Ordination of a new deacon by Metropolitan Pavlos of Corinthtranslated

On Monday, October 19, 2026, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Corinth, Mr. Pavlos, officiated at the Great Solemn Vespers at the Holy Pilgrimage Church of Agios Gerasimos, in the Upper Quarter of Trikala, Corinth, near the Mansion of the Notarades, the ancestral home of the Saint. His Holiness was flanked by the High Priestly Commissioner of Trikala Panos. Chief Fr. Damascene Born and Clergy of the High Priestly District. The next day, Tuesday October 20, 2026, the feast of our Holy and God-bearing Father Gerasimos of Kefallinia, His Eminence officiated at Orthros and presided over the solemn Divine Liturgy in the celebrating Holy Church of Agios Gerasimos of Lechai. Clergy from the Holy Metropolis of Corinth, the Holy Archdiocese of Athens and other Holy Metropolises collaborated with His Eminence.

During the Divine Liturgy, His Holiness performed the ordination to Deacon of Mr. Ilias Markantonis, who comes from Athens and is the father of four children. The new Deacon will serve in our local Church. The intended condolence was read by his grandfather and spiritual father, Rev. Protopresbyter Fr. Ilias Markantonis.

In His address, His Holiness…