Maroneias Panteleimon: "The Episcopate does not belong to either the Metropolitan or the clergy, it belongs to the whole people"translated

The Holy Diocese of Maroneia and Komotini has returned to its renovated offices, after more than 11 years of work, obstacles and difficulties. After more than eleven years of waiting, technical difficulties and successive delays, the Episcopate of the Holy Diocese of Maroneia and Komotini "returns" to the daily life of the city, with the administrative services of the Diocese having already been installed in the renovated building, in the historical center of Komotini.

On the occasion of the completion of the works and the relocation of the services, since last Monday the Venerable Metropolitan of Maroneia and Komotini, Mr. Panteleimon, spoke on the morning of Tuesday, November 10, 2026 on "Radio Paterititis 94fm" about the long path of restoration of the Episcopate, the difficulties that arose, the interventions that were deemed necessary, but also the importance of its reopening for the local Church and society.

"The Episcopate is a place for all the people" From the beginning, His Eminence wanted to highlight that the Episcopate is not just the headquarters of the administrative services of the Diocese, but a space with a wider spiritual and social character. "The…