End of the 28th Youth Meeting of Pontic Associations in Panagia Soumelatranslated

On Sunday, July 19, in the morning, the Venerable Metropolitan of Berea, Naoussa and Campania Mr. Panteleimon officiated and preached the divine Word at the Panhellenic Holy Pilgrimage of Panagia Sumela in Vermio. After the divine service, he attended the closing ceremony of the 28th Youth Meeting of Pontic Associations, the awarding of diplomas and souvenirs, as well as the Pontic dance that followed, as every year, in front of the Holy Church.

His Excellency's speech "You are the light of the world."

One of the fundamental elements of life and of the world is, as we all know, light. Without light nothing exists and nothing lives. There is only chaos. There is only an abyss. There is only one endless darkness. And light did not always exist in the world. God created it when he decided to build the world. God created it when he said "let there be light and let there be light". He created it with the presence of the second person of the Holy Trinity, our Lord, who is "light from light, true God", he is the light of the world, as he himself assured us saying: "I am the light of the world".

And this is his divine quality, as we heard in today's...