Thessaloniki celebrates Saint Demetrius and 114th Anniversary of Liberation (PHOTOS+VIDEO)

Celebrations began in Thessaloniki on Monday morning, October 26, 2026, marking the feast of Saint Demetrius, the city’s patron saint, the 114th anniversary of its liberation, and Greece’s national holiday on October 28.

The festivities commenced with the raising of the Greek flag at the White Tower, accompanied by a 21-gun salute.

At the heart of the celebrations was the Church of Saint Demetrius, where a solemn concelebrated Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was held in the presence of Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece.

The Divine Liturgy was presided over by Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Chalkida, Istiaia and the Northern Sporades, with the participation of numerous hierarchs.

Among those concelebrating were Metropolitans Stefanos of Philippi, Chrysostomos of Kyrenia, Chrysostomos of Patras, Georgios of Kitros, David of Grevena, Chrysostomos of Nikopolis and Preveza, Ieronymos of Larissa, Amphilochios of Thera and Dorotheos of Drama.

Bishops Iakovos of Miletoupolis, Nikiforos of Amorion, Bartholomew of Brisbane and Kallinikos of Asterion also participated, alongside Metropolitan Philotheos of Thessaloniki.

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