Neochoriou Christodoulos in Agios Dionysios the Areopagitetranslated

In an atmosphere of rapture and spiritual joy, the first High Priestly Divine Liturgy of the newly ordained Bishop of Neochori, Mr. Christodoulou, was celebrated yesterday, Sunday, October 18, in memory of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke. The Most Reverend Mr. Christodoulos, in his speech about the Evangelist Luke, invited the faithful: "I propose to you today that we stand together. Luke's hand. A hand that caught the pulse of the sick and that at some point grabbed the stylus and the crayon to paint Christ". He then underlined that "The Gospel of Luke is the Gospel of mercy. The doctor knew human pain intimately; that's why he painted Christ as the great Physician, who does not turn away from anyone". At another point he emphasized that "Luke did not stop painting. Every time we hear his Gospel, every time we read the Acts, his debtor moves again. Except that now his canvas is our own heart".

At the end of the Divine Liturgy, His Holiness conveyed the wishes and blessing of His Beatitude Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Mr. Ieronymos. He also thanked the Head of the Holy Church,...