In Pomakochoria, the Metropolitan of Didymoteichotranslated

A sacred duty led the steps of the Most Reverend Metropolitan Didymoteichos Mr. Damaskinos once again to the Pomako villages on Saturday, July 18 AD, and specifically to the semi-mountainous settlement of Sidiro in the Municipality of Soufli, which today is inhabited exclusively by Sunni and Alevi Muslims. His Excellency accompanied by the Commander of the 50th Brigade, Brigadier Kon. Evaggelidis, the Commander of the Soufli Police Department Char. Bombelis, from the High Priestly Commissioner Soufliou Archim. Andreas Aydinidis, Fr. Zisis Deligiannidis, who is in charge of the parish, his deacons and a small group of pilgrims visited the specific settlement to officiate in the Parish Church, which is honored in the name of the Prophet Helios, on the occasion of his memory.

This Church, which is built in a central spot, deprived of decades of Christian flock, is operated two or three times a year and is looked after with great care by pious Christians from Soufli, from where it is 15 kilometers away.

His Eminence, who officiated alone, assisted by the Archdeacon of the Metropolis, emphasized in his short address that he came to add oil to the...