Start of "Dimitrios 2026": Reception of the Holy Relic of Basil the Great in Agios Dimitriostranslated

With all solemnity and sanctity, today Sunday, September 27, 2026, in the morning, with a High Priestly Divine Liturgy, the beginning of the multi-day parish festive events under the name "DIMITRIA 2026", organized for the 30th consecutive year (1997-2026) by the Holy Church of Agios Dimitrios, Municipality of Agios Dimitrios, honoring the patron, patron and the name giver of the Church, the Parish and the Municipality, Great Martyr Saint Demetrius the Myroblytis. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by the Most Reverend Bishop of Skiathos, Mr. Ioannis, flanked by the Priests of the Church, and the Archdeacon of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, Father Dimitrios Fokianos.

The Theophilus died, the holy graceful Relic of Saint Basil the Great, which is kept in the sacred vault of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, with the permission and blessing of the Blessed Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Mr. Hieronymos, accompanied by the clergy, while the apolytypic of the Saint was sung during his reception the many-membered Byzantine dances of the Holy Church, under the direction of the Protopsalti etc. Georgiou Kamariaris and Evangelos Rokkos, under the sounds of festive bells.

The holy relic of Saint Basil the Great,…