Collection of holy relics of Saint Stephen the First Martyrtranslated

The Byzantine chapel, dedicated to St. Stephen the First Martyr, of the Drakona Parish, celebrates the collection of the holy relics of St. Stephen. Our Bishop officiated Vespers, where after the blessing of the loaves he noted, among other things: "August, month of rest and rest, month of emigrants coming to their ancestral home, the place and root of origin, without which man looks like a leaf of an autumn tree, but also the month of our Virgin Mary, as from the 1st to the 31st of this month the pansept and solemn Face of our Virgin Mary is projected.

He is projected as the Person That becomes and is the place of our spiritual rest, recreation and refuge. Her name is chanted and heard on the lips of all of us. She we invoke and beg. Her constant presence in our lives. The Great Mother embraces us all with open arms. The counter gift of the ocean of Her love should be our thanks to Her and our prayer as she gives us not according to our desire and our will, but whatever is beneficial for our salvation, for our freedom and redemption from our passions and weaknesses. As the embassies of Our Lady...