Historic reception of the Holy Icon of Saint George in Nea Aghialostranslated

With feelings of joy, emotion and brotherly love, Nea Agchialos officially welcomed today, Saturday November 14, a delegation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, led by the Rev. Metropolitan Sliven Mr. Arsenio. The delegation, headed by the Bulgarian Hierarch, paid in Nea Anchialos the Holy and Miraculous Icon of the Holy Great Martyr George the Trophy Bearer, coming from the homonymous Holy Monastery of Old Anchialos, in historical Eastern Romilia, in today's Pomorie, Bulgaria.

The official reception of the Holy Icon took place in the Holy Church of Agios Georgios Nea Anchialos by Rev. Metropolitan of Dimitrias, Mr. Ignatios. The reception was attended by the MPs of Magnesia, Mr. Zetta Makri and Mr. Christos Boukoros, the Deputy Governor of Magnesia and Sporades, Ms. Anna-Maria Papadimitriou, the Mayor of Pomorie (historical Aghialos), Mr. Ivan Alexiev, as well as numerous pilgrims from Old Aghialos, who traveled from neighboring Bulgaria, in order to participate in this important ecclesiastical and historical event.

After the end of the reception, a solemn Polyhieratic Vespers was held, presided over by Rev. Metropolitan Sliven Mr.