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| Volume 6 Number 21 - Tuesday, May 25th, 2004 |
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Patriarch Promotes Turkish Hospitality in Cappadocia KAYSERI (A.A) - Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew said on Wednesday that those who would come to Cappadocia region of Turkey for the spring mass would see Turkish hospitality. Bartholomew and Romanian Patriarch Teoctist came to central Kayseri province to join the spring mass in Cappadocia. Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew told reporters that many people would attend the spring mass. Bartholomew expressed belief that those who would join the spring mass in Cappadocia would be very pleased with Turkish hospitality and their time in Cappadocia. Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew and Romanian Patriarch Teoctist later went to Kayseri's Talas town to visit St. Vasilios Church. They could only pray since the door of the church was locked. Bartholomew and Teoctist will proceed from Kayseri to Urgup town of central Nevsehir province, where the spring mass will take place.
Urgup, 20
kilometers east of Nevsehir, is a lively tourist
center and has all the characteristics of the
region. Besides this, it is the center of a wine
producing region and every year in October an
International Wine Festival is held. In Urgup you
can see how people once lived in houses carved
into the rock, along the narrow streets. This is
a good place for buying carpets and kilims.
Pancarlik
Valley, the Mustafapasa (Sinassos) and Cemil
villages, with their traditional stone houses, the
Taskinpasa and Sahinefendi villages where 12th
century Kirksehitler
Church
is located, Devrent and
Catalkaya
Valleys
are famous for their fairy chimneys, and are the
places not to be missed.
Cappadocia region
shows a spectacular and surprisingly different
landscape with its wind and water eroded volcanic
tuff based soil. There are thousands of natural,
pyramid shaped rock formations and cave-like
settlement places carved by humans since the early
ages throughout the region. |
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