From the 9th Sunday of Matthew, in Agios Dionysios, Piraeustranslated

With the due sanctity and with the mass participation of the pious believers of the parish of Agios Dionysios, Piraeus, the 9th Sunday of Matthew was celebrated in the church of the same name on Sunday, August 2, alongside the feast of the Repatriation of the Holy Relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen.

Written by Panos N. Avramopoulos

An emblematic figure of our Orthodox Church, who with his sacrificial testimony, contributed vitally to the consolidation of the Christian faith. Consequently, on the same day, our church celebrates its martyrs, Agios Phokas from Sinope and Agia Foteini, a martyr from our polycloistered Cyprus.

The Sunday Gospel of Matthew 9, describes the miracle where Jesus walks on the waves of the lake of Gennesaret. When the students freaked out thinking they were seeing a ghost, he reassured them. Peter asked to walk on the water too, but as soon as he had little faith he began to sink, with Christ saving him saying: "Be of little faith! What did you hesitate about?"

And for the Apostolic Reading, The Apostle of the Ninth Epistle Sunday comes from Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians. The Apostle Paul emphasizes that believers are "God's...