公告牧师巴西利乌斯·里加的出家translated

With the feelings of human sorrow and the hope of the Resurrection, the Holy Metropolitanate of Rhodes announces the Lord's departure of Protodeacon Basilios Rigas, who will be ordained on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 14:10. The Blessed was born on March 15, 1947 in Rhodes. He graduated from Patmos Ecclesiastical School and was tonsured a Deacon on November 28, 1972 in the holy Church of Saint Irene of the Orphanage for Girls, and ordained a Presbyter on December 18, 1972 in the holy Church of Dormition of the Theotokos Aphandou by the Venerable Metropolitan of Rhodes Spyridon. He served as Temporary and Administrator of the Enoria Aphandou for 50 years until his retirement on December 31, 2023.

The home of the Blessed will be moved in the evening of September 17 at approximately 19:00 to the enoria Church of Dormition of the Theotokos Aphandou and placed under veneration. The holy church will remain open throughout the night. On Friday, September 18, from 07:00 to 10:00 in the morning, the Morning Prayer and Divine Liturgy will be completed. At noon, an Exit Procession led by the Venerable Metropolitan of Rhodes Kyrillos will follow.

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