Consecration at the Schools of the Holy Metropolis of Ierapytni and Sitiatranslated

The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Ierapytni and Sitia Mr. Kyrillos performed the Consecration on the evening of Tuesday, October 6, 2026 for the start of the new academic year 2026-2027 at the Schools of Byzantine Music "St. Andreas o Crete", Traditional Music and Hagiography-Psifidotos of the Holy Metropolis Ierapytni and Sitia. The consecration was held in the chapel of St. Niconos of "Repent" on the ground floor of the Holy Cathedral of Agia Fotini Ierapetra.

After the Consecration ceremony, His Holiness in his short speech welcomed all the students and wished them a good and blessed teaching year with abundant illumination of the Lord. He then warmly thanked the Director of the School of Byzantine Music, Mr. Ioannis Aronis, the Professors of Byzantine Music, Mr. Evangelos Fragoulis and Mr. Stavros Daskalakis, the teacher of Hagiography and Mosaic, Mr. Nikolaos Griniezakis, the renowned violist and teacher of the violin, lyre and mandolin Departments School of Traditional Music, Mr. Evangelos Vardakis, as well as Mrs. Kon/na Bahlitzanaki, teacher of Theory and Solfège of European Music, who teach non-profit, that is why the lessons in...