Loud message from Chios Markos: "We are Greeks up here too" (VIDEO)translated

With a resounding message to the opposite coast of the Aegean, but also to the Greek capital, the solemn religious events in Chios were completed on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 10, 2026, the eve of the feast of the patron Saints Minas, Victor and Vincent and the completion of 114 years since the liberation of the island from the Ottoman yoke. The center of the celebrations was the solemn Holy Metropolitan Church of Saints Victors, where the Great Polyhieratic Vespers was held, concelebrated by the Metropolitan of Chios, Psara and Oinoussa, Mr. Markos and the Bishop of Christoupolis, Mr. Varnavas.

Immediately after the completion of the holy service, a pandemonium litany of the Holy Icons of Saint Victors and of Panagia Latomitissa followed, which ended up in the central square of the city. There, Metropolitan Markos addressed the flock, delivering a speech with strong historical, national and ecclesiastical content, through which he connected the centuries-old journey of Chios with the modern challenges faced by uncritical Hellenism.

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