"Dimitria 2026" – 15th day: Solemn High Priestly Divine Liturgy with the Bishop of Ilio, Mr. Raphaeltranslated

Resurrection Orthros and High Priestly Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Sunday morning, October 11, 2026, in the Holy Church of Agios Dimitrios, Municipality of Agios Dimitrios, presiding of the Theophilest Bishop of Ilios, Mr. Raphael, from the Holy Archdiocese of Thyatira and Great Britain, flanked by the Pantheological Archimandrite Fr. Markellos Kampani, the Most Reverend Protopresbyter Peter Heers, the vicars of the Holy Church and the Hierodeacon of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens, Father Ieronymos Karapidakis. Theophilastos, in his inspired speech, analyzed the evangelical reading of the parable of the Sower, which, as he pointed out, highlights God's love for all people. He characteristically stated: "It speaks to us of God's comprehensive love for all. Our Christ is the One who comes out of the bosom of the Father, while he is also God, but he comes to us to sow his seed, that is, to sow life in the earth that is waiting and lurking for its salvation".

Then he added: "Christ, although he foreknows but does not predestinate, sows the seed to everyone and waits for us to cultivate it, so that no one has...