The President of the Pan-Pontian Federation is held in Constantinople!

According to a post by the Federation on Facebook, Mr. George Varythymiadis went to the neighboring country today to attend, as a representative of Pontian Hellenism, at tomorrow’s Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at Panagia Soumela Trapezounta and was not allowed to enter the country while the other members of the mission were allowed to continue their journey.

“The President of the Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece, Mr. George Varythymiadis, is being held at the airport of Constantinople and he is not allowed to enter the country in order to attend, as a representative of Pontian Hellenism, at tomorrow’s Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at Panagia Soumela Trapezounta.

The other members of the mission were allowed to continue the journey, among them the President of Athens Journalist Union, Maria Antoniadou.

“Actions have been made to find a solution to the unacceptable and offensive problem created by the Turkish authorities”, the Federation wrote in its post.