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Feast of Agia Sophia in Kountoura Selinoutranslated

September 18, 2026 · 1 min read

During the feast of the holy Great Martyr Sophia after her daughters Hope, Faith and Love, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selinos Mr. Amfilochios presided over the Divine Liturgy at the homonymous celebrant I. Church of Agia Sophia, Kountouras Selinos. In his speech he said, among other things: "Our holy Church promotes Hagia Sophia and her daughters, Hope, Faith and Love, models of life. Faces graceful, free from human possessions and conquests.

Faces and models that, more than any other time, our time and our times need. In times and times of many possessions and conquests where modern culture projects desire, consumption and dependence as a way and attitude of life, it is necessary for man to realize that, ultimately, every desire is not freedom and love does not mean the satisfaction of every desire.

Hagia Sophia affirms that true freedom is experienced secretly in the heart, when the heart pulsates and is flooded with Christ. This is also the great wisdom of life. To know Christ, to love Him, to let Him dwell in us. Only when the heart is filled with Christ,...

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The Lord Archbishop Amphilochius' sermon pleased me a lot, especially when he said that true freedom is within the heart filled with Christ and not in continuous desires and conquests. Today, as we all hunt for things, this message of Holy Sophia and her daughters is very timely. Thank you for the transmission.
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