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The feast of the Prophet Helios in I.M. Aetolia and Akarnaniatranslated

July 20, 2026 · 1 min read

The local community of Agios Georgios Messolonghi was visited on Monday, July 20, 2026 by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Aetolia and Acarnania and Damascene, where in the Holy Parish Church of the Prophet Helios he presided over the Orthros sequence and celebrated the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. During his sermon, he said the following: "Today celebrates, my dear brothers, "the incarnate Angel of the prophets the scourge, the second forerunner of the presence of Christ, Elijah the glorious." His name is interpreted as "Lord God" or "Mighty God". The prophet Elias "we are a homeopathic man", but he was distinguished for his zeal for the glory of God, a zeal that resembled fire, that is why his word, his teaching and his control, were a "burning out lamp" and he was rightly called a "zealot".

He civilized infidelity, iniquity, injustice during the 9th century. B.C. in the person of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, but he did not leave the people of Israel out of his criticism and anguish. The first big point, given by the prophet Elijah, was that with his prayer it did not rain for three and a half years. During this time, the Prophet was hiding in a cave, in a stream beyond the...

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