8,921
edits
Changes
m
→Communist era (1917-1991): 1952
*1945 October 17: Archbishop [[Damaskinos]] serves as regent in an attempt to stabilise Greece.
*1947 The Dodecanese Islands are liberated but remain under the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
*1952 New Monastery of Panagia Soumela built in the village of Kastania, in Macedonia, Greece, housing the wonderworking icon of Panagia Soumela, becoming a center of religious pilgrimage.
*1953 School of Theology on Mount Athos reopened.
*1959 Death of Blessed Elder [[Joseph (Spilaiotis)]] the [[Hesychast]].
