Continuing an annual tradition, on St Nicholas Day, Sunday December 6, 2015, Orthodox pilgrims from Alanya and Antalya traveled to Myra (in Antalya Prefecture). These pilgrims and other supporters participated in the Divine Liturgy, which was celebrated in the ancient Basilica of St Nicholas in Myra.
Taking advantage of the blessed opportunity to have Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW in Alanya for the door opening of the Holy Church of the Theotokos Pisidiotissa, a Great Vespers was celebrated on Saturday, 14 November 2015, at the Holy Church of St. George of the Mountain, which has recently been renovated by the City of Alanya.
On Sunday, 15 November 2015, Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW celebrated the door opening of the newly-constructed Holy Church of the Theotokos Pisidiotissa of Alanya, near the border of the state of Attaleia.