Panagia Soumela - Pontos 2019 (Παναγία Σουμελά)

Soumela Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary located within the Pontic Mountains, 50 kilometers south of the city Trabzon in modern Turkey.

Quick video of GoPro footage and photos from August 2019.

I am not the owner or creator of the Music, it is from a Album dedicated in remembrance of the Genocide of the local Greek inhabitants.

The song is one my mother would sing/ play when I was a child.

0:00 - The walk up the foggy mount Mela
0:22 - The view at the base of the stairs before entering Sumela
0:27 - View from inside (still under construction)
0:45 - Lighting a candle for our Ancestors
1:09 - St Barbara Church nearby
1:36 - Montage of photos as we walked down to the base of the mountain.