Solemn High Priestly Liturgy at I.M. Agios Ioannis Theologus Harakastranslated

On Saturday, September 26, 2026, our Church celebrated the metastasis of Saint John the Theologian. In the Holy Metropolis of Sparta, in the presence of many pilgrims from the wider region, the Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannis Theologus, located near the Parish of Charakas in the Municipality of Monemvasia and which reopened in 2020, after 130 years, celebrated. On the main day of the feast, the solemn Orthros, the blessing of the loaves and the High Priestly Divine Liturgy presided over by the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Sparta, Mr. Efstathios, were held.

In his melodious speech, the venerable Pastor Mr. Efstathios first referred to the wonderful life and testimony of the honored apostle and evangelist John, who was characterized by purity of soul, obedience to God's will and unfailing love for Christ and his fellow human beings. Afterwards, he praised both the Abbot of the Monastery, His Eminence Archimandrite Fr.

Concluding, on the occasion of the six-month memorial that would be celebrated after the Divine Liturgy, for the late Archimandrite of the Ecumenical...