Ordination of an Elder in Viennatranslated
The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Austria Mr. Arsenios presided over the High Priestly Divine Liturgy at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Vienna on Sunday, August 16, 2026. Archimandrite Ilias Papadopoulos, Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne Ioannis Nikolitsis, Hieromonk Savvas Kucenko, Archdeacon of the Holy Metropolis George Meleshko and Hierodeacon Radu Trantafir, who was ordained a Presbyter during the Divine Liturgy, collaborated.
In his sermon, His Holiness referred to the Gospel passage of the day, pointing out that in a particularly characteristic way today the Gospel reading is connected with the mystery of the Priesthood.
The Elder is the man who knows deeply that everything has been given to him and comes to the Altar with the consciousness of an outstanding debt. How can finite man repay the Infinite for the gift of existence? What human measure can weigh the life, calling, forgiveness, grace, Body and Blood of Christ? Man before God always remains indebted to myriad talents, as his entire being emerges from a primary...
