The Names of Paronaxia Kallinikos and the celebration of the Liberation of Naxos from the German occupationtranslated

The Collection of the Holy Relics of our Holy Father Kallinikos, Metropolitan of Edessa, was celebrated with great rejoicing in Naxos, a day on which our Reverend Pastor, Metropolitan of Paronaxia, Mr. Kallinikos, conducts his nomenclature. On Thursday, October 15, 2026, Orthros was celebrated and then the Divine Liturgy, presided over by His Eminence and co-offering Clergy of Naxos and Paros as well as the Rev. Protopr. Fr. Georgiou Vamvakidis, Clergyman of the Holy Metropolis of Zichna and Nevrokopi and Vice-President of ISKE, who is on the island of Naxos accompanying his Parish (Gen. Theotokos of Grammenis Drama) on a pilgrimage.

During the Social, the divine word was preached by the Preacher of the Holy Metropolis, Archim. p. Arsenios Melissanios. Before the Liberation, the Doxology was performed on the 82nd Anniversary of the Liberation of the town and the island (October 15, 1944) with the participation of the Mayor of Naxos and Small Cyclades, the head of the Major Opposition of the Municipality, the other representatives of the Local Self-Government A' and B' Level, the representatives of the Armed Forces and the Security Forces, the delegations of...