"DIMITRIA 2026" 26th day - "Sociability and silence" Fr. Varnavas Yagou.translated

With the Prayer Canon to Saint Basil the Great and Saint Demetrius the Myroblytis, the 26th day of the evening festivities under the name "DIMITRIA 2026" began. This was followed by a speech by the Panosiology Archimandrite Fr. Varnavas Yagos, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Agia Theodora in Thessaloniki and Director of the Youth Office of the First Metropolis of Thessaloniki, who developed the theme: "Sociability and silence". Fr. Barnabas developed this theme, highlighting the deeper relationship between the true community of people and inner peace. Referring to the loneliness that modern man experiences, despite his daily association with others, he characteristically emphasized: "In church life and experience, sociability is nourished by silence and develops in silence, as a state of awareness and maturity."

He then underlined the importance of selfless love and giving to one's neighbor, saying characteristically: "In the spiritual life, sociability means paying attention to what others expect from me, not what I expect from others", while adding: "In the spiritual life, sociability means sacrificing my own will...