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Sumela Monastery put into service after 5-year restoration

Following a nearly five-year restoration project, an ancient Orthodox monastery in Turkey's Black Sea region has restarted mass services.

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"Our Orthodox citizens will be able to perform the [Litany of the Blessed] Virgin Mary religious service, which was suspended during the restoration period at Sumela Monastery," Erdoğan told the ceremony.