Holy Diocese of Chora: 60 years of priestly ministry of Protopresbyter Konstantinos Papapetroustranslated

On Saturday, November 7, at the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Thomastown, Melbourne, a High Priestly Divine Liturgy was celebrated, presided over by the Theophilist Bishop of Chora, Mr. Eumenios, on the occasion of the completion of 60 years of priestly ministry by Protopresbyter Fr. Konstantinos Papapetrous. Fr. Konstantinos was ordained Elder in 1966 by the blessed Archbishop of Australia Mr. Ezekiel Tsoukalas, in the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropigian Monastery of Agia Anastasia of Farmakolytria in Halkidiki. In December of the same year he arrived in Melbourne, where he celebrated his first Divine Liturgy on Christmas Day at the Holy Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Preston.

During his sixty-year career, he served in parishes in Melbourne and regional Victoria, while he then ministered for 36 years at the Holy Metropolis of Nea Krini and Kalamaria in Thessaloniki and for six years at the Holy Monastery of Agia Anastasia. In 2018 he returned to Australia, where he continues his priestly offer to this day.

During his speech, His Holiness conveyed the heartfelt wishes, love and appreciation of the Most Reverend Archbishop of Australia, Mr. Makariou...