The festival of the Holy Monastery of Toplou Sitiatranslated

With outstanding splendor and magnificence on Saturday, September 26, 2026, the feast of the transmigration of the Holy Glorious Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian, the ancient and historic Holy Patriarchal and Cross Monastery of Panagia Akrotiriani and Saint John the Theologian of Toplos Sitia celebrated. On the afternoon of Friday, September 25, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Saranda Churches, Mr. Andreas, representative of His Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriarch, etc. Bartholomew, and of the Holy Mother of Christ the Great Church, officiated during the Great solemn High Priestly Vespers, blessed the breads and preached the divine word appropriately.

The modest Hierarch of the Ecumenical Throne Rev. Mr. Andreas, after first conveying the paternal blessing, love and wishes of the Holy Mother of Christ the Great Church and His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Mr. Bartholomew, spoke about the person of Saint John the Theologian, the disciple of love, the Evangelist of the Word, the Apostle who stood under the Cross, emphasizing that he stayed close to Christ to the end and, under the Cross, the deepest lesson was taught…