Philotheus and Elder Ephraim of Thessaloniki for Timios Kalamos (VIDEO)translated

A spiritual and historical event of the highest importance is taking place today, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, in the city of Thessaloniki, as for the first time the Holy Calamous leaves Mount Athos, for the purpose of blessing and sanctifying the faithful people. With celebratory bell-ringing and the sounds of the philharmonic, a crowd of people, the local Pastor, His Holiness Metropolitan of Thessaloniki Mr. Filotheos and His Eminence the Metropolitan of Sisaniou and Siatist Mr. Athanasios, welcomed the holy relic, which was read by the Professor of the I.M.M. Vatopediou, Elder Ephraim, in the propylaea of ​​the Holy Church of Agios Spyridon in Triandria.

Immediately after the reception, Timios Kalamos was placed inside the Holy Church for worship and sanctification of the faithful, while a Doxology followed by the celebrant of His Eminence Metropolitan Sisaniou and Siatistis Mr. Athanasios and co-celebrant of His Holiness Metropolitan of Thessaloniki Mr. Philotheos.

After the end of the Doxology, the address of the Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Mr. Philotheos, and the Abbot of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, Elder Ephraim, followed:

Philotheos of Thessaloniki: Those who do not understand the worship of the holy places are mistaken...