Greek Orthodox Christian fresco ceiling at Sumela Monastery, Turkey

This colorful old Greek Orthodox Christian fresco ceiling is at Sumela Monastery, under restoration in this 1999 image. The 1000-year-old Monastery of the Virgin Mary at Sumela is among the most impressive sights of Turkey's Black Sea coast. The monastery, founded in AD 386, clings to a cliff above a cool evergreen forest in Altindere National Park, in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in the modern Republic of Turkey. The Sumela Monastery (Greek: Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά, Moní Panagías Soumelá; Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Panagia, meaning "All Holy" in Greek) at Melá Mountain (Turkish: Karadağ, which is a direct translation of the Greek name Ssou Melá, "Black Mountain") within the Pontic Mountains (Turkish: Kuzey Anadolu Dağları) range.

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This colorful old Greek Orthodox Christian fresco ceiling is at Sumela Monastery, under restoration in this 1999 image. The 1000-year-old Monastery of the Virgin Mary at Sumela is among the most impressive sights of Turkey's Black Sea coast. The monastery, founded in AD 386, clings to a cliff above a cool evergreen forest in Altindere National Park, in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in the modern Republic of Turkey. The Sumela Monastery (Greek: Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά, Moní Panagías Soumelá; Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Panagia, meaning "All Holy" in Greek) at Melá Mountain (Turkish: Karadağ, which is a direct translation of the Greek name Ssou Melá, "Black Mountain") within the Pontic Mountains (Turkish: Kuzey Anadolu Dağları) range.