HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE HOLY ICON
AND THE MONASTERY OF PANAGIA SUMELA
Dedicated
to the Christians and the Muslims who have resorted to the grace of Virgin Mary the Soumeliotissa. *1 Resorting to it for their pleas and their hopes.
Stefanos Tanimanidis
Honorary President
of the Panhellenic Confederation of Pontic Associations
«As long as the memory and the history There are no lost homelands.
There are no lost civilizations».
* 1 Virgin Mary Soumeliotissa = Virgin Mary of Soumela 2