Circular of Metropolitan Gortynos for the fifteenth of Augusttranslated

"In a few days, the entire Orthodoxy will celebrate the "Easter of the summer" and turns its gaze with gratitude to the Virgin Mother of our Lord. This day, although it carries the human sorrow of parting, is at the same time a day of joy, hope and spiritual rejoicing" states, among others, in his Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, the Reverend Metropolitan of Gortynos and Megalopolis Mr. Nikiforos. The Circular of the Metropolitan of Gortynos and Megaloupolis:

The Holy Clergy, the Monastic Brotherhoods and the pious People of our Holy Metropolis.

"When you gave birth, you preserved your virginity, when you slept, you did not destroy the world, Theotokos".

Beloved in the Lord,

With these divinely inspired words, our Holy Church sings today the mystery of the seventh Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos and Immaculate Mary. In the heart of summer, the entire Orthodoxy celebrates the "Summer Easter" and looks with gratitude to the Virgin Mother of our Lord.

Today, although it brings the human sadness of parting, it is also a day of joy, hope and spiritual joy. The Virgin Mary completes the earth...