The Synagogue of the Holy Archangels in the Holy Metropolis of Nafpaktostranslated

The Synod of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel was celebrated on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November 2026, in the Holy Metropolis of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios with the focus on the villages of Gavrolimni Nafpaktia and Sargiada Agrini. On the eve of the holiday, a solemn Vespers was celebrated in the celebratory Holy Church of the Brigades of Gavrolimni, under the patronage of the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios, Mr. Ierotheos. The following priests took part in the solemn Vespers: Archim. Father Polykarpos Theofanis, Priest, Arch. Fr. Prodromos Asimakopoulos, Fr. Christos Panoutsos, Vicar of the village and the Deacon Fr. Ierotheos Kallias.

In his sermon, His Holiness analyzed the request to God that we address at the Vespers Service and at the Divine Liturgy: "Angel of peace, faithful guide, guardian of our souls and bodies, we ask for the Lord." The whole Bible speaks of the existence and presence of Angels, but this is also confirmed by the Saints of our Church. So we ask God to give us an "Angel of Peace", to give us the peace we need, a "faithful guide", to guide us, as we see in the case of the book of Tobit in the Old Testament, and "guardian...