Overwhelming praise for Hagia Sophia, in the church's pericall, in Maniatika, Piraeustranslated

Written by Panos N. Avramopoulos

Indescribable rapture and moral upliftment on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, for the feast of the Immaculate Saint Sophia, at her homonymous church in Maniatika, Piraeus. Of the excellent Martyr of our church, who with her daughters, Faith, Love and Hope, unparalleled for their devotion, perpetuated the ideal of orthodoxy during the years of Hadrian in the empire. In the beautiful suburb of Piraeus, "Maniatika", which is dotted with the popular pulse of the authentic and good-natured people of our great port and bears at the same time the heavy historical burden of the Levantine Mani, who led and crowned with her excellent support, all the struggles of the nation.

With the resplendent church of Agia Sophia in Maniatika, renovated with the love of great benefactors, who wanted to keep their anonymity, the deep lyricism of the believers, but also their inextricable soul connection, with the noble cultural ethos of the Greeks, Orthodoxy, shines forth. But at the same time it emerges, adorned with the purple cross eagles, the cultural magnificence and moral superiority of Byzantium, in the vast avenue of time. The people of Syssom are...