Holy Metropolis of Rhodes: Elder Michael Kapsalis has fallen asleeptranslated

The Holy Diocese of Rhodes announces the passing away to the Lord of the retired Vicar, Reverend Elder Mr. Michael Kapsalis, who fell asleep in the early hours of Sunday, August 9, 2026. According to the announcement of the Holy Metropolis of Rhodes, the Exodus Mass will be celebrated in the Holy Church of Agios Nikolaos Pastidas on the morning of Wednesday, August 12, 2026, after the Dismissal of the Divine Liturgy by the preeminent of the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Rhodes Mr. Kyrillos.

The announcement of the Holy Metropolis of Rhodes in detail: "With feelings of human sorrow and the hope of the coming Resurrection, the Holy Metropolis of Rhodes announces the ecdimation to the Lord of the Reverend Presbyter Mr. Michael Kapsalis, Retired Vicar, I signed in the early morning hours of August 9, AD.

Makaristos was born in 1947 in Cyprus. In 1982 he was ordained a Deacon and the following year an Elder by the blessed Metropolitan of Rhodes Mr Spyridon. He served as Priest in the Parish of Pastidas from his ordination until the year 2015, when he was transferred to the Parish of the Assumption of the Theotokos Ialyssos, having at the same time the stewardship of the Holy Monastery of Filerimou. He retired on…