Ioustinos of Nea Krini and Kalamaria in "Epikariotita": "The final signature in history is put by God" (AUDIO)translated

The Church will not be extinguished in the Middle East and the Holy Land as God puts the final signature on history, underlined the Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria Mr. Ioustinos. At noon on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, His Eminence was hosted on the Pemptousia FM radio show "Current Affairs" with journalist Maria Yachnaki, where he spoke about the international challenges facing Orthodox Pilgrimages as well as the issue of the survival of Christians in the Middle East. Listen to the interview:

In the studio with Maria Yachnaki was the journalist Nikolaos Zaimis.

His Holiness first mentioned that the Church offers reason for life and culture, which is declining. He explained that culture has a spirit-centered direction. "Civilization becomes dangerous when the spirit disappears," he said.

Regarding the situation in the Middle East, he focused on the challenges to the existence of Orthodox pilgrimages and noted that all these will be addressed when we realize that the Church is a divine-human edifice. "We must not rely only on our historical situation", he said and added: "we must always connect...