Vigil in honor of St. Gerasim of Kefalonia at the Giurgeni Monastery: Let us take the saints to our aidtranslated

Vicar Bishop Teofil Trotușanul of the Roman and Bacău Archdiocese officiated on Monday evening the Vigil service in honor of St. Venerable Gerasim from Kefalonia at the Giurgeni Monastery in Neamț county.

On this occasion, the hierarch highlighted the righteous fight that the saint waged against the work of the devil, becoming a help to people in times of trial.

"Because the Christian's life is a fight against evil, the enemy, the devil, that is why it is good to take to our aid the saints who have defeated the enemy and who are useful in this spiritual battle, such as Pious Gerasim", said His Eminence.

"He struggled and overcame the work of the enemy the devil. Therefore, God glorified him and showed him a great worker of miracles and expeller of the forces of evil."

A prayer for the whole world His Holiness Father Teofil Trotusanul showed the importance of the monastery as a place of prayer "not only for parents, but also for the whole world".

"Men's sins and their desires and prayers are laid before God by parents, but they take the saints as helpers, such as this saint whom...