Piraeus Seraphim: "Whatever man does in his life, if he does not win God, he has failed miserably"translated

The Consecration for the Epiphany of the Chapel of Agios Porphyrios was performed yesterday, Monday, October 19, 2026, by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Piraeus, Mr. Seraphim, at the Interment - Youth Center "Agios Porphyrios" of the Metropolitan Church of Agios Constantine and Helen of Piraeus, which is located in the center of Piraeus on 52 Tsamadou and Zosimadon streets (6th floor) and houses a multitude of activities. In the short greeting addressed to those present, His Holiness, among other things, referred, through their personal experiences, to the person of Saint Porphyrios of Kausokalybitos, but also to the importance of the spiritual contribution of the Church in the modern era.

"We came into the world to acquire this ethos and to become communicants of the Divine nature and with the gifts of 'in the image' to gain, cooperating freely with God, the 'in the likeness'", first emphasized His Holiness, underlining that the purpose of the Christian life is for man, as a created creation, to acquire the ethos of God.

He then shared a personal experience from the years he served as a Deacon at the Holy Church of Panagia Chrysospeliotissa in Athens. Such as…