Ordination of a Deacon in the Metropolis of Dimitriastranslated

In the Holy Church of Agios Dimitrios Almyros, Saturday 25/7, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Mr. Ignatios of Dimitrias officiated, in the presence of a large number of clergy and a large number of believers from the wider area of Almyros and Athens. During the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence performed the Deacon Ordination of Mr. Nikolaos Kotoulas, 25 years old, married, graduate of the Philosophy School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a student of the Theology School.

In his speech, His Holiness characterized today as a special and special blessing for the Local Church, stressing that "our local Church rejoices and rejoices, because a child of hers is raised to the rank of Deacon, a fact that reveals the living and uninterrupted tradition of the Church, which raises from its bowels those who are called to carry on their shoulders the Priesthood of Christ and minister with self-denial the people of God".

Then Rev. Ignatius referred to the path of the new Deacon in church life, pointing out that this is a young man who "grew up close to the Church", was brought up in the church environment and...