The Minister of Culture handed over three Byzantine churches to Didymoteichotranslated

In the divine service of the Church and the local community, on Thursday, November 5, the Minister of Culture Ms. Lina Mendoné received the three Byzantine churches in the Old Village, Metaxades, and Alepochori, of the Holy Metropolitanate of Didymoteicho, Orestias, and Sphoulion, after the completion of restoration and maintenance works, carried out by the competent Directorate of Antiquities of Evrypos. Metropolitan of Didymoteicho, Orestias, and Sphoulion, the Venerable Metropolitan Damascene, was initially received at the Diocese of Didymoteicho, along with the Deputy Minister of Digital Governance Mr. Christ Dermetzopoulos, the Member of Parliament Mr. An Demoschaki, the Prefect of Didymoteicho Mr. Rom Hadjigianoglou, the thematic prefect of culture Fanis Bakhridou, and the Regional Councillor St. Katsohridakis.

Subsequently, the Minister, accompanied by the Venerable and the distinguished, including Regional Governor of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Mr. Christ Topidis and the Commander of the 16th Military Sector Colonel Pantelis Vasilidakis, visited the three Byzantine churches: St. Panteleimon in the Old Village, where the Venerable concluded...