The Mayor of Western Lesvos on the resignation of Metropolitan Mithymni Chrysostomoutranslated

The decision of the Metropolitan of Mithymni to withdraw from his pastoral duties marks the end of an entire era for our Church, but also for the society of Western Lesbos, emphasizes, among others, in his statement the Mayor of Western Lesbos, Taxiarchis Verros.  "His Eminence now belongs to the living history of Western Lesvos. In the history of our villages, our parishes, our monasteries, the people who for more than four decades knew him, listened to him and accompanied him", he adds.

The statement of Mr. Verros in detail:

"There are people whose presence is so deeply connected to the history and everyday life of a place that it is difficult to imagine that place without them in the role they have served for decades.

Exactly such a person is our Venerable Metropolitan Chrysostomos, for 42 years.

For me personally and for all of us, his decision to leave his pastoral duties marks the end of an entire era for our Church, but also for the society of western Lesbos.

The Metropolitan of Mithymni is a spiritual leader who identified with the place...