Prayer to the Holy Chapel "Panagia Helidonou" of the Parish of Agia Triado Nea Kifissiatranslated

In the Holy Chapel "Panagia Helidonou" of the Parish of Agia Triado Nea Kifissia, on Monday, August 10, 2026, in the afternoon, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Kifissia, Amarousiou, Oropou and Marathon, Mr. Kyrillos, officiated at the Service of the Little Prayer Rule. The historic "Panagia Helidonou" Chapel, an old Holy Monastery, which was destroyed in the 20th century and of which, with its buildings, a small church remains today, but full of Divine Grace and history, is located on the slope of the Kifissos river, on the road that connects Kifissia with Acharnes.

It is a single-aisled, small-roofed basilica with a large semicircular arch of the Sanctuary. The construction of the Catholic Church (Church) of the Monastery, which was dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin, was placed in the 11th century by ascetics from the wider area of ​​the Kifissos river. Around the 15th century it was destroyed by fire. In the 16th century it was renovated and developed as a women's Holy Monastery.

The history of the Monastery continues until the beginning of the 20th century, when the area around the Church and its buildings were destroyed. The canonization of Catholicos was important in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A wonderful example is Sleep...