Sumela Monastery

  • Foundation of Sumela Monastery
    386

    Foundation of Sumela Monastery

    According to tradition, the monastery was founded by two Athenian monks, Barnabas and Sophronios, during the reign of Emperor Theodosius I.
  • Period: 1200 to 1300

    Restoration and Expansion

    The monastery was restored and expanded during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
  • Ottoman Conquest
    1461

    Ottoman Conquest

    After the Ottoman Empire conquered the Empire of Trebizond, the monastery was granted protection by Sultan Mehmed II.

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