Argyrokastro Nathanael in the Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannou in Rilatranslated

The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Argyrokastro, Mr. Nathanael, following the invitation of the Theophilist Bishop of Hadrianoupolis, Mr. Evlogios, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannis of Rila, participated on the two days of August 17 and 18, in the commemoration of Agios Ioannis of Rila, in the Holy Monastery of Rila, in Bulgaria. On the afternoon of August 17, 2026, His Eminence Metropolitan Mr. Nathanael presided over the Holy Vigil, celebrating the holy services of Vespers and Holy Communion. The next day, August 18, he celebrated after His Beatitude the Patriarch of Bulgaria, Mr. Daniel, as well as other Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of Bulgaria, participating in the joy of the celebration.

During his speech on the occasion, His Eminence Metropolitan Mr. Nathanael expressed his warm thanks to His Beatitude Patriarch Mr. Daniel and to the Abbot of the Holy Monastery, Bishop Theophilus, Mr. Evlogios, for the invitation, the fraternal hospitality and the love shown to him, stressing the importance of unity in Christ and the fraternal ties between Orthodox Churches.

The celebrations were held with particular splendor and spiritual rapture, with the participation of…