Samaritans

"ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3" TPP made a complex renovation and provided new equipment to the "Samaritan House" Crisis Center, managed by the "Samaritans Association", Stara Zagora.

The ongoing pandemic has once again proved how "fragile" man is, Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos said on Thursday in his message ahead of the Orthodox Easter on Sunday, while he praised the "self-sacrifice" of healthcare professionals who risk their lives.

While the Ottoman Empire famously welcomed Jews fleeing the reconquista in Iberia in the 1400s, the community has a much longer history in Anatolia and Thrace, stretching back to the period before the Common Era Centuries before the Turks arrived, Jews were living in Anatolia, likely encouraged by King Antiochus III (r. 223-187 B.C.) who had controlled the eastern Mediterranean.