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==New Monastery of Panagia Soumela in Greece==
[[Image:Panagia-Soumela (Greece).jpg|right|thumb|Monastery of Panagia Soumela, Vermion Mountain, Veroia, Greece.]]
In 1950, Dr. [[w:Filon Ktenidis|Philon Ktenides]] encouraged fellow Pontic Greeks in Greece to build a new church for Panagia Soumela. The church was built on a site amid the Macedonian mountains in Greece. This sight was Kastania of Vermio. It was chosen because it reminded Dr Ktenides of the wild and natural beauty of the heights of Mt. Mela in Turkey.
