Sorry, this entry is only available in Russian. 5 января 2023 г. в здании Музея боевой славы г. Гудаута состоялись памятные мероприятия в связи с 30-летием январской наступательной операции абхазской армии во время Отечественной войны народа Абхазии. Наместник Ново-Афонского монастыря аб Давид (Сарсания) возложил цветы у мемориала Славы в Гудауте, а также высадил памятное дерево в парке им. Гумба, на месте захоронения жертв Латской трагедии. Памятным деревом стала сосна, пророщенная

  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 is

  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 the

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 Republic

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 was

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.  

On 5 October, 2022 in Maykop, the Republic of Adygea of the Russian Federation, a delegation of the Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia met with the Archbishop of Maikop and Adygea (Russian Orthodox Church) Tikhon (Lobkovsky) and the clergy of the diocese. The delegation of HMA included abbot of the New Athos Monastery, Hierodeacon David (Sarsania), member of the Council of HMA R. V. Pandaria, member of the Council and legal

Sorry, this entry is only available in Russian. Представители благотворительных фондов Абхазии, приняли участие в VI международном благотворительном форуме – «Солнечный берег, НКО, Перезагрузка», который проходил с 7 по 10 октября 2022 года, в г. Махачкала, Республика Дагестан. В форуме приняли участие 102 организации, 256 участников из 4-х стран, 13 спикеров и экспертов. В течение трёхдневного форума, проходил обмен опытом, сбор важной и необходимой информации, обретены новые знакомства с единомышленниками,

On 30 September 2022, commemorative events were held in New Athos dedicated to the 29th anniversary of the Victory of Abkhazian people in the Patriotic War of 1992-1993. In the cathedral church of the New Athos Monastery, Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar) performed a prayer for the Motherland (Doxology). After the prayer service, Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar) performed a memorial litany at the burial site of the fallen soldiers near the walls of

  On 22-25 September 2022, an international scientific conference “Christianity in the North Caucasus: history, culture, modern society” was held in Vladikavkaz, dedicated to the 1100th anniversary of the baptism of Alania. The conference was held in the assembly hall of the North Ossetian Institute of Humanitarian and Social Research named after. V. I. Abaev of the Vladikavkaz Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The conference was attended

On 13 August 2022, the staff and parishioners of the HMA under the leadership of senior researcher of the department of history of Abkhazian Institute for Human Researches named after D. Gulia Archimandrite Dorotheos (Dbar) continued clearing the territory of the ruins of two medieval churches from wild vegetation in the village of Bzhylua (Бжьылҩа-ныхақәа), Ankhua, Gudauta region. These works are carried out before the start of archaeological excavations, which