Anniversary Divine Liturgy for the completion of 25 years...translated

On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, on the feast of the Recollection of the Holy Relics of the Holy Great Martyr George the Trophy Bearer, in the Holy Metropolitan Church of Agios Andreas, Archbishop of Crete of Jerusalem in Arkalochori, our Venerable Metropolitan Mr. Andreas officiated at Orthros and celebrated the Divine Liturgy.

The Divine Liturgy had an anniversary character, as during the autumn of this year twenty-five years were completed since the establishment of our Holy Metropolis (2001-2026), and on November 3, 2021, since the ordination after the election by lot of its first Metropolitan, Reverend Mr. Andreou.

The clergy of our Holy Metropolis officiated or celebrated by praying together the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Holy Metropolis. After those present, His Eminence thanked them for their presence and wished the Holy Metropolis to continue its course with a spirit of unity, love and offering to the people of God, with the grace and blessing of our Lord, Saint Andrew, Archbishop of Crete and Saint Marina. Afterwards, His Eminence ordained the Hieropaeda Marino Aslanis as Reader. The anniversary celebration had a family…