Mount Athos awaits Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday, July 4, as part of his scheduled visit that was announced several days ago. According to information from the website orthodoxianewsagency.gr, the Holy Community, after receiving information from the Civil Administrator of Mount Athos, Alkiviadis Stefanis, regarding the visit, sent a letter to Kyriakos Mitsotakis informing him that they await him “wholeheartedly” along with his entourage.
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Furthermore, it announces that as part of the visit, a Solemn Extraordinary Double Holy Synaxis will be convened on Friday, July 4, according to institutional tradition.
The letter to the Prime Minister is signed by all Representatives and Abbots of the twenty Holy Monasteries of Mount Athos gathered in common Synaxis.
Mitsotakis’ program at Mount Athos
He will arrive at Karyes, spend the night at the Holy Monastery of Simonopetra, visit the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, pass through the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos, and then depart.
It should be noted that Parapolitika’s Secret had reported on June 21 that Mitsotakis’ visit to Mount Athos was scheduled for July 4. This particular visit will be his first to the Athonite State in his capacity as Prime Minister, as the previous time he crossed the threshold of the “Garden of the Virgin Mary” was as leader of the official opposition. Government officials have visited Mount Athos to prepare the groundwork.
