GNTO Looks to Promote Religious Tourism with Holy Archdiocese of Athens

GNTO President, Angela Gerekou, with the Director of the Institute for Pastoral Education of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, Archimandrite Theologos Alexandrakis, and associates of the Institute. Photo source: GNTO

The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is intensifying its efforts to promote pilgrimage and religious tourism in Greece through enhanced collaboration with the Holy Archdiocese of Athens.

During a recent meeting with Archimandrite Theologos Alexandrakis, Director of the Institute for Pastoral Education of the Holy Archdiocese, GNTO President Angela Gerekou presented the organization’s print and digital promotional material for religious tourism.

In response, Archimandrite Alexandrakis highlighted the institute’s diverse academic and research projects, including its initiative to digitize all sacred relics from the churches and monasteries within the Athenian Archdiocese.