Ordination of Deacon Father Dimitrios Vallastranslated

On Saturday, October 3, 2026, commemoration of the Holy Hieromartyr Dionysios the Areopagite patron of the Judiciary and Lawyers, the Most Reverend Bishop of Olympus Mr. Kyrillos celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos and proceeded to the ordination of Mr. Dimitrios Vallas as a Deacon. In his speech, His Holiness referred to the priesthood as a crusade for every cleric, stressing in particular: "Your primary concern should be the fulfillment of God's will, always having the feeling that without the Church your existence has no value. Always have a spirit of ministry in your life and never forget that everything is done for the glory of God, feeling at every moment the need for the illumination and power of His grace because, without His own power and His own illumination, we cannot achieve anything in our Priestly ministry.

And this becomes more understandable from what the Lord himself tells us "without me you can do nothing" that is, without me you can do absolutely nothing because quite simply without Him we are meteors. Before the Dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, he blessed Artoklasia by addressing...