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The Larissa Valley honors the Birth of the Virgintranslated

September 4, 2026 · 1 min read

In the beautiful Larissa Valley, the 25th Theotokia will be celebrated again this year on the occasion of the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin. The institution of Theotokia completes 25 years this year and is a religious and cultural institution of the Valley with great success in religious and cultural events.

Koilada possesses the Holy Icon of the Virgin Mary of the Koiladas, which arrived together with the refugees of Thrace in 1906 from Eastern Romilia. The holy icon is a national and religious relic of Hellenism in Thrace.

In her iconography she testifies to the anxieties and hopes of the Greeks when they were under the Bulgarian and Turkish yoke.

The schedule of worship services is as follows:

On Sunday, September 6, at 7:00 p.m., the Holy Eucharist will be celebrated. On Monday, September 7, at 7:00 p.m., the Grand Solemn High Priestly Vespers will be celebrated, presided over by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Larissa and Tyrnavos, Mr. Ieronymos, after which the Litanization of the Holy Icon will take place in the presence of the Philharmonic of the Municipality of Larissa. On Tuesday, September 8, at 7:30 a.m., Orthros will be chanted and the Solemn Divine Liturgy will be celebrated.…

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Anne Martin
Je trouve que l’histoire de l’icône arrivée en 1906 avec les réfugiés de Thrace est vraiment touchante. Chez nous à Strasbourg on a aussi une petite icône qui a voyagé avec des familles grecques après 1922, ça rappelle que ces images portent toute une mémoire. J’espère que la litanie avec la fanfare lundi soir sera belle sous le ciel de Larissa.
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