The Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin in I.M. Saint Panteleimon Chrysokastrotranslated

On Tuesday, September 8, 2026, the feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, the great Theotokos feast was celebrated with due splendor in all the Holy Churches and Holy Monasteries of the Eleftheroupolis Metropolis. It was especially celebrated in the Holy Monastery of Agios Panteleimonos Chrysokastro, where the ground-floor Holy Church of the Catholic Church of the Monastery is dedicated to the Genesis of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the morning of the holiday, the Most Reverend Pastor Mr. Chrysostomos officiated at the Orthros Service and then celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the celebrating Holy Church, flanked by priests of the Metropolis. Instead of a divine sermon, the Patriarchal Encyclical of His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch was read. Bartholomew on the feast of Indictus and the beginning of the new church year.

After the end of the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence addressed paternal wishes to the Professor and the related monastic brotherhood of the Holy Monastery, as well as to the pilgrims who came to celebrate the great Feast of the Mother of God, wishing that the Most Holy Theotokos would think and strengthen everyone in their life and spiritual struggle. Subsequently, the Most Reverend Pastor celebrated Trisagio on...