The feast of Agia Skepi in Northern Evrostranslated

On the feast of Agia Skepi, on the 1st of October 2026, the eponymous Holy Monastery of Agia Skepi - Agia Paraskevi in Nea Vyssa, opposite Adrianople, on the Greek-Turkish border, celebrates. On the main day of the festival and on the occasion of the completion of fifteen years since the inauguration of the Catholic Church of the Monastery, the Eucharistic Synagogue, the familiar Metropolitan of Didymoteichos, Orestias and Soufli, Mr. Damaskinos, accompanied by the Abbot of the Monastery Archim. Bartholomew and the monastic brotherhood around him.

After the Consecration and before the end of the service, His Holiness congratulated the Abbot of the Monastery for his pious zeal and the missionary activity that the Holy Monastery develops in the sensitive area it serves. On this occasion His Excellency, in the person of the present Commander of the XVI Division, Lieutenant General Pand. Vassiliadou, thanked the Leadership of the Armed Forces for the recent concession to the Monastery by the Greek Orthodox Church. of the adjacent former Camp, in order to develop church activities there.

In addition to the Commander of the XVI Division, the thematic deputy governor...