Memorial service of the late Metropolitan Sir Ioannou of Sidirokastro at the Monastery of Zoodochos Pigi Samostranslated

On Saturday, October 10, at the Holy Monastery of Zoodochos Pigi Samos, the Orthros, the Divine Liturgy and then a Holy Memorial Mass were held for the repose of the soul of the late Elder Metropolitan of Sidirokastro, Mr. Ioannou, on the completion of twenty-five years since his ordination to the Lord, pre-arch of the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Samos, Mr. Eusebius. The blessed Hierarch ministered for seventeen years as the Preacher of the acritic Holy Metropolis of Samos and was subsequently elected Metropolitan of Sidirokastro. During the youth and teenage years of our Venerable Metropolitan, he was his first spiritual father and guide. At the same time, he was the spiritual founder of the women's brotherhood of the Holy Monastery of Zoodochos Pigis and her spiritual father and Elder, when she began her divine path in the Holy Monastery of Agios Kirikos and Iulittis Sidirokastro.

This holy Memorial was a small tribute and gratitude of our local Church to a Hierarch who was consumed in her ministry, but also to the brotherhood, which keeps his spiritual legacy alive.

The female brotherhood of the Holy Monastery of Zoodochos Pigi was treated with love and...