Dimitriados Ignatios: "Faith is not words, but an act of love" – The first "Village Restoration" in Stagiates Peliontranslated

Today, Sunday July 12, 2026, Rev. Metropolitan of Dimitrias, Mr. Ignatios, on the occasion of the organization, for the first time, of the "Village Celebration", a special event that combined church tradition with the cultural heritage of the place. During the Divine Liturgy, the faithful had the opportunity to venerate the Holy Relic of Saint Seraphim, Bishop of Phanar, as a piece of his Holy Chariot is kept in the Holy Church as a memory of the Saint's miraculous epiphany in Stagiates.

In his sermon, His Holiness, interpreting the Gospel passage, emphasized that Christ is looking for "people with a heart" and not people who rest in self-sufficiency and hypocrisy, pointing out that "God does not stand on the external image, but sees the depth of the soul and the truth of our heart". He also emphasized that "Christ heals the body and the soul at the same time, because he knows the whole person", adding that "true healing begins with forgiveness and inner transformation". At the same time, he said that "faith is not words, but an act of love and trust in...