Symis Chrysostomos: The life of Saint Athanasios was an example of holinesstranslated

On July 5, 2026, Sunday 5th of Matthew and memory of our Holy father Athanasios of Athonite, Rev. Metropolitan of Symi, Mr. Chrysostomos officiated at Orthros and performed the Consecration at the beginning of the new month of July, as well as the Divine Liturgy, in the parish and pericalli I. Church of Agios Athanasios Symi, with co-celebrants the Parish Priest Fr. Eleftherios Othitis, Fr. Georgios Kakakios and the Hierodeacon Fr. Pavlos Terezakis, while the sacred Analogy was performed sweetly by the cantors Mr. Eleftherios Xirakis, Mr. Panormitis Kakakios and Mr. Georgios Moskiou, among others. His Eminence, taking occasion from the Gospel reading of the healing of the two demon-possessed, referred to this wonderful point, mentally transporting the minds of the churchgoing faithful to the land of the Gergesenes. There Christ meets two demon-possessed people, who lived in the tombs and caused fear to all who passed by. With a single word of His, the Lord casts out the demons, who enter a herd of pigs that fall into the sea and drown. But instead of the inhabitants being happy for the release of their two fellow human beings, they ask Jesus to leave their borders, because...