Gathering of Preachers and Cyklarchs in I.M. Lemonstranslated

On Saturday, October 24, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerinis and Platamonos, Mr. George, convened a Synod of Preachers and Cyclarchs, who practice the ministry of the word in Parishes and Spiritual Centers of Pieria. The Synaxis was hosted at the Holy Monastery of Agios Athanasios Kolindros.

First, an Artoklasia was held for the health of the participants, followed by a Trisagio for the repose of the late Preachers and Cyklarchs. Abbess Gerontissa Irini welcomed the pilgrims with the following warm words: "It is with special honor and spiritual joy that we welcome today the Synod of Cyclarchs of our Holy Diocese and we welcome the presence of all of you in this sacred space of the Holy Monastery of Agios Athanasios, which in its course of time has been and is a refuge of prayer, unceasing ministry and spiritual struggle. You know of course, because you experience it, we simply repeat it, that your ministry in Bible Study Circles is not just an organized or didactic work, but an essential and human "evangelization of souls". In an age of spiritual confusion, disorientation and rapid changes, where modern man thirsts for truth and…