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5th August Prayer in Euxinoupolitranslated

August 8, 2026 · 1 min read

On Friday, August 7th, Rev. Metropolitan of Dimitrias and Almyros Mr. Ignatios, during the Mass of the Holy Prayer in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos. After the end of the Mass, a cultural event of speech and music took place in the courtyard of the Holy Church, in the context of the "August Prayers", which are organized by the Cultural Body of the Holy Metropolis of Dimitrias and Almyros "Magneton Kivotos, for the rescue of the cultural stock".

The Metropolitan of Dimitrias Mr. Ignatios emphasized that "life is full of difficulties and adversities, with problems and situations, and we are always looking for consolation. We are looking for the fairy tale. And it is typical that there is the icon of the Virgin of Paramythia, in the Vatopedi Monastery of Mount Athos.

She also got this name, precisely because she is the one who comforts, who sweetens people's lives, who comes to give balm to every wound of the human soul. We know it, we feel it. Because he knows how to listen first of all. And in our time we have stopped listening to others and they have stopped listening to us. There is a deficit: to…

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