Feast of the Prophet Helios in Gianaclis of Alexandriatranslated

With the blessing of A.Th.M. of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa etc. Theodore II, was held today, as every year on such a day, on the day of the feast of the holy glorious Prophet Helios of Thesvitos and the sad anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Megalonis, High Priest Sculptor in the historic ancient Holy Temple of the Prophet Helios in Gianaclis of the Greek Community of Alexandria, which today belongs to the Coptic Church. The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Tamiatheos, Mr. Germanos, Head of the Holy Monastery of Agios Savvas the Sanctified, co-officiating with the Theophilest Bishop Mareotis, Mr. Damascenes, Patriarchal Commissioner of Alexandria, with the participation of clerics of the Patriarchal Court and the Archdiocese of Alexandria, stood out from the Collector.

Before the end of the Divine Liturgy, a memorial service was held for the repose of the souls of the heroically fallen and all those who were undone during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.

The divine word was preached by His Eminence Archimandrite Mr. Athanasios Pogiatzis, Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, originally from the occupied province of Kyrenia, Cyprus, who...