Commencement of courses for the "Archons" of the Holy Metropolis of Kastoriatranslated

A new activity of the Holy Metropolis of Kastoria was launched with the launch of a series of courses for the preparation of spiritual guides, the "Archons", who will voluntarily undertake the reception and spiritual guidance of pilgrims in the churches and pilgrimages of the metropolitan area.

The first meeting took place at the Office of Pilgrimage Tours of the Holy Metropolis of Kastoria "Byzantine Kastoria", which was inaugurated last month and is housed in the new building of the Holy Metropolis, on Mitropoleos Street.

The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Kastoria, Mr. Kallinikos, will deliver a series of courses with the general theme "The theology of the Churches and Icons of Kastoria". The first lecture was on "The theology of the Holy Church".

The meeting was attended by about fifteen clergy, as well as lay collaborators of the Holy Metropolis, who carefully followed the speech, as part of their preparation for the ministry of welcoming and spiritually guiding the visitors.

This initiative aims at the benefit of the priests themselves and then at the essential acquaintance of the pilgrims with the ecclesiastical wealth of...