Tag: Turkey
KarΕΔ±yaka – Izmir: Conventual Franciscans Return to the Parish of St....
Sunday, April 14, 2024, was a day of great significance for the faithful in the KarΕΔ±yaka District of Izmir, Turkey. It was the day...
Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land: Towards a...
On July 7-14, 2023, a commission met at the St. Maria Kilisesi Friary in the BΓΌyΓΌkdere neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss requests made...
Rome: Turkish Language Edition of Gospels Donated to Turkish Embassy
On Tuesday January 17, 2023, the Director of the Franciscan Missionary Center, Friar Paolo FIASCONARO, donated copies of a recent Turkish translation of the...
Turkey: Course on Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue
On October 17-29, 2022, the 16th annual course on ecumenical and interreligious dialogue was held in Istanbul, Turkey.
This traditional event was organized by the...
Turkey: Joint Definitory Session
On October 12-13, 2022, the Definitors of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania and the Definitors of the Provincial...
Turkey: Friar MichaΕ SABATURA Awarded Silver Cross of Merit
On May 25, 2021, the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej DUDA, awarded the Silver Cross of Merit, a high state decoration, to...
Episcopal Ordination of Friar Martin KMETEC
On Tuesday February 2, 2021, our brother Friar Martin KMETEC was ordained the Archbishop of Izmir (Smyrna) Turkey and will perform pastoral ministry in...
Greeting of the Minister General to Friar Martin KMETEC
Prot. N. 0092/2021
The Most Reverend Friar Martin KMETEC, OFM Conv.,
Metropolitan Archbishop of Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey
Dearest brother,
From far away Japan, where I am participating in...
Istanbul-BeyoΔlu: St. Anthonyβs Bread
Every Tuesday is an extraordinary day at the Church and Friary of St. Anthony of Padua in Istanbul, Turkey. The friary is part of...
Turkey: Missionary Martyrsβ Day
On March 24, the βDay of Prayer and Fasting in Memory of Missionary Martyrsβ will be celebrated. This Day was established in 1993, as...
South Korea: 61st Vocation Sunday Event
On Sunday, April 21, 2024, friars from five different friaries, including some friars in formation at the local seminary, participated in the 61st Vocation...
Poland-Cracow: Ordinary Provincial Chapter, Part 1
On April 15-19, 2024, the Province of St. Anthony and Bl. James of Strepar in Poland (Cracow) celebrated the first part of its Ordinary...
Russia: Dedication of the Church in OzΓ«rsk
On Saturday, April 13, 2024, the Conventual Franciscan friars in Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, dedicated the Parish Church of the Annunciation of the Lord...
KarΕΔ±yaka – Izmir: Conventual Franciscans Return to the Parish of St. Helena
Sunday, April 14, 2024, was a day of great significance for the faithful in the KarΕΔ±yaka District of Izmir, Turkey. It was the day...
Sicily-Calabria: Fraternal Assembly
On April 15-16, 2024, the friars of the Italian Province of the Immaculate Conception (Sicily-Calabria) conducted a Fraternal Assembly under the title: βFor a...