His Grace Metropolitan Cyril of Hierapetra and Sitia: The Holy Fathers lived out the Gospel teaching through their livestranslated

On the Sunday of the Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon, July 19, 2026, His Grace Metropolitan Cyril of Hierapetra and Sitia presided at the Matins service and subsequently celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. George in Hierapetra, where he concluded with a four-day memorial service for the repose of the soul of the late St. Catherine, wife of Antonios Garafalakis. In his brief homily following the Gospel reading, His Grace addressed the large congregation on the lives of the 630 God-bearing Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon and the meaning of the Gospel passage. As he noted, “the God-bearing Fathers were ‘bright stars,’ ‘pure gold of speech,’ and ‘the adornment of the world.’ They did not merely expound the Gospel teaching in theory, but above all lived it through their lives and deeds. They embraced a life of love, humility, and fidelity to the Word of God, and thus remain beacons and guides for our spiritual journey, ever guiding and inspiring our lives. Like light, they shone forth, preserving unblemished the faith in Christ, the perfect God and Man. Let us therefore heed the Word of our Lord, who calls us to…”