Patriarch Bartholomew Visits Bithynia's Ruined Churches

Patriarch Bartholomew (Arhondonis) of Constantinople has undertaken a tour of the ruined churches of the ancient Anatolian region of Bithynia in what today is Turkey. Among other places Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Church of St. George in Moudania, now site of the town government's administrative offices, and the Chinolakkou Monastery of St. Stephen in Triglia, which is now a mosque. More (in Romanian) here.

Turkey to Restore Nigde Churches

The Turkish Minister of Tourism has committed the Turkish government to restoring several abandoned churches near Nigde in central Anatolia. The churches were in active use until the population exchange between Turkey and Greece in the 1920s. More here.