Metropolitan of New Jersey opens Good Shepherd Summer Camp with the Service of Agiasmos

On Sunday evening, July 12, Metropolitan Apostolos visited the Metropolis of New Jersey’s Good Shepherd Summer Camp in Maryland to officially inaugurate the 2026 camping season. Upon his arrival, Metropolitan Apostolos received a heartfelt welcome from the camp clergy, counselors, volunteers, and the many campers who had gathered with great joy to receive their spiritual father.

The evening began with the Service of Agiasmos, during which Metropolitan Apostolos prayed for God’s abundant blessings upon the camp, asking the Lord to protect all who would participate throughout the summer and to grant them growth in faith, wisdom, and Christian love. As the Holy Scriptures remind us, “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain” (Psalm 127:1). With the blessing of the Church, the new camp session commenced under the grace and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Following the service, Metropolitan Apostolos addressed the campers with warmth and fatherly affection. He expressed his sincere gratitude to the clergy, counselors, staff, and countless volunteers whose faithful dedication and sacrificial service make the ministry of Good Shepherd Camp possible year after…