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The festival of the Holy Church of Agioi Anargyros in Lefkadatranslated

July 5, 2026 · 1 min read

With all magnificence and ecclesiastical splendor, the Holy Panegyris of the Glorious and Iamatic Anarchist Saints Cosmas and Damianus (those in Rome) was held again this year in the Holy Parish Church of the same name in the city of Lefkada. On the evening of Tuesday, June 30, 2026, a Great Solemn Vespers was chanted, with baked goods. Before the end of the Holy Service, the Sanctification Service was performed at the beginning of the new month of July. The divine speech was preached by the representative of His Eminence the Metropolitan of Lefkada and Ithaca Mr. Theofilos and Professor of the Holy Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos of Faneromenis, Panosiology Archimandrite Fr. Nikiforos Asprogerakas.

On the morning of Wednesday, July 1, 2026, the Orthros was chanted and then the Solemn High Priestly Divine Liturgy was celebrated with a sacrificial offering, presided over by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Lefkada and Ithaca Mr. Theofilos. In the Mystery of the Holy Eucharist, clergymen of the Lefkadas Archpriesty Region took part, while there were many pious believers who flooded the celebratory Holy Parish Church from early on. The divine word was preached by the General Hierarchal Commissioner of the Holy Metropolis, His Eminence Protopresbyter Fr. Athanasios Kosmas, the...

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