The Vespers of the Dormition of the Virgin in the Patriarchal Monastery of the Guide of Destiniestranslated

In an atmosphere of excitement and emotion and with the presence of a large number of believers from the area of ​​Messara, the Solemn Vespers of the Feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary was celebrated in the Holy Patriarchal and Cross-Pigious Monastery of Guide of Destinies of Crete, presided over by the Representative of His Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, etc. Bartholomew, Metropolitan of Seleucia, Mr. Theodoros, who was welcomed cordially and with feelings of respect by the Abbot of the Monastery Archimandrite Parthenios Voulgarakis and the Brotherhood around him. The Abbot, during his address, emphasized that in the Monastery of Odigetria, as Patriarchal and Stavropigian, the septon name of the Ecumenical Patriarch is continuously commemorated and he described as an honor and a blessing the presence of a Patriarchal Representative during the celebration of the Monastery.

The Metropolitan of Seleucia Theodoros conveyed to the Abbot, the Brotherhood and the pious Christians the paternal wish and Patriarchal blessing of the seventh Primate of Orthodoxy and referred, during his sermon, to the theological meaning of the holiday, wishing especially to the celebrants but also to all the celebrants many, holy and blessed years despite the Superfighter…