The feast of Agia Skepi and the national anniversary of October 28 in the Diocese of Kastoriatranslated

With ecclesiastical splendor and national exuberance, the feast of Agia Skepi of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the national anniversary of October 28, 1940 were celebrated in the Holy Metropolis of Kastoria. On the eve of the feast, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Kastoria Mr. Kallinikos officiated at the Vespers service at the Holy Metropolitan Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary of Kastoria, with the participation of the priests of the Church.

The next day, October 28th, His Holiness ministered in Orthros and officiated in the same Holy Church, on the feast of the Agia Skepi of the Most Holy Theotokos. Archim. Fr. Seraphim Leventis secretary in the office of the Blessed President of the Holy Synod, the vicars of the Church, Fr. Stefanos Schinas and Fr. Photios Leventis, as well as the Deacon of the Holy Metropolis.

In his sermon, His Holiness referred to the event of the appearance of the Virgin in the Church of Blacherna, which is also the original content of the feast of Agia Skepi, and spoke about the theological meaning of the luminous Nepheli.

After the end of the Divine Liturgy, the Metropolitan of Kastoria performed the solemn Doxology for the national anniversary of October 28, in the presence of politicians, military...