The next AGM will take place in Oxford on 21 May 1998. The speakers will be Fr Symeon, the hermit monk from Peru, and Anthony Bryer, Professor of Byzantine Studies at the University of Birmingham. Prof. Bryer's topic is 'Ottoman Athos'; Fr Symeon's is to be announced. The venue is once again St Anne's College, Oxford.
Many thanks to all who have now renewed their memberships for 1997 or 1998, and in advance to those of you who will soon be renewing for 1998.
The new Friends of Mount Athos Directory for 1998 has now gone to press. Members can look forward to receiving their copies in the not too distant future.
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