Kekriras Nektarios in the newly erected Church of Agia Anna in Virotranslated

On Saturday, July 25, 2026, the day on which our Holy Church celebrates the Dormition of Saint Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxos and Diapontian Islands, Mr. Nektarios, went to Viro, a developing suburb of the city of Corfu. There, with the care and labors of His Eminence, a surrounded Holy Church dedicated to Agia Anna is being built, which is going to cover the growing pastoral needs of the area. Thus, Mr. Nektarios officiated and spoke in the celebrating Holy Church, flanked by the Preacher of the Metropolis and Professor of the Holy Monastery of Agios Theodoros Tironos and Georgios Tropaioforos Stratias, His Eminence Archimandrite Christodoulos Triantafyllos, the head of the parish, His Eminence Archimandrite Andreas Gioka, Priests from nearby parishes and its Deacons.

His Holiness, during his speech, referred to the mystery of the incarnation of the Son and Word of God, underlining that Christ is "unbegotten" from the Father, as the timeless and uncreated Word of God, but also "begotten" from the mother, after taking on our own human nature from...