The Liturgy of Agios Iakovos the Adelfotheos in Kalamatatranslated

With the blessing and exhortation of Rev. Metropolitan of Messinia, Mr. Chrysostomos, and in the presence of a large number of believers, on the morning of Sunday, October 25, 2026, in the Panmegethy Church of the Panmegeisto Taxiarches, in the city of Kalamata, the Divine Liturgy of Saint James the Brother, which has been established to be celebrated in the above Panmegethy Church on the first Sunday after the commemoration, was celebrated of Agios Iakovos of Adelfotheos. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by the Archdeacon of the Holy Metropolis of Messinia Archim. Philipps Hamargias, supported by clergy of the Holy Metropolis of Messinia.

Preaching the divine word, Father Philip developed the confession of the demon-possessed youth of the country of the Gadarenes, borrowing his words: "What about us and you, Jesus, son of the most high God?", emphasizing the recognition, on the part of the demon, of Jesus as the Son of God, in contrast to those who, being Christians, do not have this confessional treatment in His person.

At the end of the Divine Liturgy, he conveyed the wishes and love of His Eminence and thanked the Priestly Head of the Church Archim. Timotheo Binisco for the preparation and orderliness of the Divine Liturgy as well as...