TURKEY OCCUPIES CHURCH OF THE HOLY SAVIOR IN CHORA

Once again, our Holy Orthodox Church suffers persecution and injustice.  The government of Turkey has taken over the hisstoric and sacred temple of the Church of the Holy Savior in Chora as a mosque.  The Ottomans wrested the ancient temple from the Orthodox Christians in the 16th century.  This is the final move in Turkey’s unjust acquisition of this consecratedHouse of the Lord.

Please find below an encyclical from His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos regarding this Turkish offense against the Church and all Orthodox Christians in Turkey, and continue to pray and speak out that the Lord will protect His holy Church and her faithful believers.

Fr. Dimitrios