Speech by Father Spyridonos Vasilakos in Volos about Saint Dimitrios Gagastathis (VIDEO)translated

The 4th Cycle of Hagiological Lectures dedicated to the Newly Appeared Saints of our Age, organized for the fourth consecutive year by the Metropolitan Church of Agios Nikolaos Volos, has opened. The first lecture took place on Tuesday 13/10 and was dedicated to the Holy Priest Dimitrios Gagastathi, about whom the Primate Spyridon Vasilakos, Vicar of the Pilgrimage Church of Agios Loukas of Thebes, spoke. Rev. attended the meeting. Metropolitan of Dimitrias, Mr. Ignatios, many Clergy and our fellow citizens, despite the adverse weather conditions.

The meeting was prefaced by the Head of the Church, Archim. Epifanios Oikonomou, who pointed out that "the Saints are guides on our way to know God, they are the spiritual light and salt of the world, the existing and unsurpassed standards of the Christian life, our true benefactors, in a world that is swaying in the waves of unbelief, decline, antinomy, ingratitude, apostasy. The Saints are the authentic models of healthy Orthodox ecclesiology."

In his speech, Father Spyridon Vasilakos emphasized that "in the life of Saint Demetrius, the signs of the presence of the Holy Spirit can be felt. THE…