Tag: Turkey
Karşıyaka – Izmir: Conventual Franciscans Return to the Parish of St....
Sunday, April 14, 2024, was a day of great significance for the faithful in the Karşıyaka 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 Büyükdere 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 Michał 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-Beyoğlu: St. Anthony’s 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 Martyrs’ Day
On March 24, the “Day of Prayer and Fasting in Memory of Missionary Martyrs” will be celebrated. This Day was established in 1993, as...
Interview with Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI on the 2023-2026 Franciscan Centenaries
On January 11, 2025, the inauguration of the 800th anniversary of the composition of the Canticle of the Creatures took place in Assisi, marked...
Colombia: Beginning of the 2025-2026 FALC Novitiate
On January 14, 2025, the common novitiate of the Federación América Latina Conventuales (FALC) began its canonical year with the vesting of the new...
SGAM and SGF: Visits to Formation Houses in Croatia
On January 8-13, 2025, Friar Dariusz MAZUREK, the Secretary General of the General Secretariat for Mission Animation (SGAM) and Friar Piotr STANISŁAWCZYK, the Secretary...
India: Three Friars Ordained to the Priesthood
On January 12, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., three friars of the Province of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe in India, namely, Friars Limson PADAYATTY, Jithin...
Opening of the 8th Centenary of the Canticle of the Creatures (1225-2025)
The official launch of the 800th anniversary of St. Francis composing the Canticle of the Creatures (also known as the Canticle of Brother Sun)...