Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a letter of protest to the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy attack “Of the Patriarchal and Stavropegian Monastery of Panagia Soumela of Trabzon, a venerable respect of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Romanism of Pontus, but also a monument of world religious and cultural heritage”, according to the available material, according to the video purposes inconsistent with it religious character and its history.
It is known that the ancient Soumela Monastery today functions as a museum, with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey bearing the responsibility of its good management and protection in every respect.
It is also recalled that years ago on New Year’s Eve in a similar case of insulting Hagia Sophia in the city, which then functioned as a Museum, His Holiness had sent a strong protest to the then competent minister, who hastened to restore the unacceptable action, removing the relevant .
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