Feast of the Evangelist Luketranslated

Guest of Rev. Metropolitan of Thebes, Levadeia and Avlis Mr. Georgios, our Bishop participated in the holy festival of the holy pilgrimage Church of Saint Luke the Apostle and Evangelist, in Thebes, where the tomb of the Apostle Luke is also located. Our Bishop presided over the solemn Vespers, where he received him, on behalf of Rev. Pastor Mr. Georgiou who was in charge of another celebrating Holy Church in Orchomenos, the Panosiology Archimandrite Mr. Silouanos Peponakis, Professor of the Holy Monastery of Agios Georgios Mavromatiou, who conveyed the greeting and welcome of Rev. Shepherd Mr. Georgiou.

The Bishop gave us a eucharist and in his speech he mentioned among other things: "...Luke speaks to us in his Gospel and calls the "statesman Theophilus", that is, the generation of the priests, he calls us all to fellowship and encounter with the one and dominant Person of history, Christ. Speaking and inviting us to a meeting with Christ, Luke talks to us about everything and tells us everything, because our meeting with Christ grafts our lives with the leaven of the heavenly Kingdom. It makes us heavenly citizens. Why did Christ not come into the world to...