Автор: Тамара Карташова, Наталья Николаева, "Вечерний Сочи".
Days after the Turkish Prime Minister promised change towards religious minorities, ethnic Pontians from Russia and Hellas were met with a reminder that change doesnt happen overnight. A heroic group of roughly 500 Hellenes, including the Thessaloniki Gov. Panayotis Psomyadis and Russian Parliamentarian Ivan Savidis, were denied the right to light candles and pray outside the former ethnic Pontian Sumela Monastery.Moreover the group of ethnic Pontian Hellenes was later forbidden from entering the nearby town center.
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