The feast of Agios Efstathios and Ordination of a Presbyter in Corfutranslated

On September 20, 2026, Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross and the day on which our Holy Church honors the memory of the Holy Great Martyr Eustathius and his retinue, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxos and Diapontian Islands, Mr. Nektarios, officiated and spoke in the celebrating Holy Church of Saints of Apollodorus, Efstathiou and Athanasius, in the suburb of Pagrateika of the city of Corfu. In addition, during the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence performed the ordination of Deacon Prokopios Analytis as Elder.

Together with His Eminence, the Preacher of the Holy Metropolis, His Holiness Archimandrite Seraphim Linosporis, the Professor of the Holy Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos of Palaiokastritsa and the spiritual father of the ordained, Panos, concelebrated. Chief Sevastianos Drosopoulos, the brother of the Holy Monastery of Paleokastritsa, Panos. Chief Kallinikos Ninos, the vicar of the Holy Church Elder Ioannis Mourikis, as well as the Deacons of His Eminence, Fr. Eusebius Pandis and Fr. Ambrosios Clark. Also, it is worth noting that the Holy Church was overwhelmed by believers, who came so much to participate in the celebration of Saint...