The Metropolitan of Ilio at the celebratory Holy Dormition Monastery of the Virgin of Closed Tribestranslated

On Saturday, August 15, 2026, the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Ilio, Acharna and Petropolis Mr. Athenagoras officiated at Orthros and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the eponymous Holy Monastery of Cloisters in Fyli, after the removal of the penalty of excommunication imposed on the brotherhood. His Eminence was flanked by Archimandrite Ioannis Raptis, General Hierarchal Commissioner of the Holy Metropolis and his deacon Fr. Angelos Michalopoulos.

Before the Holy Communion, His Holiness spoke briefly on the occasion of the lifting of the penalty in the brotherhood of the Monastery, explaining what the Church is, whose structure is based on the obedience of the members of the body in accordance with the obedience of the founder of Christ, who "became obedient unto death, and death of the cross", that the penalty is not a punishment but a healing measure for the return of that which breaks the unity of the Body through disobedience and which is the position of the Bishop, as the visible sign of unity, in the Church.

This was followed by the apologetic wish of lifting the honorarium for the nuns and their community, as well as the faithful.

After the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy and the blessing...