The great procession in Kastroia for the patron saint of Agios Minastranslated

On the afternoon of the holiday, Wednesday November 11, 2026, in the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Kastoria (where the Holy Litany of the icon of Agios Minas had ended, on the morning of the holiday) the Holy Vespers was celebrated, at the end of which a procession was formed with a reverse course from the Metropolitan Church to the Chapel of the Virgin Mary Mouzeviki (Agiou Minas). The Holy Litany was overwhelming, under the light of the candles, the hymns of the cantors, the sound of the bells and the prayers of the faithful.

The holy icon, in the evening litany, was accompanied by the philharmonic band and the army marching band, as well as members of the Armonia, "Athanassios Christopoulos", "Initiation", "Ormos", and the Macedonian Fighters and Scouts of Kastoria Associations.

At the end of the litany, outside the chapel of Panagia, there was a prayer and the dismissal, during which the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Kastoria Mr. Kallinikos mentioned his own experience, who as a soldier accompanied the icon of the Virgin in a litany in Rhodes and spoke about the meaning of Freedom.

Then the Reverend Mr. Kallinikos glorified the Holy Triune God and thanked our patron and liberator Saint...