The Metropolitan of Floris at the "Behind the Silence" event in Ptolemaidatranslated

On the afternoon of Saturday October 24, 2026, at the Spiritual Center of the Municipality of Eordaia, an event entitled "Behind the silence" was held, organized by the Asia Minor Association of Ptolemais "I Mikra Asia", on the subject of faith and identity in post-genocide Anatolia. The event, which was attended by a large number of residents of Ptolemaida, was attended by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Floris, Prespa and Eordaia, Mr. Irenaios, the Mayor of Eordaia, Mr. Panagiotis Plakentas and the Regional Councilor, Mrs. Eleni Hondromatidou, as a representative of the Region of Western Macedonia.

At the start of the event, the President of the Ptolemaida Asia Minor Association, Mrs. Vicky Hatzikyriakou, presented the biographical information of the two speakers.

Afterwards, a greeting was addressed by His Eminence Metropolitan Mr. Irenaios, who thanked the invited speakers for their presence and emphasized that, as an Hebrew, he is intimately familiar with issues concerning the relations between Greece and Turkey. He made special reference to the reality experienced by Muslim Greek citizens living in Thrace and the way they are treated, while he also referred to the issue of...