that Yavuz Sultan Selim gave here two big candlesticks during his prince in Trabzon. Fatih Sultan Mehmed II. Murat, I. Selim, II. Selim, III. Murad, Ibrahim, IV. Mehmed, II. Solomon and III. Ahmed also has edicts about the monastery. The concessions granted to the monastery during the Ottoman period created an area surrounded by Christian and hidden Christian villages especially in Maçka and northern Gümüşhane during the Islamization of Trabzon and Gümüşhane region.

During the Russian occupation, which lasted from 18 April 1916 to 24 February 1918, it became the headquarters of Greek militias who wanted to establish an independent Pontus state like other monasteries around Maçka. It was abandoned to its fate until it was recently repaired by the Ministry of Culture.

The Greek Cypriots who immigrated to Greece by exchange have built a new church in the city of Veria called Sumela. Every year in August, they organize large-scale festivals around the new monastery, just as they did in Trabzon Sumela in the past.

With the permission of the government in the Republic of Turkey in 2010. Christians, the Virgin Mary, who is considered as the day of Ascension and the sacred 15th of August after 88 years together for the first rite organized, ritual Ecumenical Patriarch led Dimitri Bartholomew.

frescos

The interior of the church is covered with frescoes:


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