Didymoteichos Damascene: "Imitating the manner of the angels, we are called to become visible angels"translated

The feast of the Synaxis of the Great Archangels, on November 8, lifts the faithful from the earth to heaven, from the visible world to the invisible, from the daily routine of human life to the amazing and mystical reality of the Kingdom of God. The Church does not celebrate merely some invisible existences far from man and his needs. Instead, it calls us to realize that the world of God is much greater than what our bodily eyes can see. There is a whole spiritual world, filled with life, glory, love, and unceasing worship of the Creator, which we can approach only with the eyes of the soul.

On the occasion of the feast, the guards of the Northern and Central Evros region came with reverence to the celebrating Holy Churches in Riza, where the miraculous Icon of Archangel Michael from Adrianople in Orestida, Petroti, Giannouli, and Korymbo were present.

From evening, the Venerable Metropolitan of Didymoteicho, Orestiades, and Soufli, Didaskalos Damascene, led the procession of the Panagyric Evening Prayer at the celebrating Holy Church of the Great Archangels Riza, blessed the loaves...