The feast of Saint John of Monemvasiotis in the Larissa Diocesetranslated

Centering on the Holy Church of the Forty Martyrs of Larissa, in the basement of which the Holy Chapel in honor of Saint John of Monemvasiots operates, Larisa celebrated and celebrated its own new martyr saint, its own child martyr, Saint John of Monemvasiotis. Crowds of people crowded the underground Church to participate in the spiritual opportunities of the festival, to worship a part of the Shrines of Leipsanon and to express their honor to the holy son of Iereos, who, fully respecting his father's priesthood, preferred martyrdom to denying Christ, presenting as the only justification to his tormentors for his refusal to convert, that he was the son of a priest. The Most Reverend Metropolitan of Larissa and Tyrnavos, Mr. Ieronymos, officiated at both the Solemn Vespers and the Orthros the following day, while he also celebrated the Solemn Divine Liturgy.

His Vespers sermon was also the beginning of this year's Vespers sermons, which Mr. Ieronymos delivers every Tuesday evening at the Holy Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Larissa with the theme: "the mystery of mysteries, the Divine Liturgy".

In the afternoon of the same day...