Solemn Festive two days to the Prophet Ilias Kato Kerasovou, Agrinitranslated

"...T' Ai Lios, the weather turns differently.

From Ai Lia, the oil enters the olive tree.

The figs of Agia Marina, and the grape of Ai Lios,

and Saint Panteleimon full of the handkerchief..." Folk proverbs

Written by Professor Christos Ger. Shias

On Monday, July 20, 2026, the small church of Prophet Ilias in Kato Kerasovo Agrini, in the village of Lanaraiika, is celebrating. On the eve of July 19, solemn Vespers is held and on the day of Orthros and Solemn Divine Liturgy. The presence of the faithful, who come from Kato Kerasovo but also from the surrounding villages of Makrynia and from the city of Agrinio, is a special blessing and joy at the religious events, and all of them praying together receive the grace of the Prophet Elias of Thesvitis. The Greatest of the Prophets ascended in a fiery chariot to heaven and left His disciple Elisha to continue His work.

The Prophet Elias came from Thesbi in the Gilead region and lived in the 9th century BC. He exercised his prophetic gift for twenty-five years and foretold the coming of our Christ 816 years before his birth, he had miraculous power. The chapel of Prophet Ilias is located in the wooded Arakynthos and is...