– On February 24, 2023, a meeting of HMA Council was held. The meeting was attended by 1) Chairman of the HMA Council, Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar); 2) Abbot of the New Athos Monastery, Hierodeacon David (Sarsaniya); 3) Acting Secretary of the HMA Council Dionysus Yalanchidi; 4) Ruslan Pandaria; 5) Miron Chalmaz; 6) Mark Trapsh; 7) Akhra Argun. Absent: 1) Secretary of the HMA Council Germain Marchand; 2) Alkhas Tkhagushev; 3)

–   On 21 February, 2023 at the Abkhazian Institute for Humanitarian Research named after D. Gulia took place the defense of two dissertations for the degree of candidate of historical sciences, specialty – archeology): 1. Zurab Khondzia “Archaeological monuments of the village of Kulanyrkhua and its surroundings”; 2. Shandor Kaitan “The Great Abkhaz Wall: questions of chronology and interpretation of the monument.” Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar), Doctor of Theology, leading

– On 26 January 2023, the abbot of the monastery of the Holy Apostle Simon the Canaanite ab David (Sarsaniya), together with his staff, made a pilgrimage to the ancient church of Theotokos of the Blachernae Icon in the village of Agubedia, Tkuarchal region. The pilgrims performed a prayer service and litany around the cathedral. The pilgrimage to the Church of Theotokos of the Blachernae Icon usually takes place annually

–   On 18-19 January 2023, divine services were held in the New Athos Monastery in honor of the Feast of Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord. On the Psyrdzkha River, the traditional rite of the Great Water Blessing took place in the presence of the inhabitants of New Athos, parishioners and pilgrims of the monastery. On this festive day, more than 20 residents of Abkhazia received the Sacrament of Baptism

– On the night of January 6-7, 2023, a traditional solemn service dedicated to the Nativity of Christ took place in the New Athos Monastery. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar) and the Abbot of the monastery Ab David (Sarsaniya) invited all the pilgrims and guests to the refectory of the monastery for a festive meal. See also: Christmas in the New Athos Monastery (photo report)

– On 5 January 2023, commemorative events, devoted to the 30th anniversary of the January offensive operation of the Abkhaz army during the Patriotic War of Abkhazian people were held in the Museum of Military Glory in Gudauta. The abbot of the New Athos monastery, ab David (Sarsaniya), laid flowers at the Glory memorial in Gudauta, and also planted a memorial pine tree in the park named after Gumba, at

–   Results of repair and restoration work in the skete of St. John the Baptist in Ankhua for 2022   Ground floor   The main entrance to the ground floor – metal double doors (215 × 160 cm) were installed. Sheet metal doors with forged elements were made in the workshop of the New Athos Monastery by craftsman Dmitry Bebiya. On the eastern facade of the ground floor, there

–   Chairman of the Council of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia, Doctor of Theology, leading researcher at the department of history of Abkhazian Institute for Humanitarian Research named after D. Gulia ASA, Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar) took part in the international scientific conference “Abkhaz Scientific Society – the forerunner of the Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia”. The conference, which took place on November 22, 2022 in the assembly hall of

– On 8 November 2022, as part of a refresher course for teachers of comprehensive schools of the Republic of Abkhazia on the history of Abkhazia and social science, Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar) gave a lecture on the topic “Greek epigraphy of Abkhazia”. The courses were organized by the Republican Center for Advanced Studies and Retraining of Specialists at the Abkhaz State University together with the Ministry of Education of the

– The New Athos Monastery of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia helped 229 schoolchildren from 75 families with vulnerable social status to purchase the necessary clothes for school totaling 1,721,700 ₽. The money was collected from donations received for the maintenance of the New Athos Monastery. At the same time, the monastery always provides assistance to school-age children of the HMA employees. 210,000 ₽ was allocated for 21 children.

– Since the beginning of September 2022, on the initiative and with the blessing of Hierodeacon David (Sarsaniya), the abbot of the New Athos Monastery, restoration work has been carried out in the cathedral church of the monastery of St. Panteleimon. In connection with the reconstruction of the iconostasis in the aisle of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, which is financed by a Russian businessman of Abkhaz origin G.V. Shonia, there

– On 13-14 October 2022, in connection with the patronal feast annual celebrations were held in the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in New Athos. On the eve of the feast, Great Vespers with Litany was served, on the very day of the feast the Divine Liturgy was held. The Liturgy was served by Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar), Chairman of the HMA Council.