Feast of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos in New Athos (2020)
13-14 October, 2020
Photos by Georgy Zakhartsev.

Dormition of Theotokos (Нанҳәа),
28 August 2020.
Photos: Georgy Zakhartsev.

Holy beheading day of the Prophet, St. John the Baptist in the skete of St. John the Baptist in the village of Ankhua.
11 September 2020.
Photos of Georgy Zakhartsev.

Patronal feast of St. great martyr and healer Panteleimon.
New Athos, Monastery of St. Apostle Simon the Canaanite
9 August, 2020
Photo: Georgy Zakhartsev

On 20 February, a traditional holiday of «Хәажәкыра» was celebrated on the territory of the New Athos Monastery (Khvazhkyra – the meat week and one of the preparatory weeks of…

Excavations at the ruins of the medieval church of St. George (Аиергь-ныха) in the village of Ankhua, Gudauta district.
October 15-25, 2019.
Photographer: Georgy Zakhartsev

Memory Day of St. George in the village of Ankhua (Аиергь-ныҳәа), 6 May 2019.
Pictures by Georgy Zakhartsev.

Memorial Day of St. Apostle Simon the Canaanite in the New Athos Monastery. 22-23 May, 2019
Photo: Georgy Zakhartsev

Хәажәкыра (Meatfare Week) 2019

Employees of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia are celebrating.

Photo by Georgy Zakhartsev

On 11 January 2019 in the Abkhaz State Philharmonic named after R. Gumba the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia showed the 15th traditional Christmas performance for the children of Abkhazia directed by Jambul Jordania.
Photos by Georgy Zakhartsev

A round table on the problem of suicides in Abkhazia (photoreport)
Sukhum, conference hall of the Atrium-Victoria Hotel, 18 July, 2018.
Photoreport of Georgy Zakhartsev.

The 85th anniversary of Yermolay Kesugovich Ajinjal’s birth. A scientific conference dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the birth of the famous Abkhazian scientist, veteran of the national liberation movement of the Abkhaz people – E.K. Ajinjal.
Photoreport of Georgy…