Vigil for the Collection of the Holy Relics of Saint Amfilochios the Younger at the Monastery of Odegitria in Goniatranslated

With a Holy Vigil was celebrated, in the Holy Patriarchal and Cross Monastery of Odegitria Gonia (Kolymbari), the collection of the Holy Relics of our Holy Father Amfilochios the Young, of Patmio, minister of Rev. Metropolitan Kissamos and Selinos Mr. Amfilochios, who brought, for prostration and blessing, a piece of the graceful holy relic of Saint Amfilochios, which is kept in the chapel of the Episcopal House.

The pre-arch Hierarch noted in his short speech: "Apostle and Confessor Saint Amfilochios the Younger, affirms that holiness is not a matter of the first Christian centuries, as many think, but a gift that the love of God bestows on every person, of every era and of every time. To the man who struggles, who humbles himself, who prays, who repents, who has Christ at the center of his heart, like our Blessed One.

Full of love for man, creation, nature, the whole world, as Christ, Panagapi had taken up residence within him. Among the many legacies he left us is that of continuous, uninterrupted prayer for the whole world. It is known that he had divided the 24 hours of the day into hourly prayer...