Inauguration of the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos Nea Politias Oropostranslated

With ecclesiastical splendor and the participation of the faithful, the Holy Inauguration of the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, in Nea Politia of the Municipality of Oropos, was held on the two days of November 6 and 7, 2026, under the Reverend Metropolitan of Kifissia, Amarousi, Oropos and Marathon Mr. Kyrillos. On the eve of the Inauguration, Friday November 6, 2026, the Deposit of the Holy Relics took place at the Holy Altar and then the Great High Priestly Vespers was held, presided over by His Eminence, with the participation of the priests of the area and the presence of the faithful. At the end of the Apostilles, His Holiness preached the divine word, referring to the formal arrangement and the theological significance of the Holy Initiations. He particularly emphasized that the inauguration of Temples is an old custom, with roots in antiquity, which took on a special theological and functional content in the Church, as an act of dedicating a sacred space to the worship of the Triune God.

The next day, Saturday November 7, 2026, the Orthros was performed and then the Sequence of Holy Initiations, presided over by the Reverend Pastor Mr. Kyrillos. Throughout the Holy Mass, His Holiness explained to…