"Dimitria 2026" – 29th day: Solemn High Priestly Divine Liturgy with His Eminence Bishop Philotheos of Rogiontranslated

Resurrection Orthros and Solemn Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Sunday, in the morning, October 25, at the Holy Church of Agios Dimitrios, Municipality of Agios Dimitrios, where the multi-day festivities under the name "DIMITRIA 2026" are taking place, presided over by the Most Reverend Bishop of Rogon, Mr. Philotheos, flanked by the priesthood and with the participation of multitudes of believers who flooded the Holy Church. Theophilastos, in his inspired speech, analyzed the Gospel reading of the healing of the demon-possessed of the Gadarenes, pointing out the existence and destructive work of the devil, who, as he characteristically said: "He has no other work than to disrupt, divide, panic and poison humanity" and continued: "Our Holy Church does not teach us a theory to scare, to panic, but it teaches us a reality, a truth. To learn to fight, to learn to struggle, to learn to get up if we have fallen."
In order for man to understand that God is the leader of life, he needs to recognize the power of Christ's Resurrection, which, as the Theophilastos pointed out: "Abolishes death and weakens...



