The frescos of Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary on the ceiling of the cave, that is the main church in Sumela monastery, Turkey
The frescoes of Jesus Christ ("Pantokrator") and of Virgin Mary ("Platytera") on the ceiling of the cave, that is the main church in Sumela monastery, Turkey. Sumela Monastery (called by the locals "Meryemana") was for centuries, since the byzantine years and until 1922, when the exchange of populations, between Greece and Turkey took place, the most important Greek-Orthodox monastery in the whole Black Sea region. Nowadays it's a museum.
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Location: Sumela monastery, Altindere Valley, Trabzon, Black Sea, Turkey
Photo credit: © Hercules Milas / Alamy / Afripics
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